Category: Healthcare News

Dr. Kevin Vigilante is chief medical officer at Booz Allen Hamilton. This article was co-written with Angela Jones, program manager in digital health transformation at Booz Allen Hamilton. In our last article, we noted that many health systems and federal health agencies have been understandably preoccupied with addressing the immediate priorities of the COVID-19 pandemic […]

Situated in the heart of London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is a major teaching hospital that operates six facilities in Central London, making it one of the largest National Health Service (NHS) trusts in the UK In 2010, its role grew when NHS appointed UCLH as one of two organizations to […]

At a time when healthcare is increasingly dependent on digital technologies that enable and inform our providers, clinicians and care delivery systems, the invisible infrastructure framework behind the scenes becomes critically vital to ensuring a stable and predictable environment. Like a utility, we often take it for granted as it runs in the background, and […]

Many health systems face aging infrastructure and frequently question whether it’s time to consider a replacement facility or make improvements to on-campus facilities, including expansion projects or renovations over time. The first option is capital intensive in the short term and should provide value over many years to come. The second option can offer a […]

It was just over two weeks ago that the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region came to an end. Following a year’s delay due to the pandemic, Expo 2020 Dubai ran from October 2021 to March 2022, logging an outstanding 24 million visits in the […]

Multifactor solutions have become the end all and be all of remote access security control. Thanks to password reuse, poor password selection and phishing attacks, the username and password combination is just not good enough. In fact, multi-factor authentication is such an expected security standard now that I would be surprised if an organization could […]

Columbia Primary Care Manhattan Valley emphasizes patient experience with a friendly neighborhood vibe. Photo Credit: Pavel Bendov, courtesy of Gensler A graduate of the Master of Professional Studies in Healthcare Design program at the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID), Amy Carter, NCIDQ, is now a professor for the program as well as an […]

Howard Brown Health’s Broadway Youth Center (BYC) has served Chicago’s LGBTQ + community for nearly two decades. “The primary focus is supporting LGBTQ + young people [ages 12 to 24] in accessing healthcare and a full scope of resources, ”says Frankie Reynolds, director of business development, construction, and real estate at Howard Brown Health, a […]

Angela Jones is a program manager in digital health transformation at Booz Allen Hamilton. This article was co-written with Dr. Kevin Vigilante, chief medical officer at Booz Allen Hamilton. For the past two years, healthcare agencies have been preoccupied with addressing the immediate priorities of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout, they have been dramatically accelerating their […]

I started working for Healthcare Design about 12 years ago, and one of the first big projects to land on my desk was managing our annual A / E / C Survey. It’s been a pet project of mine ever since, and finally taught me that using Excel can be more satisfying than excruciating. The […]