2 Design Solutions that Improve Long-Term Care

Posted by on Feb 14, 2014 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
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

Posted by on Feb 13, 2014 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
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

Posted by on Feb 10, 2014 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
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 […]

When Patients Have a Say

Posted by on Jan 26, 2014 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
When Patients Have a Say

Hospitals are busy places—and caregivers, busy people. And it has traditionally been to them and their preferences that hospital planners have largely considered when designing bed placements, bathrooms, medical equipment, etc. Now patients are becoming part of the conversation–and when the patient is also an architect, the planners are even more likely to listen. The […]

The Future of Healthcare Design

Posted by on Jan 21, 2014 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
The Future of Healthcare Design

We have seen a breakthrough in Healthcare Design fueled by the the trend toward using evidence-based design.  With such a successful outcome this past year, we can expect to see even more. Evidence-based design is a scientific technique that helps designers make decisions about the room layout, flooring, lighting, finishes, and furniture, impact a range […]

Patient And Family Experience: It’s Personal

Posted by on Jan 15, 2014 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
Patient And Family Experience: It’s Personal

The following article is a re-post written by Sheila Cahnman and was featured in Healthcare Design Magazine.  Cahnman is a key leader for development, strategy, and growth of  a distinguished healthcare design practice, both nationally and internationally. I decided to re-post her article because her experience is worth reading.  In the following article she explains how […]

Transforming Illness with Creativity

Posted by on Jan 7, 2014 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
Transforming Illness with Creativity

The following post features artist Elizabeth Jameson’s work and artist overview with a link to an indepth artist interview.  Jameson  has used art as an empowering process in her journey with Multiple Sclerosis.  Overview Elizabeth Jameson  is an artist whose work  explores the beauty and complexity of the brain. Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1992, she turned […]