The Network Closet’s Role in Improving Patient Care
In the modern health care setting, network closets house increasingly more powerful and life-critical equipment — not respirators or gamma knives, but rather servers and network routers.
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Improving Acoustics to Improve a Patient’s Healing Experience
Doctors, nurses, medicine, technology, patients, family, specialists, the list of factors that contribute to the swift and successful recovery of someone admitted to a hospital is seemingly endless.
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.