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WEBThe 239,00-square-foot state mental health hospital in Indianapolis is one of the facility tours offered at the 2024 HCD Conference + Expo in Indianapolis, Oct. 5-8. The 650,000-square-foot project adds a new patient tower, expands services, and transforms a parking lot into a new community park space. The 12,000-square-foot medical and ...
How The Pandemic Is Changing Healthcare Interiors
WEBFeb 8, 2022 · How The Pandemic Is Changing Healthcare Interiors. In early 2020, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) opened the doors to its new David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care in Manhattan. The building had been designed eight years prior, with the vision aspiring to deliver an aesthetic and functionality …
The History of Hospitals and Wards - HCD Magazine
WEBMar 11, 2010 · A brief history of hospitals and wards. Hopefully, this brief history of hospitals helps illustrate the tremendous advances over the past 2,000-plus years from the temples and pauper wards to private rooms. The challenge facing us now, as in the past, is how to continue to improve the quality of the patient environment by providing cost ...
Trends in Healthcare Planning & Design - HCD Magazine
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The Newest Trends are Explored Here First. Healthcare Design’s trend coverage digs deep into interior design, architecture, construction and engineering, and research and theory, all while adding in a layer of unique industry perspectives via blogs and Q+As with design pros. The latest project types, such as the movement toward improved and ...
Archives: White Papers - HCD Magazine
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Key Considerations in Patient Room Design, Part 1
WEBApr 1, 2006 · Once the patient room plan is determined, the hospital must confirm the detailed design features for the headwall, footwall, nursing support area, and family amenities. Headwall. The wall behind and the ceiling over the patient’s head are the most important spaces for incorporating clinical care elements.
Healing Hues: Choosing Paint Colors for Healthcare
WEBMay 11, 2012 · You want a nice balance of both warm and cool colors. Cool colors tend to be more calming, so things that are in the blues and the blue-greens, those types of colors really put people at ease because they do bring a sense of tranquility. But you don’t want to get so cool that it feels cool. So you want to balance those colors with some warmth ...
Creating a Center for Wellness - HCD Magazine
WEBAug 31, 2003 · In part, this goal can be achieved by establishing a clinical core. This core is constructed with a minimum 28-foot column spacing and a minimum floor-to-floor height of 14 feet, thus creating a universal grid. The core should house a majority of the building program with only required interior interruptions.
Planning and Designing Highly Functional Nurses' Stations
WEBNov 1, 2006 · Key Design Principles. Regardless of which organizational type one chooses, our research team has identified five key principles to consider when designing a nurses’ station or series of stations. 1. Allow for Control and Flexibility. The ability for staff and patients to control their environment is crucial.
FIRST LOOK: Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital - HCD Magazine
WEBJan 25, 2021 · Planning and design is completed for Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital a smart-sized 109,794-square-foot facility based in Hobbs, N.M. The hospital will provide convenient access to healthcare to people of Hobbs and Lea County, N.M. Opening in spring 2022, the three-story community hospital will house 60 patient beds, including an eight-bed intensive care unit and eight-bed birthing center.