The innovative work that hospitals and health systems do often gets buried deeply in the media talking points about health care reform — if it ever gets mentioned at all. The fact is that many health care organizations as well as researchers and others allied to the field have been advancing innovation at a brisk pace for quite some time now. Noteworthy innovations are occurring in hospital design and construction, infrastructure, infection prevention, materials management and elsewhere. MORE
OVERVIEW
Health facilities professionals break beyond traditional walls
Heading into a new presidential administration, managers looking to the future of health care have two words guiding them: patient satisfaction. With patient satisfaction and outcomes increasingly driving the health care field, health facilities professionals are working overtime to find out what patients want — not only for today, but for years down the road. MORE
Design + Construction
Builders, designers impact patient safety in health care facilities
Adaptability
Designers exercise flexibility and creativity in new era of health care
Tech Tools
Technology makes construction efficiency a virtual reality
Patient Control
New medical center puts patients in control
Facility Integration
It takes a health village — or district — to support physical fitness
Infrastructure
New ideas in hospital infrastructure design
High-Touch Technology
Technology goes high-touch in the patient environment
Telehealth
Making technology talk beyond hospital walls
Teamwork
Collaboration aids planning and operations
Patient Safety
Researching design dangers in equipment and technology
Mechanical Engineering
Air-quality imperatives guide engineering research
Materials Management
