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VIDEO FEEDS

Jan 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The Role of Built Environment Factors on Patients In an example of evidence-based design in action, hospital planners Susan Lipka and Wayne Fischer discuss a research project underway at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The project examines the influence of built ...

NEWS NOTES

Jan 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Here are summaries of the most popular December stories from HEALTHCARE DESIGN eNews. Read more news and subscribe to the newsletter at www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com. JCR Releases Safety and Design Book A not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission, Joint Commission ...

Whither the absurd?

Jan 01, 2008; Peck, Richard L ... Recently I finished reading a book called Architecture of the Absurd (Quantuck Lane Press, New York) by a hard-bitten former university president, John Silber of Boston University, who oversaw the building of nearly 14 million square feet of varied structures for his institution during his ...

Move from the status quo to a world of changemaking

Jan 01, 2008; Cama, Rosalyn ... I have just returned from our HEALTHCARE DESIGN.07 conference in Dallas, and am amazed at how many of us are working to improve an industry that is slow to change. The girth of the healthcare industry makes change difficult unless it has widespread acceptance. It is when we get to a critical ...

Practice GreenHealth: Setting the future direction of healthcare

Jan 01, 2008; Hall, Anna Gilmore ... The new year brings new opportunities to engage in the growing movement toward a green and sustainable healthcare sector. For more than 10 years, Health Care Without Harm and our partners have been working with leading healthcare systems, health professionals, architects and designers, ...

Focus on sterilization and high-level disinfection in a healing environment

Jan 01, 2008; Stewart, Erica; Brown, Janet ... Striving to provide quality care in a healing environment, healthcare facilities are taking a closer look at methods of sterilization and highlevel disinfection for reusable medical equipment. Prevalent practices, including the use of ethylene oxide and glutaraldehyde, are not without safety and ...

An 'off the wall' solution for a NICU expansion

Jan 01, 2008; Wylie, Steve ... Since the late 1980s, architects at The Estopinal Group (TEG) have provided facilities solutions on more than 500 projects, with significant attention to healthcare-related assignments. President R. Wayne Estopinal, AIA, AHCA, founded TEG and has grown it into a 65-person firm with a national ...

Healing environments: Not just for patients anymore

Jan 01, 2008; Faulkner, Janet Paden ... Nursing unit design has always fascinated healthcare architects. Not just because it's an interesting design problem with inherently competing needs and conflicting goals, but also because a quick study of the evolution of the nursing unit reveals that we have struggled mightily with it for many ...

The Pebble Project defined

Jan 01, 2008; Zensius, Natalie ... More and more design professionals and healthcare leaders are finding value in utilizing an evidence-based design process to build better buildings that help improve quality and safety. While the terms "evidence-based design" and "healing environments" have become mainstream, many healthcare ...

2007 NIGHTINGALE AWARD WINNERS

Jan 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The Nightingale Awards are the industry's first and most prestigious healthcare-product design competition. Sponsored by Contract magazine in association with The Center for Health Design and Vendôme Group, LLC (publishers of HEALTHCARE DESIGN) and judged by a panel of healthcare facilities ...

Renovation vs. new construction: key factors to consider

Jan 01, 2008; Buick, Paula ... Reviewing current considerations involved in the age-old decision Deciding whether to renovate an existing facility or build a new facility from the ground up is not for the faint of heart. Fortunately, there are a few key elements in the process that can assist you in clarifying the key ...

The healing trees

Jan 01, 2008; Beecher, Michael ... Artist Tom Moberg has been fascinated with nature, especially trees, since childhood, and for more than thirty years these ancient symbols of life have inspired his art. In fact, trees of various shapes, sizes, and textures have been the focus of his artwork throughout his career. Today, his ...