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February 7, 2012 Xiaobo Quan, PhD, EDAC; Anjali Joseph, PhD, EDAC; and Matthew Jelen, EDAC
The Center for Health Design engaged with Health Care Without Harm and the Healthier Hospitals Initiative to launch a Pebble research project through which interviews with five major hospitals across the country were conducted to examine their green cleaning programs.
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January 26, 2012 Todd Hutlock, Editor-in-Chief
Are water features in healthcare facilities more trouble than we thought?
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January 25, 2012 Anjali Joseph, PhD, EDAC, Ellen Taylor, and Xiaobo Quan, PhD, EDAC
Findings from a national seminar are presented in January's CHD Research Report.
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November 18, 2011 Catherine Gow, AIA
The next generation of patient rooms.
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November 14, 2011 Shandi Matambanadzo, Associate Editor
At HCD.11 Travis Leissner, AIA, director, KMD Architects, and Kaye Schmidt, RN, MA, CPON, NEA-BC, senior director, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, spoke about how incorporating staff and family input delivered an efficient redesigned patient exam room.
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November 13, 2011 Shandi Matambanadzo, Associate Editor
On Monday, November 14, at 9 a.m. in Bayou E, Bryan Brinkman of B4 Architects will be presenting a session on how the project team of Brinkman Ndayi McAll succeeded in accelerating a construction program from eighteen months to twelve-and-one-half, while maintaining the required high standards. He gives a short preview of his presentation at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
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July 22, 2011 Karen Edmundson
Ideas to help healthcare facilities create more responsive and needs-specific environments. Read this article and complete a series of questions to be eligible for IIDA CEUs.
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July 7, 2011 Tom Harvey
A look at the suggested workflow practices and design concepts for contemporary invasive environments for patient care.
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June 13, 2011 Christine Guzzo Vickery
Six design considerations that define a well-planned pediatric unit.
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May 2, 2011
Infection control is one of the biggest hot topics in healthcare today. Much of this may be attributed to growing MRSA outbreaks in America and other