Applying Lean Thinking to Healthcare Facility Design: A Before and After Approach
A system for continuous improvement, Lean has been adopted into hospital and healthcare facility design to add value by eliminating...
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Healthcare and the Reality of Artificial Intelligence
“Hospitals of the future” has been the hot topic of conversation around the proverbial office watercooler. My two cent...
The Rhythm of the Unit: More Design Lessons from Shadowing a Nurse
As a designer of hospitals, I have always been curious about how nurses in the med/surg nursing unit spend their...
The Future of the Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Acuity Levels
Few would argue that the healthcare landscape is rapidly evolving. Today’s healthcare consumer has become far more engaged, not only...
Staff-Focused Change Management in Emergency Departments
We are often challenged during the design phase of a healthcare project to incorporate features that will help facilitate new...
Using Lean Principles to Generate Physician and Staff Buy-In
In our healthcare projects, we employ a design framework known as value-added design (VAD), which aims to drive value in...