Trends and Analysis - May 2013
Kaiser Permanente aims for LEED Gold in all new hospital construction
Kaiser Permanente May 22 announced it will seek Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for all new construction of hospitals, large medical offices and other major projects.
5/28/2013
Submissions sought for healthcare design renovation competition
Healthcare Design magazine, in partnership with The Center for Health Design, is seeking submissions for its 2013 Remodel/Renovation competition.
5/23/2013
Behavioral health unit design provides for all adult patients, young and old
As demographics shift, hospitals are faced with having to provide for multiple patient populations in the same space.
5/21/2013
BIM/VDC made a complex MEP installation possible at Lurie Children's Hospital
Twenty-three stories up, the mechanical floor at the Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago is a testament to the design and operations pressures the vertical strategy created.
5/20/2013
Deadline approaching for submissions to 2013 AIA healthcare design journal
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) is seeking submissions for its 2013 Journal. The submission deadline is May 31.
5/16/2013
In hospital nurse station design, form should follow function
Whenever a redesign or new installation will include nurse stations, improving the function of the nurse station should be the primary design consideration.
5/15/2013
Hospital expansion focuses on the future with a design for growth
Bayhealth Kent General Hospital, in Dover, Del., recently expanded the institution with decades of well-planned growth in mind.
5/14/2013
Hospital expansion focuses on the future with a design for growth
Bayhealth Kent General Hospital, in Dover, Del., recently expanded the institution with decades of well-planned growth in mind.
5/14/2013
Holistic design approach to hospital wayfinding helps build brand
Hospitals have come to realize that good wayfinding not only reduces patient and visitor frustration, but also helps build the institution's brand.
5/10/2013
Careful planning, design can have big impact on healthcare facility operations
Planning and design have tremendous impact on a facility's overall operational efficiency and ROI, not to mention occupant comfort, sustainability and more.
5/10/2013
Texas children's hospital reinvents NICU ward with new facility design
Many factors were considered and tested when Cook Children's Medical Center in Texas decided to expand and reinvent its renowned NICU facilities.
5/9/2013
Hospital emergency department redesigned for better efficiency
Using tactics more common to retail and manufacturing, the expanded University of Colorado's emergency department has been able to reduce wait times from 80 minutes to around 10.
5/8/2013
Focus on outpatient, team-based cancer care reshapes treatment facility design
The cancer care landscape is ever-evolving thanks to a myriad of factors, most notably, a focus on team-based, outpatient treatment plans.
5/8/2013
Healthcare textiles improve performance through high-tech finishes
Textile products in healthcare environments need to be durable and cleanable while still remaining attractive to users. Over the last two decades, the textile industry has developed several fabric coatings and finishes that achieve these goals while being friendlier to the environment than previous options.
5/3/2013
Hospitals set tone for patient experience through lobby design
As hospitals seek to differentiate themselves in an ever more competitive market, many are looking to their lobbies to start the patient experience off on the right foot.
5/2/2013
Children's hospital focuses on patient-centered design in every detail
The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, which opened June 2012 in Chicago, Ill., was designed to make going to the hospital — and sometimes staying for months at a time — a little less scary of an experience for the children and their families.
5/1/2013