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Market: Healthcare

The practice whereby a physician operates on patients in 2 overlapping rooms is called a flip room.…
The source of many complaints and a great risk for sanitation and safety, temperature and humidity…
Responding to business and population expansion in the Carolinas, Haskell has relocated its growing…
In a project that has been novel on numerous counts, Orlando Health and Haskell partnered to bring…
People are innately driven to interact with nature, and biophilic design is an approach that accommodates…
The effects of climate change on healthcare and the effects of healthcare on climate change are…
In the year and a half since Jennifer O’Donnell spearheaded its formation and became its first president,…
After a yearlong effort, the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA) has released its…
Denise Muth was a single mother starting her climb up the construction ranks before anyone had seen…
Ted Moore’s journey to becoming the 2023 President of the American College of Healthcare Architects…
Relationships are the foundation of good business, and building them takes time and patience.…
It is always interesting to describe what you do as a consultant because your job changes from project…
People use that Contact Us link up at the top of the Haskell.com website for all sorts of reasons,…
Haskell’s expanding Healthcare Division is designated as one of its core growth markets, and its…
When treating heart conditions, time is often measured in a matter of minutes, or even seconds.…
Since the release of our first report on upgrading to meet USP 797 and USP 800 requirements, we have…
Pharmacy requirements are evolving, and requirements for the physical spaces that pharmacies…
Like most people, within hours of purchasing my first iPhone, I discovered game apps. Since that…
Haskell is increasing its investment in Miami with the opening of a new, larger office to support…
Taking a holistic approach to projects is a hallmark of Haskell’s work. Nowhere is this more true…
Early in the planning stages of the Borowy Family Children’s Critical Care Tower Frank Brooks walked…
With the healthcare needs of the surrounding community growing and changing, administrators…
Free-Standing Emergency Departments (FSEDs) are, by definition, a community’s link to healthcare…
The Association of Medical Facility Professionals (AMFP) has formed a chapter in Charlotte, North…
It’s common to hear the phrase “Day in the Life” (DITL) during the activation of a new healthcare…
Scripting, or a standardized response, is part of everyday life. Order a cheeseburger, and the…
As the world marks two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare operations and construction…
Medical planners often stay tucked away at their desks, blocking floorplan concepts, creating…
Through a truly collaborative effort that ultimately would span five years and six major phases,…
High-quality design has a profound ability to affect our experience and perception of space. In…
Given that one out of every eight women born today will be diagnosed with breast cancer, scheduling…
Newly named Vice President and Consulting Services Division Leader at Haskell, Kevin Meek might…
I am often approached by healthcare facilities regarding soiling or staining on their furniture,…
We as humans are configured a certain way. We all have the same systems – like circulatory, digestive,…
Aging infrastructure in healthcare facilities represents significant cost and risk, and it has…
Post-discharge infections are one of the leading causes of hospital readmissions. Medicare payments…
As recently as 100 years ago, lawyers, notaries, and others were performing the work of engineers…
Design Manufacture Construct (DMC) project delivery is growing in popularity, and as an early…
Population health has changed ambulatory investment. While in the past healthcare systems looked…
Concrete slabs contain and continually absorb and emit moisture over time, potentially causing…
Haskell’s Healthcare Design Director, for which the company is now recruiting, is a position that…
Centralized care is emerging to reform patient care operations by generating real-time, actionable…
Virtual reality has come a long way from its original uses in video games and military training exercises.…
We have learned a lot from the outbreak of COVID-19, and we will continue to quantify the magnitude…
One of the unintended consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and extended lockdowns has been unused…
Health systems are seeing changing demands on their existing ambulatory asset portfolio, in both…
As designers, we often rely on visualization strategies such as 3D modeling, renderings, and video…
Many buildings today are clad with aluminum skins, crisp metal panels in both simple and complex…
Telehealth visits, plexiglass partitions, taped-off waiting room chairs, hand sanitizer stations,…
The health sector has experienced tremendous disruption in the past year, but one healthcare trend…
Michael Drawe’s resume tells the story of Haskell’s success in commercial and industrial construction.…
COVID-19 has forced the healthcare world into uncharted territory. Protecting patients from…
To say that 2020 was difficult for hospitals and health systems would be an understatement. COVID-19…
Yesterday we had a plan on how to improve our supply chain process. We looked at supplier consolidation,…
Intensive care units were born out of the development of new technologies to treat the most critical…
Charles “CJ” Singleton joined Haskell in 2017 because he wanted “bigger and better things” for…
