Blogs - August 2013
Case study: Tampa primary care facility improved with LED lighting and digital controls
Acuity Brands recently released a case study of the lighting challenges faced in the building of the Tampa General Medical Group in Brandon, Florida.
8/30/2013
Shhh - Hospitals making improvements in acoustics, privacy
Federal regulations and patient-satisfaction concerns spur changes
8/30/2013
Take a photo tour of St. Vincent Hospital
Fishers hospital is the first in Indiana to seek LEED for Healthcare certification
8/30/2013
Sustainable design goes beyond building phase
Healthcare facility maintenance is an important part of the 'green' picture
8/29/2013
Healthcare can learn from hospitality design pulse
Hotel-adapted amenities can help make patients feel comfortable and cared for
8/29/2013
Have waiting rooms seen their day?
New design trends include self check-in kiosks and more intuitive wayfinding
8/28/2013
Transforming tribal healthcare facilities
Architect designs buildings that serve. represent Native American culture
8/27/2013
Digging up surprises at healthcare construction sites
Planning can avoid some problems, flexibility can turn them into positives
8/26/2013
Hospital dining room rehab tastes immediate success
Brooklyn Hospital Center's emphasis on fresh and healthy food stations boosts traffic 14 percent
8/26/2013
New Oregon facility designed for rural needs
Planning for the Coquille Valley Hospital focused on physician recruitment, patient perception and economic impact.
8/26/2013
Take a photo tour of the new Louis & Peaches Owen Heart Hospital
The 184,600-square-foot Tyler, Texas, facility is the region's first cardiac hospital.
8/23/2013
With stripmall ERs, convenience has a price
Patients mistaking them for urgent care centers can develop wallet pains.
8/22/2013
Bariatric design adjusts to larger patient needs
Facilities look beyond toilets and grab bars to wide doors and comfortable waiting room furniture
8/22/2013
Freestanding EDs benefit hospitals' reach and bottom line
Additional "front doors" to care can reduce patient bottlenecks and long wait times.
8/22/2013
Staff input informed planning of long-term care facility
Cypress Health Region employees in Saskatchewan took the lead in forming ideas and helping develop replacement-facility design.
8/21/2013
Healthcare landscape architecture awards program announced
New competition will focus on landscape architecture in acute care, senior living, and behavioral health facilities.
8/21/2013
Hospitals embrace the intersection of patient outcomes, sustainable design
In the past, patient outcomes and satisfaction may have seemed to be at odds with efficiency and sustainability. But that is changing.
8/21/2013
Research suggests access to nature creates healthy results
Better patient outcomes seen in facilities with well-planned and tended landscaping.
8/21/2013
Hospital design can impact care as well as bottom line
Forward-thinking design elements are good for the health of the patients as well as the health of the hospital's budget, says the chair of the Center for Health Design.
8/20/2013
Health care reform era furnished by efficiency, durability
Tighter economic times mean health care facilities professionals are taking a hard look at their furniture choices. Design and consistency can play a large role in a facility's brand, but the furniture also needs to be durable from a facilities standpoint.
8/20/2013
Mountains offer beautiful backdrop, challenges for hospital project
The Blue Ridge Mountains provided a beautiful backdrop, as well as challenges, for Kahler Slater architects. The new Martha Jefferson Hospital building - a replacement for the original 100-year-old facility - was named one of 2013's most beautiful hospitals.
8/19/2013
Art donated to enhance patient experience at health center
New artwork donated to enhance the patient experience at The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center in Worcester, Mass., was unveiled this week at a reception celebrating National Health Center Week.
8/16/2013