Regulations, Codes & Standards - June 2017
Outpatient clinics finding homes in shopping malls
More providers are moving closer to potential patients
6/30/2017
Magazine names healthcare design industry contest winners
Healthcare Design editors have selected this year’s winners of The HCD 10, an annual awards program that honors professionals across 10 categories
6/30/2017
New CMS survey guidance expected soon
Interpretive guidance for the new survey process incorporating Phase 2 regulations could be released over the next weeks
6/29/2017
Omaha outpatient center designed to untangle services maze
Nebraska Medicine’s ambulatory services were once an odyssey for patients, with services scattered in different locations, according to an article on the HealthcareDesign website
6/29/2017
Regulations can spur healthcare design innovation
Working with regulators to review and revise critical governing criteria could open the door to new models and methods of care, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
6/28/2017
2017 has seen at least $500 million in hospital expansions, renovations so far
Nine hospitals and health systems have facility plans
6/28/2017
Children’s hospital to consolidate four sites into new clinic
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin to build clinic in Kenosha
6/27/2017
Children’s hospital partners lighthearted design with advanced technology
Facility has murals of rainbows and baby animals as well as a lab with pressure-sensitive floor plates to analyze how patients walk
6/27/2017
NFPA casts final votes on healthcare, life safety code changes
Changes that would have stopped efforts to expand maximum compartment size to 40,000 square feet failed
6/26/2017
Size not enough for healthcare facilities in uncertain times
Houston hospital sector mostly weathered the storms but future is seen in smaller regional centers
6/26/2017
Healthcare can see its future, and it's hi-tech
Automation can do some jobs more cheaply, safely and efficiently
6/22/2017
Microhospitals can offer emergency care access
Houston hospital adopts two microhospitals to supplement emergency access
6/22/2017
Healthcare bill could cost 924,000 jobs — most of them in health sector
The research said that the healthcare bill would start off by adding 864,000 jobs and growing state economies
6/21/2017
Spokane teaching healthcare facility supports new model of healthcare
Spokane Teaching Health Center was designed for all healthcare specialties to be trained together
6/21/2017
Rx for noise control at Virginia Hospital: Large dose of acoustical ceiling systems
Myriad of ceilings meets needs of different spaces at new Inova Health System Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital
6/20/2017
Designing for the millennial patient
Survey shows most millennials said that in addition to having their healthcare needs met, they want to have a good experience as patients
6/16/2017
New 150-acre medical campus planned in India
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences campus's oblong urban form was designed to establish an integrated and walkable healthcare campus, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
6/15/2017
Chicago health facilities get bold new home
Building designed with rhombus-shaped perforations sprayed like bubbles across its shiny, forked facade
6/14/2017
Life Safety Q&A: Operating room fire drills
Brad Keyes discusses regulations for operating room fire drills
6/14/2017
Chattanooga safety net facility transformed into region's first lifestyle hospital
Project focused on having the facility resemble a hospitality setting wherever possible
6/14/2017
Cancer treatment center designed to improve outcomes through a multidisciplinary approach
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center organized by specific cancer types so that patients can receive most of their treatment in one area, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
6/12/2017
Kaiser’s San Diego Medical Center focuses on sustainability and patient experience
Facility incorporated ideas from the Small Hospital, Big Idea hospital design competition
6/9/2017
Hospital star ratings will not be updated in July
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will not update the overall hospital quality star ratings
6/8/2017
Concierge medicine for wealthiest patients widens healthcare divide
Elite concierge practices are booming
6/8/2017
ERS changing to serve more elderly patients
Some healthcare facilities are creating separate, quieter emergency rooms for older patients
6/5/2017
Patients leaning toward outpatient facilities, technology
Hospital systems have begun to shift more capital spending to outpatient facilities to provide more cost-effective and convenient settings for consumers
6/2/2017
Children’s outpatient facility designed for efficient care flow
Nemours Children’s Health System Outpatient Services Center in Glen Mills, Pa., was designed for efficient care flow, according to the Healthcare Design website
6/2/2017
Healthcare takeaways from Trump budget
Budget includes $610 billion in Medicaid cuts over 10 years
6/1/2017