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January 27, 2012 By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editor
Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital opens what's been called the world's most comprehensive imaging suite.
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January 24, 2012 Corey Salvatore
In order to have an effective and reliable space, the OR equipment, data network, and AV technology need to be thought of as inter-related parts of the larger whole, and designed as such.
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January 12, 2012 Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
Why does your facility need an energy audit? Who should be doing it? And how do you prepare? These and some other common questions associated with the energy auditing process are answered by Jim Kelsey, P.E., principal at kW Engineering and author of ASHRAE's recent update to its energy audit guide.
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November 23, 2011 Jeff Yarbrough
Healthcare facilities built through permanent modular construction deliver sustainable and practical benefits.
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November 14, 2011 Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
Members of the Healthcare Acoustics Research Team share their findings on how design plays a role in controlling noise levels in healthcare environments as part of their session at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 in Nashville.
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November 2, 2011 John E. McShain, PE, Phillip Pierce, PE, and Randall Baker, PE
Bringing productivity and flexibility to the surgical suite.
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September 1, 2011 Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editor
A new patient care tower at the John Muir Medical Center in the San Francisco Bay Area doubles the size of Contra Costa County’s only designated trauma center
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August 15, 2011 Richard L. Peck and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editors
Acoustics are concerned not only with the quality of sound, but speech privacy, patient healing, and staff comfort.
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August 3, 2011 Steve Valenta, AIA; Photography by HKS/Daryl Shields
The HKS Virtual Theater offers a place where 3-D coordination, 4-D planning, photorealistic visualization, dynamic simulation, and accurate analysis of project design can happen in real time.
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July 26, 2011 Timothy Angerame
In today’s difficult economic climate, when financial savings are critical to every institution, healthcare facility managers demand even more from their energy systems.