The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it will publish a notice in the Federal Register to extend the comment period for the COVID-19 healthcare Read More …
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4 Trends to Enhance Interactions between Patients, Care Providers
Real-time locating systems drive design of patient-centered environments
Operational efficiency has been a mantra throughout the healthcare delivery environment for years. If you’re a hospital or clinic manager, you’ve been under significant pressure to cut costs and reduce errors while providing Read More …
Healthcare Facilities Designed, Built to Meet Patient Care in New + Transformative Ways
As the COVID-19 pandemic quickly spread across Minnesota and its neighboring states early last year, several healthcare systems recognized the need to make structural facility changes to advance patient care in new and transformative ways. Read More …
Scenario Planning for Resilient Facilities: Preparing for Normal, Extreme Circumstances
The minute health systems started shutting down services at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, reality hit that something was broken. It was more than the supply chain, which buckled under a 17-fold increase in demand for such things as facemasks and gowns at a time when organizations only kept Read More …
COVID-19 Centers of Excellence Offer Recovery, One-Stop Primary Care Services to Hardest-Hit NY Neighborhoods
The second of three COVID-19 Centers of Excellence has recently opened in New York City. Perkins Eastman is the architect and designer of the three, first-of-their-kind facilities. Gilbane Building Company is the construction manager. The project team also Read More …
2021 PDC Summit to Provide Key Information on Health Facility Planning, Design + Construction
The 2021 International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction will help leaders in health facility planning, design and construction prepare to lead post-pandemic recovery and rebuilding efforts. The event Read More …
ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force Releases Updated Airborne Transmission Guidance
The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force released an updated, unequivocal statement on the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in buildings.
ASHRAE has released the following statement: Read More …