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Late last year the much-anticipated LEED for Healthcare Rating System was released by the USGBC. It had a longer-than-expected journey to adoption, and you can read some of that here. The short story is LEED 2009 for Healthcare New Construction and Major Renovations is a hybrid of what the USGBC thought was important for sustainable design and […]
January 28, 2011
Several months ago I attended a seminar on behavioral health in the hospital environment. The presentation showed how it takes both a clinical change and a structural change to make the treatment methods work. For instance, a structural attribute would be convenient co-location of key components within the building. A clinical attribute would be shared medical […]
January 26, 2011
Value engineering’s history began with General Electric’s “value analysis” process in the 1930s, where unnecessary costs were identified and eliminated from projects. This process shares a lot with modern day’s lean processing, which seeks to eliminate anything which does not add to quality, use, appearance or function. The Department of Defense is credited with the […]
January 24, 2011
In yet a more emphatic statement on healthcare design’s response to customer (patient) demands, I submit the St. Petersburg Times from earlier this week: “Some Hospitals Invest in Luxury Amenities To Draw Patients.” This article is a complement to my previous post from the patient perspective. For me, the major takeaways from the article: The […]
January 22, 2011
Click here to read my latest for Healthcare Design’s blog posted earlier this week.
January 19, 2011
I am not a policy expert, and I chime in very rarely on legislative issues that affect healthcare. However, at the Virginia Rural Health Association’s (VRHA) Annual Meeting I heard from a lobbyist who is deeply involved with the healthcare legislation. Her name is Maggie Elehwany and she shed some interesting light on the bill, […]
January 17, 2011
In case you missed it, 2010 was a banner year for technology in healthcare. Several new technologies took root in the industry last year, which are helping to transform and enhance care delivery right now. From iPads to electronic health records (EHRs) check out this helpful post from SearchHealthIT.com for a primer of what to expect to […]
January 14, 2011
Last month at the Virginia Rural Health Association’s (VRHA) Annual Meeting, I was able to learn more about telemedicine. Luckily for the residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, their legislature approved its use as a substitute (from a billing standpoint) for face-to-face care. This is the kind of jump-start a nascent technology and care model needs. […]
January 12, 2011
In the Fall 2010 issue of the Health Environments Research & Design Journal, D. Kirk Hamilton wrote a well-argued piece on the lack of rigor in healthcare design. Hamilton’s article is self-effacing, forthright and nothing short of courageous for questioning not only the design profession’s service to healthcare, but his own body of work. In […]
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