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Positive Distractions…
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center completed an 80,000-square-foot multispecialty clinic in Green Township, Ohio, in 2013. The building houses nine clinics and 17 services and is designed to bring area children a comfortable and positive healthcare environment that’s close to home. Designed by Moody Nolan (Columbus, Ohio), the facility features a standardized floor plan that provides identical clinical […]
Designing Social Networks For Young Behavioral Healthcare Patients
The following post was originally featured in Healthcare Design Magazine and may be seen here. Clinical approaches to behavioral healthcare treatment have evolved over the past couple of decades. Although still challenged by a negative social stigma, substance addiction and mental illness today are more often viewed as manageable diseases than character flaws. As such, the […]
Environment Can Help, But it Can’t Cure
The following post was originally featured in Behavioral Healthcare and may be seen here. Bio: James M. Hunt, AIA, is a practicing architect and facility management professional with over 30 years of experience. He is a registered architect, holds a certificate from the National Council of Architectural Registration, and served as director of facilities management for the […]
Rethinking Behavioral Health Center Design
The following post was originally featured in Healthcare Design Magazine and may be seen here. It is an interview with Don Thomas, a principal at St. Paul, Minn.-based BWBR. In this Q&A with Healthcare Design magazine, Thomas discusses next-generation facility design, what works and what doesn’t, and what he’d like to see happen in the future. Behavioral health centers […]
2 Design Solutions that Improve Long-Term Care
Improving Long-Term Care – Today’s Solutions Making the decision to move a loved one into a nursing home is never easy. One usually tries to find a place where their loved one will be well cared for, comfortable and where they can feel at home. Long term care facilities are reinventing themselves as a response […]
Edinburg Children’s Hospital
Featured: Edinburg Children’s Hospital is the first and only hospital in the Rio Grande Valley built just for kids. Equipped with advanced diagnostic and medical technology, we have the region’s only exclusive pediatric emergency department. Edinburg Children’s Hospital is the only hospital in Texas that is a Certified Asthma Center by The Joint Commission. […]
4 Ways Hospitals and Health Clinics Can Make Care More Compassionate
The following article was first posted by Rose Raymon/Staff Editor of The Do. It was then featured as a press release on Planetree Newsroom. Access the original post here. Planetree is a health care organization that emphasizes compassionate care…. BY ROSE RAYMOND / STAFF EDITOR When her mother had a stroke during a beach vacation, Susan Frampton, PhD, and her siblings rushed […]