Author: Lindsey Rowles
Value-Based Care Continues to Reshape Healthcare Design
Value-based care continues to reshape healthcare design principles and trends. Value-based care places more on outcomes and patient/caregiver experiences. That being said, it is even more vital to ensure an effective, patient-centered clinical environment that is conducive to the delivery of high-quality care. In a recent article published by HealthcareDesignMagazine.com, Kurt Forsthoefel made the following points […]
Milton District Hospital Expands to Accommodate Growing Population
The town of Milton, Ontario, Canada, with a population of more than 100,000 people, experienced a period of rapid growth, including an influx of young and old with diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. The increase and changing diversity of its residents were important catalysts for the redevelopment and expansion of the Milton District Hospital. The project, […]
Healthcare Design Magazine’s Take 5 with Rebecca Donner
Healthcare Design Magazine has a series where they ask leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners about things that has gotten their attention and share some ideas on these subjects. They recently spoke to Rebecca Donner, the owner and founder of healthcare interior design firm Inner Design Studio (Nashville, Tenn.). Here, she shares her thoughts on wayfinding, […]
The House of Glass – Holistic Healing & the Highest Level of Cancer Treatment
The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Neb., is designed to be a place of holistic healing, providing the highest level of cancer care and treatment. But healing often requires more than just treating patients medically. “Studies have shown that creating an atmosphere of hope and resilience through artwork goes beyond curing a disease and […]
Women’s Hospital Now Open
The new Medical City Women’s Hospital in North Texas is now open. The new facility is the only North Texas hospital with both a full-service children’s hospital and adult hospital in the same location. Where Excellence Meets Elegance and Healthcare Is Personalized Just for Women The expansion adds five floors to the top of Care Tower […]
A Setting for Respite and Reflection
Carteret Health Care recently opened a new specialty pavilion and patient tower expansion. The design mimics the shoreline in Morehead City, N.C., and offers expansive views as a positive distraction for patients and visitors. Access to the sweeping views creates a setting for respite and reflection throughout. The photo shown above is the new cancer center. It […]
Country’s Largest Freestanding, Full-Service Psychiatric Facility Coming Soon
Nationwide Children’s Hospital wants to send a message that behavioral health is an illness just like cancer or asthma. So, it’s partnering with architecture firms NBBJ (Columbus, Ohio) and Architecture+ (Troy, N.Y.), to build the country’s largest freestanding, full-service psychiatric facility on its children’s hospital campus in Columbus, Ohio. By locating the new facility directly on its main campus, Nationwide […]