Going for the Gold in Healthcare Design: 7 Winners
The news from the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang this week: Norway leads the medal count, the U.S. women’s hockey team
February 23, 2018
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Tag: Center for Health Design
Why is Bad Hospital Design Still Making Us Sicker?
Research supports an urgent need to change the way we build, maintain and work in hospitals, and many facilities could
February 24, 2017
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Is Evidence-Based Design a Central Tenet for Healthcare Yet?
Although the premise that physical environment affects well-being reflects common sense, evidence-based design is poised to emulate evidence-based medicine as
February 3, 2017
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Catching Up With Healthcare Design Scholar Kirk Hamilton
Many of you may remember Kirk Hamilton as a founder and principal of WHR Architects. Or know him as the
December 16, 2016
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5 Things the Healthcare Design Industry Has to be Thankful For
I ran into lots of friends and colleagues at the Healthcare Design conference in Washington, D.C. last week. Many that I’ve known
November 27, 2015
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Catching Up With Patient-Centered Care Advocate Robin Orr
There’s some people you meet during the course of your career that you never want to lose track of. Such
February 27, 2015
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Healthcare Design or Health Design?
As one of the founding board members of The Center for Health Design back in 1993, I was part of an
February 20, 2015
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6 Gold Medal Winners in Healthcare Design
The news from Sochi this week: the Russians are back on top in pairs figure skating; U.S. wins its first
February 14, 2014
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Hospital Noise Still Lowest Ranking HCAHPS Question
Recently, I looked at the HCAHPS survey summary analysis and saw that the question about hospital noise is still the
December 10, 2013
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Improving Hospital Safety: What We Can Learn From Cars
When Ralph Nader’s book, Unsafe at Any Speed, came out in 1965, it was a wake-up call for the U.S.
September 17, 2013
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