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 ...

As China races to contain the Wuhan coronavirus, a feat of design and engineering has unfolded at the outbreak’s epicenter: A hospital built in just 10 days. The two-story, 366,000-square-foot ...

During a crisis, hospitals are a place of refuge. When confronted with an extreme event, whether anticipated or unexpected, hospital administrators are challenged to maintain seamless operation of ...

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 ...

Dublin (OH) Methodist Hospital has not had a hospital-acquired infection since January 8, 2008, when it opened. Chief Nursing Officer Lamont Yoder, RN, attributes the hospital's infection control ...

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 ...

The community is invited to have their say on the new $2 billion hospital building, designed by Architectus and Billard Leece ...

Cowichan District Hospital designed by ZGF and Parkin Architects leverages evidence-based design to foreground Indigenous people’s healthcare needs. (Courtesy ZGF/Parkin Architects) Upon completion, ...

The growth and potential benefits within the connected world require buildings and places that can adapt and accommodate to ever-changing technology. It requires designers to find innovative ways to ...

Prologue : Consider the hospital -- Introduction : The rise and fall of Prentice Women's Hospital -- Typologies : A taxonomy of type -- Chapter 1. Charity and control : the birth of the hospital -- ...

When you think about what might enhance the healing process for patients during their hospital stay—whether they’re recovering from surgery, just had a baby, or have a more serious chronic ...