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 ...

This month’s Facility File focuses on retrofitting a hospital’s patient floor with the addition of one fan-powered HEPA filter unit per patient room on a 30-patient room floor. The Facility File will ...

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 ...

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 ...

Illustration of the experiment how an existing hospital room was transformed into a 3D virtual environment and then redesigned based on the Evidence-Based Design principle. In an online study, virtual ...

What sets children's hospital design apart from its more traditional counterpart? Care for children is different than it is for adults; "it just is," says one provider. Not only do you have the unique ...

As construction continues on the sparkling new $2.3 billion IU Health hospital downtown, a unit in the old IU Health Methodist across the street offers a glimpse of the future. The space features mock ...

The design of a hospital can play a significant role in patients’ recovery. Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has set a new benchmark with this soothing sanctuary. In a residential district ...

In today’s healthcare environment, patient comfort has become just as important as treatment quality. Hospitals and care facilities around the world are recognizing that a patient’s physical comfort ...