HEALTHCARE
Seating For All
Interiors & Sources| April 2010
Deborah Breuning, vice president of health care for KI, brings a unique perspective to her position. Breuning is a registered nurse, a career path that certainly gives her a special sensitivity when it comes to the company’s mission of providing products for the health care market.
Bariatric Design Guidelines
Facility Care| May/June 2010
Every four years the Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) issues its Guidelines for Design and Construction of Healthcare Facilities. The FGI Guidelines provide guidance on minimum program, space and design guidelines for clinical and support areas of hospitals, outpatient facilities and residential care facilities.
One-Size-Fits-All-Seating
Architectural Products | May 2010
Burt Thomas, director of facility design at Update Medical University, fell for KI’s Arissa furniture collection after walking past KI’s booth at a trade show.
Finer Furnishings
Health Facilities Management Magazine | January 2009
In drafting a request for proposal (RFP) for health care furnishings, more is always better. The more information a health care organization requests, the more useful each response will be.
Designing for the (Bariatric) Population
Healthcare Design| September, 2008
Healthcare designers today must take into consideration more factors than ever when designing hospital spaces. Among a number of issues, two topics consistently enter into the discussion during initial meetings with clients planning renovations or new construction at their acute care facility.
Methodology - 2008 Brand Report
Contract Magazine | December 2008
The Methodology for the 2008 Contract Source Guide Brand Awareness Survey utilized telephone interviewing with an unbiased randomized sample drawn from the Contract subscriber database and a pre-qualified list of facilities professionals.
Focus on Design: Furniture for Nuturing Environments
Facility Care | May/June 2007
Many hospitals have changed their visitation policies in recent years to accommodate spouses, parents, children and other family members of patients. Walk through a hospital's patient areas on any given evening and you will likely observe overnight guests settling in for the night. This growing trend is led by healthcare providers...
Ideas on the Table
Healthcare Construction & Operations News | May/June 2007
KI's Debbie Breunig was interviewed for a Q&A article on furniture industry trends in the recent issue of healthcare construction & operations news.
Finding Furniture
HFM Magazine | May 2007
KI's VP of Healthcare, Debbie Breunig discusses current trends influencing design in a healthcare environment.
Furniture for a Healthy Office
Architectural Products Magazine | July/August 2007
KI's challenge of outfitting six Agnesian Healthcare administrative areas with comfortable and flexible furniture was featured in Architectural Products Specifiers' Solutions.
A Career for the Decades
McMorrow Report | April 2008
As we all know, the proposed healthcare policies of the presidential candidates are a critical focus of their campaigns. A person’s current healthcare coverage and how precariously it may be linked to their employment, influences their vote. Further, when retiring baby boomers vote, their healthcare concerns will figure in their decision as they anticipate decades of retirement albeit with some health issues.
Finding Healthcare Furniture that Works
Buildings Magazine | January 2008
There are some key things you should be looking for when selecting quality healthcare furniture for your hospital.
Putting Families First
Health Facilites Management | June 2007
Today, patients’ families are an acknowledged, essential part of the care team. “The length of stay is getting shorter and shorter, and the more involved the family can be while their loved one is in the hospital, observing what’s going on, it’s just that much easier when they go home,” says Debbie Breunig...