2017 – A healthy year for hospital infrastructure renewal
By Michaela MacPherson
This past year was significant for Infrastructure Ontario and the healthcare sector. We brought our hundredth project to market, and more than...
Design: The secret sauce
By Kate Sellen
Well recognized are the challenges to our healthcare system. Not so well recognized is the role of design in finding solutions.
Design sits...
Professional development for sustainability
By Christie Nairn
Healthcare employees are faced with life or death decisions every single day. The decision to recycle or turn out the lights when...
Innovation at the water’s edge: Providence Care Hospital
By Brynna Leslie
Providence Care Hospital was designed with input from patients, families and frontline staff — resulting in a building that feels less like...
Collaborative Project Implementation: Delta Hospital success story
By Kori Jones
Delta Hospital is a Fraser Health community based hospital located in the lower mainland of British Columbia. This facility supports 150...
Setting new benchmarks for hospital energy efficiency
By Lorie Pella
From the very beginning Humber River Hospital’s redevelopment project was driven to be sustainable under the guiding design principles of Lean, Green...
A water reduction project
A case study: Headwaters Health Care Centre
By Thinusha Param
As the water supply on our planet becomes increasingly scarce, the need to educate our peers...
Cutting waste and getting lean in an emergency department
By Carly Baxter
Coming face-to-face with some pretty grim statistics about its Belleville Emergency Department performance, leaders at Quinte Health Care (QHC) knew things had...
After the move: Accreditation success at Humber River Hospital
By Gerard Power
When Humber River Hospital opened its new facility on October 18, 2015, it dramatically altered how acute care hospital workflows and processes...
Modernizing Ontario’s hospitals: 2016 Review
By Jamie Crawford-Ritchie
In 2005, Infrastructure Ontario was tasked with helping to tackle the infrastructure deficit in Ontario. Every year we work with our...
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