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Waiting 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 MoreBruce Johnstone Discusses Profitable Dental Office Design
Apex Design Build’s own Director of Client Services Bruce Johnstone was invited to speak on the Bulletproof Dental Practice podcast about efficiency and profitability in dental office design. The ROI of Building Right In this edition of the Bulletproof Dental Practice podcast the hosts and their guest discuss how to incorporate dental clinic design elements…
Read MoreThe Impacts of Medical Patient Room Design on Recovery
When a patient is confined to a room due to illness, injury, or surgery, the medical patient room design can drastically impact the healing process. Thankfully for the patient population, medical facility design firms are making strides in considering these impacts and incorporating patient health into medical patient room design. Intelligent room design is a…
Read MoreVeterinary Design and Construction for Pets and their Parents
Pets are loved and cherished family members, and their owners want these faithful companions to feel comfortable when they go to the vet. In addition to receiving top quality care for their pets, their parents want to feel welcomed, cared for, and respected when they trust the care of their fur babies to your veterinary…
Read MoreHealthcare Construction Master Planning
What is a master plan, and why do you need one when constructing your medical office or healthcare facility? Devising a master plan means giving yourself and your design firm a project road map. A comprehensive master plan with clear direction means ease of navigation and fewer roadblocks on your journey to the kind of…
Read MoreInclusivity in the Office through Hybridization and Design
When designing a comfortable, functional, professional medical center or healthcare facility, the goal is to create an atmosphere that accounts for the needs, as well as the viewpoints, of everyone involved. When designing with a view to inclusivity, the elements of age, race, nationality, gender, sexuality, class, disability, and other individualizing factors must be given…
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