Hospital Design and Construction - Methods
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Ensuring quieter hospital environments.

30 Aug 2009 This is the fourth in a series of articles from Planetree, an international nonprofit organization founded in 1978 that's "committed to improving medical care from the patient's perspective." For more information, go to ... Read more...

Planning a cardiovascular hybrid operating room: the technical point of view.

30 May 2009 INTRODUCTION: The integration of interventional techniques into cardiovascular surgery requires angiographic imaging capabilities in the operating room. A deep understanding of the technology and its implication for the surgical workflow is scarce. ... Read more...

Hospital benefits from harmonious setting.

30 May 2009 Dealing sensitively with local wildlife, necessitating a phased demolition of an existing 1930s-built hospital to avoid disturbing bats and badgers in and around the construction site, was among the challenges successfully overcome by Mansell in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hospital Design and Construction - Methods'

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• Ensuring quieter hospital environments. 30 Aug 2009
• Planning a cardiovascular hybrid operating room: the technical point of view. 30 May 2009
• Laboratory organization and operation. 1961. 30 May 2009
• Hospital benefits from harmonious setting. 30 May 2009
• Ground-breaking in more ways than one. 30 May 2009
• Where is the value in value engineering? 30 May 2009
• Redesign helps EDs improve patient flow. 30 Mar 2009
• Joint optimization: Merging a new culture with a new physical environment. 30 Mar 2009
• Sustainability. Eco innovation. 24 Mar 2009
• Obtaining adolescents' views about inpatient facilities using conjoint analysis. 27 Feb 2009
• Creating a patient-centered system. 27 Feb 2009
• Moving a hospital library. 30 Dec 2008
• Action stations. 30 Dec 2008
• Construction of an integrated surgical suite in a military treatment facility. 30 Dec 2008
• Transforming Welsh healthcare. 30 Dec 2008
• Healing by design. 29 Nov 2008
• Adding critical mass. N.H. hospital includes extra space, expanded services in multiphase project. 22 Nov 2008
• Start to finish--in just six months. 30 Oct 2008
• Leading change during an inpatient critical care unit expansion. 30 Oct 2008
• Back to the future. New hospital in Michigan retains pieces of history. 25 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Hospital Design and Construction'

Definition: The architecture, functional design, and construction of hospitals.

Descriptor UI: D006749

Alternative terms: Hospital Design and Construction; Hospital Construction and Design; Hospital Designs; Hospital Design; Design, Hospital; Designs, Hospital; Hospital Renovations; Hospital Renovation; Renovation, Hospital; Renovations, Hospital; Hospital Construction; Construction, Hospital;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; standards; statistics & numerical data; ethics; trends;

Tree Number: J01.086.339.250; N02.278.200.403;

Online Note: use HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION to search HOSPITAL PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION 1966-67

History Note: 68; HOSPITAL PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION was heading 1963-67

Technical Notes: differentiate from HOSPITAL PLANNING (develop of plans at a community, state, regional or natl level): HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION refers to architecture & decor; DF: HOSP DESIGN