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There is a severe nation-wide nurse shortage, and with the aging population, this poses a serious issue for the future of healthcare delivery. Using innovative solutions to workplace problems, healthcare architects are working to reverse these trends.
Healing the nursing shortage with staff-friendly design |
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Over 80% of hospitals in the United States do not have functional comprehensive EMR. However, with stimulus money combating the largest barrier to adoption, inadequate capital, adoption of electronic records is increasing and we can expect it to continue to increase. |
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Customization Makes Montage A Perfect Millwork Replacement
Due to Montage's high ability to customize, tight fit and finish and clean lines, it has emerged as the perfect millwork replacement solution. Check out these 7 Nurse Station thoughtstarters on Planning Ideas (located in both the Montage and Healthcare sections). Renderings soon to come!!
Each healthcare environment tends to have its own unique needs - whether its in aesthetics or complex power routing. Montage has successfully been able to respond. Read the Intermountain Healthcare and Rady's Children's Hospital success stories on In2 to see how they did it.
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Research Opens Door To Nurture Win
Portland, OR - When a Portland area health clinic set out to improve work-flow and rebrand with fresh environments, Gina Corwin and Shannon Ferrigno at SmithCFI and Jessica Beckwith (Nurture Independent Representative) led with Nurture research - presenting a recent consultation room application utilized with Kaiser Permanente, and the Mayo Clinic SIT study (Space and Interaction Trial) it's design was based on. The adaptability and flexibility of Opus modular casegoods resonated with the client, who cited the importance of the ability to reconfigure the setup in the future.
Waiting room insights provided an entrée to Neighbor seating with a blend of fun and contemporary DesignTex textiles -- proposed to make the waiting area vibrant and inviting atmosphere that respects the various needs of patients and family.
The facility's three floors are a combination of clinical and administrative spaces. While Nurture had the clinical areas covered, Steelcase provided the breadth of portfolio - including Post and Beam, Duo and Turnstone for the workstations, Jenny lounge and group work tables in alcoves - needed to fulfill the administrative areas.
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