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Bariatric Design Guidelines |
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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.
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One-Size-Fits-All-Seating |
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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.
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Seating For All |
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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.
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Methodology - 2008 Brand Report |
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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.
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Finer Furnishings |
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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.
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Designing for the (Bariatric) Population |
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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.
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Designing for the Bariatric Population |
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Facility Care Magazine | May/June, 2008
Creating a comforting environment for patients and families in a priority for many hospitals. In support of this trend, facility managers increasingly consider the needs of bariatric patients, and for good reason.
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Striving for Excellence |
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Interior Design Magazine | May 5, 2008
Through nearly four decades of invention and recognition, Giancarlo Piretti has banked on flexibility.
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A Career for the Decades |
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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.
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Getting Better |
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MMQB | Nov 19, 2007
Once the bane of every hospital visitor, a night spent with a patient has become downright comfortable in some hospitals thanks to healthcare and office furniture makers.
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Furniture for a Healthy Office |
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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.
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Pallas Textiles Introduces Tribute |
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Interiors & Sources | July/August 2007
Pallas Textiles introduces Tribute, a new environmentally friendly upholstery collection, and one of the first to be made from bamboo fibers. Used for thousands of years across Asia to create architecture and furniture, bamboo is regarded as a symbol of longevity, endurance and perseverance.
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KI Expands Its Quick Ship Program |
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Interiors & Sources | July/August 2007
KI customers now have more options to choose from when ordering standard office furniture. Through the company's new Quick Ship Program, qualified products, including various models of desks, tables, filing cabinets and chairs, ship within 10 working days or less upon completion of an order - at no additional cost.
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Putting Families First |
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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...
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Focus on Design: Furniture for Nuturing Environments |
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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...
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Finding Furniture |
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HFM Magazine | May 2007
KI's VP of Healthcare, Debbie Breunig discusses current trends influencing design in a healthcare environment.
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Ideas on the Table |
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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.
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Out of the Shadows |
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Interiors & Sources | January/February 2007
Designer Lori Weitzner has long admired the work of fine artist, Zeva Oelbaum, having visited her gallery and purchased her most recent book...Weitzner’s creative juices began to flow, and she soon realized that she had discovered the inspiration for her latest textile line.
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