Posts by lifewd
5 Considerations for Deciding What Technologies Will Improve Your Practice
Technology is changing every day, and so are your patients’ healthcare expectations. When your practice can successfully implement the latest technologies into the patient experience from start to finish, you have a better chance of achieving a higher patient retention and distinguishing yourself from the competition. It’s important to sit down with your practice’s stakeholders…
Read MoreDesign Build Fee Structure
The design build project model is transforming the commercial construction industry by offering owners a cost saving alternative to traditional construction project management. Commercial construction clients are using the design build method to develop more buildings than ever before due to the substantial cost savings available when using this model. Why are the costs different…
Read MoreEverything to Consider When Building Your Ideal Office
Listen to the Podcast – Everything to Consider When Building Your Ideal Office When designing your dental office, it’s important to work with the right realtor and lender to find the right building or space to house your ideal office. It’s important to ensure that the entire team understands dentistry and the unique elements of a…
Read MoreAdaptive Reuse Architecture & Construction
What is adaptive reuse? When a building is repurposed into a use other than the one for which it was designed, the process is known as adaptive reuse – essentially, the recycling of a building. Just as materials such as plastic, paper, and metal are recycled, a building that was once a train station can…
Read MoreBuilding a Dental Office That Inspires Your Patients and Your Staff
Listen to the Podcast – Building a Dental Office That Inspires Your Patients and Your Staff In this episode of the podcast, Bruce Johnstone of Apex Design Build discusses the subjects of dental office design for patients and dental office design for staff. Designing a Dental Office for Patients When designing for patients, a critical component…
Read MoreWaiting Room Design Ideas
At Apex Design Build, we work closely with our clients to understand your needs better than you do! There is one element of any medical office that you should not give short shrift — the waiting room. Excellent waiting room design is all that stands between keeping a patient and losing them. Indeed, even small…
Read MorePatient Acquisition through Healthcare Design
Listen to the Podcast – How Design Impacts New Patient Acquisition In this episode of Grace Rizza’s Growing with Grace podcast, Apex Design Build’s Bruce Johnstone discusses the subject of patient acquisition through healthcare office design. First impressions are only made once, so it matters to the potential patient that the practice environment matches the type of care…
Read MoreDesigning Mental Health Facilities for Privacy and Dignity
The History of Mental Health Treatment The treatment of mental illness, and thus mental health facility design, have been evolving since ancient times. Advances in chemistry, medicine, psychology, and science have helped fuel these changes, and will continue to do so as new discoveries are made and more is learned about the nature of mental…
Read MoreSteve O’Leary Discusses the Proven Medical and Dental Facility Buildout Process
Listen Here:Â Delivering WOW NEW OFFICE BUILDOUT CHECKLIST At Apex Design Build we bring every discipline necessary to deliver a state of the art medical and/ or dental facility together under one roof. What is the difference between a design build and a design bid build firm? Design build integrates everybody who will work on a…
Read MoreHealth & Wellness in Healthcare Facility Design
What is health? Psychology Today maintains that it’s more than the dictionary definition of the absence of disease or infirmity; healthy living includes lifestyle choices that support your physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional well-being. Today, integrating health and wellness in healthcare facility design is the goal of many of the nation’s leading healthcare facility design build…
Read More