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Trends & Fads That Have Impacted Healthcare Facility Design & Construction

A few weeks ago, Sheila Cahnman and I spoke to a standing room only crowd at the Healthcare Design Conference

November 1, 2024 No Comments

History professor Peter N. Stearns wrote that “The past causes the present, and so the future.” History also offers a

October 25, 2019 10 Comments

Did you know that communication with providers is what matters most to patients? That the design of the hospital environment

September 9, 2016 1 Comment

Hospitals as hotels are back in the news. Or at least in a blog post I came across this past week on

September 11, 2015 No Comments

For the first time in several years, I’m not at the Beryl Institute Patient Experience Conference, which concludes today in

April 10, 2015 4 Comments

There’s some people you meet during the course of your career that you never want to lose track of. Such

February 27, 2015 9 Comments

I heard a lot of really interesting things at the Planetree International Conference on Patient-Centered Care this week. Most of

October 17, 2014 2 Comments

I was very happy to see that U.S. News & World Report included a session on hospital design in its

November 8, 2013 7 Comments

Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” published last week listed Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Department of

September 3, 2013 4 Comments

Ever get confused about what the difference between patient-centered care and patient-focused care is? Both are delivery of care models

June 21, 2013 2 Comments