They're the crash-test dummies of modern medicine: two sets of full-scale hospital rooms, including operating rooms, recovery rooms and patient rooms, built to the architectural specifications of the ...

Rapidly advancing technology will require healthcare to undergo huge structural transformations as digitized health platforms change how communities interact with hospitals. But how does this look in ...

Over the past few decades, China has built some of the most revolutionary architecture in the world. But what they plan to do now—complete a 1,000-bed hospital in a mere 10 days—might be among their ...

In the 1850s, London’s Soho neighborhood was a thick layer cake of tenements separated only by narrow footpaths, a prime breeding ground, it turned out, for the 1854 cholera outbreak. One young London ...

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, ...

Interior design wasn’t exactly her dream. Mary Chernoff was studying languages, literature and linguistics at university when she realized she wasn’t quite sure how she was going to use that degree.

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 ...

Contrary to previous reports, a new study found that patients' satisfaction scores only modestly improved based on the newly remodeled design of a hospital. Contrary to previous reports, a study led ...

Visiting the hospital can often mean a literal maze to recovery. While patients usually know they have a road paved with care management ahead of them, less is often made of the hospital wayfinding ...