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WEBThe 95,000-square-foot project combines healthcare and community services to address social determinants of health and is one of the facility tours at the 2024 HCD Conference + Expo in Indianapolis. 2024 HCD Conference Facility Tour: Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital Of Carmel In Indiana. The 235,439-square-foot hospital, MOB, and ...
The History of Hospitals and Wards - HCD Magazine
WEBMar 11, 2010 · A brief history of hospitals and wards. Hopefully, this brief history of hospitals helps illustrate the tremendous advances over the past 2,000-plus years from the temples and pauper wards to private rooms. The challenge facing us now, as in the past, is how to continue to improve the quality of the patient environment by providing cost ...
Trends in Healthcare Planning & Design - HCD Magazine
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The Newest Trends are Explored Here First. Healthcare Design’s trend coverage digs deep into interior design, architecture, construction and engineering, and research and theory, all while adding in a layer of unique industry perspectives via blogs and Q+As with design pros. The latest project types, such as the movement toward improved and ...
Key Considerations in Patient Room Design, Part 1
WEBApr 1, 2006 · Once the patient room plan is determined, the hospital must confirm the detailed design features for the headwall, footwall, nursing support area, and family amenities. Headwall. The wall behind and the ceiling over the patient’s head are the most important spaces for incorporating clinical care elements.
Penn Medicine 17-Story Pavilion Makes Impact In Philadelphia
WEBMar 2, 2022 · IPD process guides medical campus planning. That vision would call for a sizable building—specifically, a 1.5 million-square-foot, 17-story facility that houses 504 patient rooms, 47 ORs, and a two-story emergency department with 61 exam rooms. Due to the massive size of the project, leaders at Penn Medicine saw an opportunity to utilize an ...
Design Solutions To Improve Waiting In Healthcare
WEBDec 6, 2016 · Designers and owners have options to employ operations, technology, and design to achieve the most appropriate solutions for waiting and waiting spaces. Joan Suchomel, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, is the 2016 president of the American Institute of Architects’ Academy of Architecture for Health. She is a principal at …
New Trends In Clinic Design - HCD Magazine
WEBNov 3, 2016 · Credit: Michael McLane Photography, Courtesy of Taylor Design. With consideration for the patient experience upon arrival, the UCSF Heart & Vascular Center, which opened in April and consolidated the system’s cardiovascular services under the roof of a multidisciplinary clinic, is designed so that patients are immediately greeted by a staff member and a panoramic view of San Francisco.
Healing Hues: Choosing Paint Colors for Healthcare
WEBMay 11, 2012 · You want a nice balance of both warm and cool colors. Cool colors tend to be more calming, so things that are in the blues and the blue-greens, those types of colors really put people at ease because they do bring a sense of tranquility. But you don’t want to get so cool that it feels cool. So you want to balance those colors with some warmth ...
Design Rx: Delivering Operationally Efficient Pharmacies
WEBSep 1, 2015 · Moving away from small satellite locations, hospitals pharmacies are being built in centralized locations to better leverage clinical pharmacists’ expertise as part of the medical team, and to more efficiently fill, package, and deliver medication to patient units. Meanwhile, more complex medical inventories, regulations mandating strict handling procedures, and the need for tight stock ...
Best Practices For Rehab Center Design - HCD Magazine
WEBMar 18, 2016 · Answering patient and family needs in rehab center design. The Craig Hospital expansion and renovation includes several notable features to respond to patient and family desires for supportive services, advanced technology, privacy, and amenities. Since mid-2015, physical and occupational therapy gyms and adjacent spaces have been renovated and ...