Hospital design is a critical factor influencing patient outcomes, staff efficiency, and the overall delivery of healthcare services. Contemporary research has highlighted that smart design strategies ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a principal and lead medical planner with NBBJ. It goes without saying that throughout the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare ...

We found a design competition that’s actually worthwhile. The unexpected job that every healthcare organization needs There's a huge disconnect between what healthcare organizations think they're ...

Soldiers assigned to the 531st Hospital Center build shelving at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, where a temporary medical station has been constructed to aid efforts combating the ...

Just as medical care has evolved from bloodletting to germ theory, the medical spaces patients inhabit have transformed too. Today, architects and designers are trying to find ways to make hospitals ...

In 2008, ASHRAE introduced Standard 170 – Ventilation of Health Care Facilities, which defined ventilation system design requirements for infection control. Considered a breakthrough in the industry, ...

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) is recognizing 10 projects with its 2023 Healthcare Design Awards. The awards recognize cutting-edge designs that ...

The best way to explain the Gates Vascular Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., is to describe it as a club sandwich. It’s kind of a funny way to refer to a world-class hospital that’s doing very serious work, ...

A new system takes a novel approach to monitoring patients’ vital signs, like heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation, with pleasant-sounding melodies instead of alarms. Designed by ...

Healthcare design is a complicated, iterative process of back-and-forth communication between stakeholders and the design team. The first step is understanding the purpose of the building or space to ...

A patient room designed by NBBJ at NYU Langone Medical Center. Hospital design experts Christina Grimes and Ryan Hullinger explain how technology — from telehealth to avatars — is being incorporated ...