Architecture

Four directors and CEOs connected to major health systems discuss why they continue to consolidate services.

Trinidad called on firms from the US and China to design and build the new Couva Children's Hospital and Training Center.

Also this week: New guidance on unique device identification and study finds 50 percent of hospital mattresses contain resistant-bacteria.

January 2016 Toolbox.

Serenity Garden at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.

Outpatient environments come in all shapes and sizes and should be designed accordingly.

Architecture that pays attention to patient experience, workflow and sustainability while consolidating services.

Also this week: APIC highlights strategies during active-shooter situations and FDA issues updates on health care gown requirements.

Consumer-minded mothers and Affordable Care Act drive changes in maternity care.

Loma Linda University Medical Center put its emergency preparedness plan into action and was ready 'to take up to 50 patients'.