Four guidelines for fewer headaches and lower costs
How health care organizations can deliver projects on time and on budget with fewer headaches.

Best practices for optimizing facility capital investments
Health care organizations are challenged with various resource-intensive projects, making capital increasingly scarce for hospital facility managers.

Teaming up with staff to prevent pests
In addition to threatening the health and safety of staff and patients, disease and pathogen transmitting pests like rodents, cockroaches and flies can threaten a facility's reputation and credibility.

Financing options for solar, wind and cogeneration
Evaluating the costs and benefits of on-site solar photovoltaic systems, wind power systems and cogeneration facilities.

Special considerations for hygienic cleaning in ambulatory surgery centers
Helpful advice on implementing a science-based cleaning and disinfection program.

How rural hospitals can take advantage of evidence-based design
A common-sense approach to help small facilities take advantage of evidence-based design practices and concepts.

Hospital operations planning, simulation and architecture
How some hospital projects have used simulation to inform a lean operations planning approach to health care design.

Proper chiller start-up impacts the bottom line
When combined with a regular maintenance program, these startup procedures can effectively reduce the costs associated with operating and repairing a hospital chiller.

Hospital wayfinding design strategies and implementation
A strategic approach to hospital wayfinding should address sources of confusion, which might be operational, organizational, nomenclature or the building itself. This article leads readers through the process.

Tips on maintaining a health care floor
Because flooring makes a significant impression on hospital visitors, it is important to devote the right amount of time and attention to the appearance of this important design element.

How network paging can improve hospital operations
How network-based hospital paging systems can overcome the maintenance, reliability and efficiency problems of traditional paging systems.

Planning a hybrid operating room
Advice on designing hybrid operating rooms, where state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging equipment is permanently integrated into the operating room architecture.

Do the benefits of health facility commissioning justify the added cost?
How an experienced health facility commissioning team can improve HVAC efficiency, reduce lighting costs and reduce risks associated with poor indoor air quality, while improving overall building performance.

Advice on master planning a small-sized hospital
The approach for designing small rural and community hospitals is very different from the one used for large urban health care centers.

Troubleshooting poorly performing plumbing systems
How poor maintenance practices and weak inspection routines can cripple a health care facility's plumbing system.

The changing hospital patient space
Assessing two of the top areas of concern in patient room design: advancing technology and caregiver efficiency.

Achieving effective acoustics in the hospital setting
A look at four key strategies for eliminating hospital noise problems.