You don’t necessarily have to be in the healthcare industry to see that COVID-19 has changed the…
The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems, and the costs associated with treating…
MTV’s 1981 debut of the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” instantly changed how we enjoyed…
“Who are the young men we are asking to go into action against such solid odds? You’ve met them, you…
The public health crisis of the past nine months has shone a spotlight on the tireless care that doctors,…
2020 has been a challenging year for all of us. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our daily lives…
With such a profound shift in how to conduct business in a pandemic, determining how to conduct tasks…
We’ve heard the expression “Hindsight is 20/20,” but that doesn’t mean we have to move forward blindly.…
What if we could be proactive about behavioral health rather than reactive? We cannot control people…
Change management, the controlled implementation of required changes within a system, is a phrase…
In my previous blog, I discussed the clash prevention process and how Haskell is using that to advance…
The one thing that the current pandemic is teaching us is that technology is going to play a larger…
We as designers are hands-on, collaborative, and interactive types. We enjoy the opportunity…
It’s 2020, and everything seems to be experiencing a revolution. Articles use popularized cliché…
Since 1892, Haskell has embraced the evolution of documentation methods ranging from 2D pen/pencil…
You walk down a corridor on your way to an operating room. On your left is a scrub sink. You pause and…
The last few months have brought forth many discussions surrounding the effects of COVID-19, both…
Read Part 1 to learn more about how to coordinate your response to a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic…
The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the need for the healthcare industry to rethink not only our…
Architects and designers are immersed in a challenge to create healthier built environments that…
As cities and states continue to reopen, the thought on everyone’s mind is, “How do we re-enter public…
Engineering News-Record’s awards and lists are the gold standard in the construction industry,…
The health of humankind is a complex and fragile thing – a fact highlighted by our current world pandemic.…
We live in a world of competing priorities. Your spouse wants you home for dinner, your boss wants…
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” — Benjamin Franklin COVID-19 will create…
Do you use a smartwatch? Have you ever installed a healthcare, diet, or workout app? Or have you ever…
Read Part 1 to learn how a CSC can protect your supply chain during a public health threat or natural…
Let’s imagine for an uncomfortable minute that viral outbreaks become the “new normal.” Yes, a…
The healthcare supply chain is complex, and the role it plays in supporting patient care is critical.…
Design is a collaborative process. Everyone on the team has a talent and expertise to offer the collective.…
Back in August I wrote a piece about the future of ICUs and discussed the unlikely potential of the…
While emergency departments and critical care units have been inundated with patients due to the…
As we define our new normal based on our COVID-19 experience, each of our perspectives will begin…
You stepped up when the crisis demanded. You were there for your community and your patients. Now…
If you had not started making shifts toward comprehensive telehealth before the COVID-19 pandemic…
As we continue to help clients with their ability to prepare for or deal with patient care surges…
The surge of patients caused by COVID-19 will undoubtedly affect how healthcare is delivered once…
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted a lot of focus and evaluation to the design of the contemporary…
There is nothing like a sudden and drastic change to make you have major epiphanies, and the social…
As part of my job as a construction administrator, I conduct periodic site visits to our projects…
It’s been just over five years since my father died due to complications from acute myeloid leukemia.…
Wearable health technologies are not a new concept. From simple step counters to watches and apps…
Health systems, particularly complex areas such as the emergency and surgical services departments,…
Every day we hear about big data, the need to harness it, and the need to analyze it. In doing so, we…
As a healthcare interior designer, I am often asked why design is needed in healthcare. Once I overcome…
Say you’re an architect designing a new building of Type I or Type II non-combustible construction.…
Often, the value of an architect is measured by a flashy edifice, a well-thought-out plan, or a functional…
In our last blog post on activation planning, we emphasized that implementing even a single process…
Healthcare costs in the United States are the highest in the world, accounting for 17% of our GDP…
Attending a conference focused on “patient-centered care” means that every session you go to is…
Trying to juggle work, attempts at a social life, staying physically active, and keeping up with…
Women have extensive buying power and influence, driving 70-80% of consumer purchasing.[1] So…
In the landscape of corporate America, there are some well-known examples of “design-centri…
In a NICU attention is focused first and foremost on the needs of the neonate. For an infant being…
Anyone who knows me knows I am a gadget nerd. From the latest iPhone release to my Bluetooth-powered…
