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Encouraging Mobility to Reduce Falls
Hospitalized patients are at risk for preventable harms, such as falls and loss of function from immobility. These threats to patient safety and recovery must be properly managed but have historically been seen as competing interests. Since evidence suggests that encouraging…
Solutions that Support the Delivery of High-Quality, Safe NICU Care
With experience on five complex NICU renovations and expansion projects in the past six years, HCM has identified several design considerations that prioritize patient-centered care and family involvement. By engaging our clinical strategists to collaborate with nursing staff early in the design…
HCM-Designed Schools Open Across the U.S.
Brand new or newly renovated learning spaces add an extra level of excitement and buzz to the transition back to school! This year, nine new HCM-designed schools are opening for the first time, while numerous others will unveil renovations and additions. Our…
HCM Holds Annual Day of Giving
In July 2023, HCM continued our tradition of supporting local charities doing meaningful work through our annual Day of Giving. In addition to employee contributions, HCM matched up to $500 per charity. In total, HCM employees raised $13,801 to support local charities…
Seven Ways Your Facilities Can Help Improve Communication
Poor communication has been a factor in 1,744 patient deaths and over $1.7 billion in malpractice costs nationally in the past five years. Communication is a crucial component in every step of the healthcare process. Whether it is a clinic sharing patient…
Hord Coplan Macht Gives Back to the Community
Whether creating or renovating the sites and buildings where people live, work, get healthy, or go to school, our central mission is to improve communities, enrich people’s lives and protect the environment. From its inception, Hord Coplan Macht has also shown its…
Designing Learning Spaces for Generation Alpha
Originally published on spaces4learning.com Generation Alpha is the class of digital natives born after 2010—currently learning, exploring, and growing in PK–12 environments. What makes them different than past generations of learners? Technology has been ingrained into them as part of their childhoods.…
Hord Coplan Macht Announces New Sustainability Manager and Latest Green Initiatives
Ilijana Soldan Promoted to Sustainability Manager and Sustainability Action Team Lead We are pleased to announce the promotion of Ilijana Soldan, AIA, LEED AP, EcoDistricts, NCARB, to Sustainability Manager. Soldan is a research-based designer and project architect with a diverse background in…
Hord Coplan Macht Announces Retirement of Founder/CEO and Names Successor
Lee Coplan to Retire at End of Q1 2023 as Tim Barnhill, Chief Operating Officer Named CEO Hord Coplan Macht announces the retirement of Founder and Chief Executive Officer Lee Coplan, FAIA. Lee leaves behind a long and celebrated career leading the…
Providing for the Providers: Embracing Design for Staff
The nation's health depends on the well-being of our health workforce. Confronting the long-standing drivers of burnout among our health workers must be a top national priority. - Surgeon General Vivek Murthy May 2022 Surgeon General's Advisory Addressing Health Worker Burnout …
Hord Coplan Macht Adds Rhonda Malone Wyskiel, RN, MSN, as Principal
Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) announces it has added Rhonda Malone Wyskiel, RN, MSN, as a Principal in the firm’s Healthcare studio. Rhonda joins HCM from the Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) where she served as the Senior Director, Performance Improvement & Innovation.…
Hord Coplan Macht Adds Christian Fussy as Principal in Denver
Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) announces that it has added Christian Fussy, AIA, LEED AP, as a Principal in the firm’s Senior Living studio. Fussy will be primarily focused on Senior Living and Healthcare work and will be working out of the firm’s…