Designing Waiting Rooms for Ultimate Satisfaction

Posted by on Oct 13, 2015 in Behind the Design
Designing Waiting Rooms for Ultimate Satisfaction

Waiting for a medical appointment or a loved one having a procedure is not generally anyone’s idea of a fun time.  However, medical facilities are starting to design their waiting rooms to bring more comfort and satisfaction to patients and their families in order to alleviate the stress of waiting.  Designers are getting away from […]

New Orleans Rebuilds Hospitals After Katrina

New Orleans Rebuilds Hospitals After Katrina

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 10 years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and devastated the city.  They have rebuilt, including the healthcare facilities.  The University Medical Center New Orleans, which opened in August, replaces Charity Hospital while the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System replaces the Memorial Medical Center, which will open […]

WISH Clinic At New Parkland

WISH Clinic At New Parkland

The New Parkland campus in Dallas opened the Women & Infants Specialty Health (WISH) Clinic on August 23rd. This new facility has 135,000 square feet and incorporates evidence based design principles in order to help the patients through the wide range of emotions they can experience while there. Some of the features the designers specifically […]

Art’s Role at Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center

Art’s Role at Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center

There is a lot of research and evidence about the benefits of art in medical facilities.  If planned out and presented well, it is calming and promotes healing.  However, sometimes it is more of an afterthought than part of the initial design. At Kaiser Permanente’s Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro, Oregon, art was not an afterthought […]

Integrated Healthcare for Mental and Behavioral Health

Posted by on Sep 29, 2015 in Behind the Design
Integrated Healthcare for Mental and Behavioral Health

There is a new trend emerging in mental and behavioral healthcare.  Gone are the days of the separate units for the mentally ill or the “institution”.  Architects and designers are creating behavioral healthcare clinics, emergency room crisis centers, and new freestanding facilities. St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton in Hamilton, Ontario opened up the Margaret and Charles […]

LED Lighting Rocks Healthcare Design

Posted by on Sep 26, 2015 in Behind the Design
LED Lighting Rocks Healthcare Design

Beyond functionality and performance,  lighting design can play a role in human health. See how LED’s are rocking the healthcare environment… Of all the elements needed to build new healthcare facilities or update existing ones, lighting has undergone the most changes  in selection criteria. Lighting has been rocked by the growing use of LEDs (light-emitting […]

The Long and the Short of Designing a High Functioning Hospital Room

Posted by on Sep 21, 2015 in Uncategorized

When approaching a new hospital design project, size is one of the first questions to answer. These days, building adequate flexibility to accommodate multiple types of functionality into today’s hospital rooms is a big priority. If a room/space can serve as the environment for several different things, then hospital efficiency goes up and costs to patients go down. For instance, Joseph […]