New Paint Technologies Improve Patient Experience
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Designing the Exam Room of the Future
Long gone are the glass vials of cotton swabs and tongue depressors — and even the post-exam lollipops.
Creating Quiet: Sound Masking in Patient Rooms
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Design for Patients, by Patients
Health care designers and planners have a special task: creating spaces that soften the hospital treatment process and promote a healing environment for patients. Facilitating healing through design requires careful planning and research.
On-Campus Student Health Center Creates Uplifting Environment
SAN MARCOS, Calif. — C.W. Driver, a construction manager headquartered in Pasadena, Calif., broke ground on the new 20,000-square-foot Student Health and Counseling Building (SHCB) at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM).
Q&A: Building Emory University’s Biomedical Research Lab
ATLANTA — A new $68 million health sciences research building (HSRB) opened at the Emory University in Atlanta on June 25.
Akron Children’s Hospital Celebrates New Critical Care Tower
AKRON, Ohio — A groundbreaking ceremony for Akron Children’s Hospital’s new critical care tower was held on May 30 in Perkins Square Park. The dirt was officially turned at 11:25 p.m. that night. The ceremony celebrated the new plans for the hospital with hospital employees, community children and their families.
Patient Rehabilitation Expands in Canada
TORONTO — Bridgepoint Active Healthcare’s new patient rehabilitation center — the largest health care facility of its kind in Canada — opened in Toronto on June 25.
UCH Patient Tower Completed Ahead of Schedule
AURORA, Colo. — The University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) debuted a $300 million, 12-story patient tower in April after an aggressive and efficiently coordinated 24-month schedule resulted in the project being completed ahead of time.
CUNY Lecture Discusses Adapting for the Future
NEW YORK — On May 15, the Beverly Wills Architecture Foundation hosted a lecture entitled A View from the Future at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York.