Insights & News

From reuse of aging facilities to expansion of new ones, our MedEd leaders discuss the trends that will affect design in this space for decades to come.

We see great potential for conversion of under-occupied office buildings into other uses – but also many considerations. Learn more in a DesignGroup special report that explores the challenges and possibilities.

Architecture/design is best achieved when expertise is proven and client trust is earned over time. Here’s why it matters.

Personal experience can inspire better design—even when that experience was challenging. DesignGroup Interior Designer Heather Clark found inspiration in tragedy. And today, detox patients in rural Pennsylvania have a resource uniquely designed to help them heal.

To better understand the needs and potential solutions for blood and marrow transplant (BMT) facilities, DesignGroup took a closer look at typical BMT patients and their treatments–both inpatient and ambulatory–and how design might help lower stress, simplify the experience, and improve outcomes.

DesignGroup leadership shares their thoughts as the firm’s 51st year draws to an end.

With thoughtful planning, architecture can help legitimize addiction as a health disorder that deserves respect and personal dignity. Here are four potentials that may help drive positive societal change.

A large majority of people who want to receive care don’t get it due to intangible concepts such as shame and invisibility. Architecture can help solve this problem. The first step: getting past the stigma.

Blood and marrow transplant (BMT) patients often face an isolated hospital stay that can last weeks. Because they’re highly immune-compromised, they’re often confined to clean environments with little to no physical contact with friends and family. Feelings of loneliness and a lack of control are common — all at a time when their life may hang in the balance.

DesignGroup has been a member of the Advisory Board, a national thinktank and leading provider of comprehensive performance improvement services for healthcare institutions, for over a decade. Each year we host a Future of Healthcare event for our clients, bringing in leading expertise from the Advisory Board (as well as our own big thinkers) to share their thoughts. These meetings are a powerful way to connect with healthcare leaders and discuss how design can help them achieve their mission.