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Australia’s Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital
When our kids have to go to the hospital, it’s always scary. In Brisbane, Australia, a new children’s hospital was recently opened which has a feeling less like a hospital and more like an art museum. The Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital was designed to give the feeling of a living, healing tree. The idea was […]
High Stakes for Patient Room Designs
Below is an excerpt from an article written by Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Executive Editor of Healthcare Design Magazine. The article discusses the new expectations for hospital design. Particularly when it comes to patient rooms. Expectations for large private rooms, additional space for families and modifications that prevent infection and facilitate new technology are just a few of the changes that are […]
A Work of Art: Harlem Hospital – New York, New York
Hospital designers take on new objectives when the hospital owner’s goal is to be the gateway to the community. When designers and architects approach new projects with a holistic mentality, they know that the environment plays a considerable role in the healing process. Environments filled with natural light, meaningful art and warm decor have proved to […]
Designed to Control Infection
There is growing concern about building materials and hazardous chemicals, and their effect on hospital occupants and workers. Because of that, new products and materials have been brought to the marketplace that help hospitals control infection. Healthcare Designers are using these products and materials as part of their LEED for Healthcare (LEED-HC) designs. A recent […]
Hospital Administrators Look to Designers to Help Improve Patient Flow
Patient Flow is the process by which patients move through a hospital or other health care setting. Research has shown that improving Patient Flow may have a positive effect on patients and caregivers by improving the safety and quality of care. Smoothing the flow of patients in and out of hospitals and other health care settings […]
How Important is a Positive Atmosphere for Kids?
Jessica, age four, enters the hospital for the very first time. She looks around and tries to determine what happens in this space? Will it be an interesting place to spend her days? Will she be supported as she is treated for illness? Can she continue to grow and develop here? Jessica will discover the […]
Starting a New Legacy
Let’s face it … no one likes to go to the ER. However, it doesn’t have to be the drab, dreary place of the old days. A group of physicians in Texas have discovered a way to make emergency room and urgent care visits a little less stressful and frightening. They created two facilities in […]