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Fall 2011 (currently online)

Volume 4, Number 3

ARTICLES

Prioritizing Healthcare Facility Projects

Use of Interactive Technology Boosts Inpatient Satisfaction

Hospital Capital Spending is Taking on New Focus

Radiology is Becoming Untethered

Operating Room Size Guidelines

Spring-Summer 2011

Volume 4, Number 2

ARTICLES

Consolidating Two Acute Care Hospitals

Hospital VIP Line Speeds Up the Registration Process

Vascular Centers Are Addressing an Unmet Demand

Cameras in the Operating Room

Estimating Healthcare Facility Parking Requirements

Winter 2011

Volume 4, Number 1

ARTICLES

Understanding Physician Turf Wars

Healthcare Leaders Launching New Initiatives to Improve the Patient Experience

Psychiatrists Replace Talk Therapy With Drugs

Low-Tech, Soft-Touch ― Leaches Make a Comeback

Estimating Low and High Space per Bed for Inpatient Nursing Units

Fall 2010

Volume 3, Number 4

ARTICLES

Confusing Net and Gross Space Can be Disastrous

New Plasma Technology Gets Hands Clean Without the Scrubbing

Pharmacists Embrace Expanding Medical Role

What is Capsule Endoscopy?

Estimating the Space for a Full-Service Hospital Laboratory

Summer 2010

Volume 3, Number 3

ARTICLES

Consolidating Healthcare Facilities Requires a Unique Facility Planning Approach

Hospitals Rethink Spiritual Spaces and Create Meditation Rooms

Smart Operating Rooms Are Coming to Community Hospitals

Imaging is Going Mobile With Smart Phones

Outpatient Endoscopy Suite Capacity and Preliminary Space Need

Spring 2010

Volume 3, Number 2

ARTICLES

Redefining Patient-Centered Care

More Hospitals Are Renovating to Accommodate the Obese

Fusion Imaging is Growing Fast

Wearable Wireless Monitoring Sensor Now Available in Japan

Sizing Imaging Procedure Rooms

Winter 2010

Volume 3, Number 1

ARTICLES

Nursing Unit Space Per Bed Can Vary Significantly: Factors That Impact Space Allocation

Local Hospital System Puts ED Wait Times on Billboards and the Internet

What is the Most Effective Facility Planning Process?  Bottom-Up or Top-Down

Pharmacy Automation is Being Used Throughout the Healthcare Facility

Cardiac Diagnostic Services Capacity and Preliminary Space Need

Fall 2009

Volume 2, Number 4

ARTICLES

Planning an Outpatient Pharmacy: Small, Medium, or Large?

Incorporating the Parking Garage Into Disaster Planning

Generic Administrative Office Suites Provide Efficient Space Utilization

What is Plethysmography?

Estimating the Space Required for Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy

Summer 2009

Volume 2, Number 3

ARTICLES

Planning Clinic Space: Considering Two Different Approaches

Digital Physician Visits Are Slowly Gaining Traction

Increasing Regulations for Surgery Performed in Physician Offices

The Physician Can Be In Two Places At Once With Remote Presence and the InTouch Robot

Estimating the Space Required for Central Sterile Processing

Spring 2009

Volume 2, Number 2

ARTICLES

Developing a Bed Expansion Plan When There is a Deficit of Private Rooms

Hospitals Are Adding Complementary and Alternative Services

Planning a More "Virtual" Center of Excellence

The Future of Surgery is Here Now

Estimating the Space Required for Inpatient Nursing Units

Winter 2009

Volume 2, Number 1

ARTICLES

Benchmarking a Hospital's Functional Layout

Hospitals Ease ED Crowding With Hall Beds

All Outpatients Are Not the Same

Hospitals Jump on the Biometrics Bandwagon

Women and Infant' Services Capacity and Preliminary Space Need

Fall 2008

Volume 1, Number 4

ARTICLES

Planning the Clinical Laboratory of the Future

Healthcare Construction Is a High Stakes Game

Planning Flexible Healthcare Facilities Is No Longer Optional

More Hospitals Are Becoming Unplugged

Oncology Services Capacity and Preliminary Space Need

Summer 2008

Volume 1, Number 3

ARTICLES

Evaluating Emergency Department Expansion

Not Many Physicians Are Using Electronic Medical Records

Assessing the Capacity of Clinical Services

Touch Screen Kiosks Provide Patient Self-Service

Physician Office/Clinic Capacity and Preliminary Space Need

Spring 2008

Volume 1, Number 2

ARTICLES

Planning a Medical Procedure Unit: Breaking Down Department Boundaries

Hospital Leaders Predict Growth in Telemedicine

Customer Service Centers Are Gaining Momentum in the Healthcare Industry

CT Scanner in 54 Square Feet?  For Specialty Physicians it is Possible

Surgery Suite Capacity and Preliminary Space Need

Winter 2008

Volume 1, Number 1

ARTICLES

Planning an Ambulatory Care Facility: The Lean Toyota or the More Generous Hummer

USP 797 Impacts Pharmacy Space and Design

Rethinking the Traditional Intensive Care Unit

RFID Gaining Momentum in Hospitals

Emergency Department Capacity and Preliminary Space Need

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