A hospital’s infrastructure, including accessibility of antiseptic hand rub dispensers and single-or multi-bed patient rooms, can influence healthcare-associated colonization and infection rates, ...

Amanda Noth-Matchett, chief nursing officer for the adult academic health center at IU Health, says room design was planned with the goal to “support patient care for the next 100 years.” (IBJ ...

In an acute care hospital, the intensive care unit staff must effectively use specialized equipment, while making split-second decisions pertaining to the care of a large number of medically fragile ...

Hospital Building Teams are giving increasing attention to patient safety, and with good reason: The Institute of Medicine reports that as many as 1 out of 27 patients admitted into a hospital is ...

I work in a state-of-the-art facility designed with a focus on the patient experience. Each patient room is bound by a large near-floor-to-ceiling window, inviting in the outside world and the urban ...

You may have driven by the massive site near 16th Street and Capitol Avenue. The $2.3 billion facility will consolidate University and Methodist hospitals. When finished in 2027, it will be 16 stories ...

Okay, so my aunt had surgery last spring. Hip replacement. She was in the hospital for about four days. I visited her a ...

Child-friendly, not childish – that’s the mantra. Designing for young patients means designing spaces that inspire confidence, encourage playfulness, and offer hope. Our goal is to deliver pediatric ...

Active chilled beams systems employ hydronic sensible cooling with low fan power, which makes them potentially more energy-efficient than the traditional air-based HVAC systems. Revision to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - This will be the first cold and flu season a local hospital is equipped with a vital new tool to enhance patient care and work more efficiently. University Hospitals Lake West ...