Children’s hospitals in a lot of ways face the same challenges that general acute care hospitals…
We often get asked to program and design observation units for clients, whether it’s in the master…
As communities grew into permanent towns, it was largely due to the area’s available materials…
My favorite find from our recent office move: A Magic 8 Ball. Even after being stored away in a back…
My job is designing the plumbing and medical gas systems for healthcare facilities, but my story…
For years telehealth has been an untapped resource for many healthcare organizations due to concerns…
Strokes affect 800,000 people in the U.S. each year at a cost of $34 billion, according to the CDC.…
According to a new study by Avalere Health and Physicians Advisory Institute (PAI), the number…
“The following information and design information enclosed in this package is intended to establish…
As highlighted in part 1 of this blog, rigorous analyses are performed by the Haskell operations…
Ambulatory centers have been touted as convenient locations for patients to take care of clinical,…
Have you ever played with a sliding puzzle? A framed game, solved by shifting tiled pieces around…
As insurers and patient consumerism drive site-of-care decisions, many orthopedic procedures…
Engineering system design and installation for behavior health spaces and buildings require…
An ongoing debate in inpatient behavioral healthcare has been the benefits of private versus semi-private…
As behavioral health disorders become more prevalent and rise as a national priority, transforming…
When designing for healthcare, we often talk about patient experience. Several design features…
Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? [holds up one finger] Mitch: Your finger? Curly: One…
Either directly or indirectly, many of us have been affected in some way by one of the more than 100…
You think you’re the cancer center design expert, right? You have all the programmatic and planning…
Researchers and clinicians are constantly developing and testing new cancer treatments in the…
Reliable medical gas and vacuum systems are at the pinnacle of patient care. They provide life-supporting…
Preventing infections is a challenge in any emergency department. In particular, communicable…
Projects, like people, are all unique in their own way. One might conclude that because Haskell…
“Security presence” in the emergency department can be as simple as an officer sitting in a chair…
Most hospital facilities we work with have chilled water system issues. These issues tend to manifest…
Many hospital facilities receive a plethora of “too hot/too cold” complaints from staff. Maintenance…
With the recent reports of Legionella in the news, many facility managers wonder if an outbreak…
With population health changing the healthcare industry, a different mindset challenges us to…
Many emergency departments (EDs) care for the types of detained patients who require a legal blood…
I’m on a campaign to remove hallway beds from emergency departments across the country. Perhaps…
Whether you’re talking about the people, spaces or equipment in an emergency department, one can…
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the scope, benefits, and different types of hospital transition…
Most hospital department leaders receive robust support, strategies, and tools to guide career…
Do these sound familiar? Patients must wait more than three weeks for an appointment for a non-urgent…
Use of Scribes Hospitals increasingly depend on physicians and nurses to capture data to help them…
If you don’t know for certain that a process change will work before you try it, you’re guessing.…
Imagine hearing this at a conference: “Success resulted in decreased revenue for our healthcare…
Just as in a lifesaving surgical procedure, every minute counts when optimizing the operating…
There is a lot of misinformation swirling around about how hospitals can benefit from Facility…
So you think you have a big chaotic mess and don’t know where to start? The Emergency Department (ED)…
“We have to cut nursing costs” are dangerous words when we don’t know what it actually costs for nurses…
When you know how many patients are coming down the pipe, you reap more than just shortening their…
When cutting costs, many hospitals trim less expensive staff, like techs and transporters. You…
Maybe you have a new emergency department (ED) under construction, or work in a newly built ED. But…
After every conference presentation we give, at least one clinical department director will approach…
Every system has surges in volume, whether they are predictable or unpredictable surges. Most…
Every system has surges in volume, whether they are predictable or unpredictable surges. Most…
When you decide to buy a new car, what do you do? Perhaps, browse several dealerships to see where…
For the past two decades, many healthcare providers have been developing networks of primary,…
With the healthcare landscape in constant flux, providers are challenged to be more accountable…
Healthcare Planning, Design and Construction (PD&C) departments traditionally have delivered…
For many healthcare facility directors, capacity planning presents a very real, challenging…
Success as a healthcare organization relies heavily on the capability to provide quality care…
Hospitals find it increasingly difficult to keep balance sheets in the black while maintaining…
Combined Heat and Power (CHP), also known as Cogenerated or Cogen power, continues to become more…
The design-build method offers economic and practical benefits in developing patient care settings.…

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