Facing decreasing reimbursements and increasing costs, health systems are scrambling to find competitive advantages through improved services provided at a lower cost. Concurrently, medical advancements have reduced trauma and recovery for many procedures and have shifted services once firmly considered as inpatient procedures to the outpatient environment. Read More …
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The Disruptive Force of Technology Changing The Future Face of Healthcare
Technology plays a big role in our everyday lives. It is often a disruptive force that can change the way we function as a society and conduct business. This is also having a profound effect on the healthcare sector, enhancing the patient experience. Read More …
Child-Ready: Envisioning Pediatric Spaces of the Future
Healthcare design requires careful thought, consideration and attention to detail, especially when designing for a pediatric population. While routine pediatric care is typically community based in medical office, ambulatory, urgent care, emergency and even community acute care hospitals, specialized, complex care is routinely sought out at pediatric centers of excellence. Read More …
Humanizing Virtual Healthcare: Emerging Trends in Telemedicine Facilities
Thanks to its cost-savings potential, negation of distance and time, delivery of easier access to healthcare specialists and technical wizardry, telemedicine is being hailed by many as a revolutionary force. At the very least, telemedicine interactions — which can take the form of live video interface between patients and practitioners, Read More …
2018 Color Trends for the Healthcare Segment
Market and societal influences are driving today’s new colors
The use of color in healthcare settings has evolved over the last five years, influenced by a variety of factors, including global design trends, consumer research, patient satisfaction studies and market drivers from other segments. When it comes to healthcare facilities, we’re seeing less of the stereotypical Read More …
Enhancing Healthcare Planning Through Virtual Reality
Healthcare facility planning is changing as virtual reality enables clients, users and owners to step into the planning process as never before. High-tech buzzwords – Revit, cloud, mobile apps, augmented reality and virtual reality – are becoming the transformative tools of the trade. Over the past few years, Read More …
Design Efficiency, Collaboration Key to Central Care Team Areas
When it comes to traditional healthcare, patients are conditioned to a general routine for medical appointments. After checking in and flipping through a magazine in the waiting room, the consultation is followed by time-consuming, non-medical related processes that range from navigating insurance issues to scheduling additional appointments and filling prescriptions. Read More …
A Look Behind the Walls at Hennepin County Medical Center
One of the biggest challenges for a new facility owner is maintaining the building after construction is complete. Having an efficient and informational way to understand what systems are built into the walls and above the ceilings can be extremely useful. Read More …
Developing a New International Healthcare Standard
In 2010, the Danish healthcare system sent a study team to the United States to visit best-of-class hospitals and observe best practices in facilities design. The team’s U.S. tour was part of the system’s initiative to renew and expand Denmark’s aging facilities and improve the quality of care as there had not been any significant, new hospital development in the last 30-40 years. Read More …
