How Do You Use Revit? Testimonials from Revit “Super-Users”

Posted by on March 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Revit, a Building Information Modeling software, is an indispensable tool for architects and designers. Drawings and renderings generated from Revit help support effective communication across A&D firms, between disciplines and contractors, and most importantly to the Read More

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A Cheaper Kind of Healthcare

Posted by on March 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Lowering costs in our healthcare system seems to be a universal goal these days. How to achieve that goal is a more controversial question, however. As I write this, the Supreme Court debates the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, which, among its stated goals, seeks to increase the number of insured Americans while also controlling costs that seem to be rising uncontrollably, with no end in sight. While it’s easy to talk about keeping... Read More

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An Introduction to Revit and Its Benefits to Healthcare A&D

Posted by on March 22, 2012 · 1 Comment 

In addition to a number of excellent design tools already available to architects and designers via Nurture.com — Nurture® by Steelcase recently made its entire product catalog available to architects, designers and others who use

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Social Media Usage

Ed Bennett (@EdBennett) runs a great blog that successfully brings the worlds of social media and healthcare together. He provides social media resources to healthcare professionals, and can be counted on to provide the latest statistics on what hospitals are doing what when it comes to social media. I found some of his recent postings particularly [...]

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CBS, Nurture and Mike Ty...

On Sunday, July 24, CBS premiered a new show called Same Name. Running for six consecutive Sunday evenings, the show features celebrities who switch places with regular people who share their name. They learn what it’s like to live the life of someone else and see the world through their eyes. The August 7th episode featured [...]

Furniture Life Cycle Model -- graphic courtesy Malone, E. B., & Dellinger, B.A. (2011). Furniture Design Features and Healthcare Outcomes. Concord, CA: The Center for Health Design, p. 35.

Creating an Evidenced-ba...

We have learned from other industries like, nuclear and aviation, that highly-reliable environments depend on understanding how the environment and the objects in the environment shape human behavior. Furniture is one of those objects.

Creating an Evidenced-ba...

We realized that people in positions like Eileen’s (CEO or Commander in the military) are usually focused on the budget, when reviewing a furniture proposal because they don’t speak the same “language” as the designer. Depending on the designer’s background, various features may or may not be pointed out as salient features. We felt that having a tool with a common language that all could use made a lot of sense.