Design & Construction

News
Also this week: APIC highlights strategies during active-shooter situations and FDA issues updates on health care gown requirements
Design
Consumer-minded mothers and Affordable Care Act drive changes in maternity care
Construction
The new HCA StoneSprings Hospital Center was built using a redesigned prototype that reduces square footage, improves flow and organizes departments more efficiently
Design
Lean design principles are helping to take waste out of health care operations and optimize workflows
News
Loma Linda University Medical Center put its emergency preparedness plan into action and was ready 'to take up to 50 patients'
Construction
Baylor Scott & White Health pursue population health with new center that connects and supports owners of skilled canine assistants
News
Also this week: Study finds clinical workstations an overlooked area in environmental cleaning and AAMI releases resource on managing clinical alarms
Trends in health care
Experts assess how changes in hospital design, infrastructure, infection prevention and more will protect patients
Trends in health care
Evidence-based design and new construction methods keep patients safe during and after construction
Trends in health care
Experts assess how changes in hospital design, infrastructure, infection prevention and more will protect patients