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December 2007
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HEALTHCAREDESIGN.07 HAS HIGHEST ATTENDANCE EVER More than 3,000 healthcare executives, design professionals, product manufacturers, educators, students, and others attended the fifth annual HEALTHCAREDESIGN conference held in early November in Dallas. Bev Johnson, President and CEO of The Institute of Family Centered Care was honored with this year's Changemaker Award. More… Bob Levine of Turner Construction was awarded the Russ Coile Lifetime Achievement Award. More… Congratulations to this year's Healthcare Environment Award recipients: HGA Architects and Engineers, Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, Stanley Beaman and Sears, 5G_studio Collaborative. The following companies received 2007 Nightingale Awards:
2008’s conference will be November 8-11, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington D.C. Interested in being a speaker for next year’s conference? Download the speaker proposal form.
REGISTER FOR ENVIRONMENTS FOR AGING 2008 Designs for a New Era, March 17-19, 2008 at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort, Tucson, AZ. This event is a comprehensive three-day experience, bringing together architects, owners, developers, facilities managers, design professionals, product manufacturers, and government officials to explore and share new ideas for creating attractive and functional living environments that meet the unique needs of our aging population. Keynote speakers are Matt Thornhill, Founder and President, The Boomer Project, Patricia Moore, President, MooreDesign Associates and Cynthia Liebrock, MA, ASID, Hon. IIDA, Founder EASY ACCESS TO HEALTH, LLC. Learn more.
EDAC NEWS CHD has enlisted the help of professional course developer, Embanet to build efficient and dynamic study tools for the EDAC exam. If you are interested in receiving EDAC updates, please contact Katie Kronick, Project Manager.
EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING Tap into the depth of CHD’s resources through our Educational Consulting Services & CEU Courses. Learn more
LAST CHANCE TO TAKE CHD SURVEY: CRITICAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENTS Let us know what YOU consider the two or three most ‘burning issues’ in health care environments by taking a few minutes to complete our CHD Survey about critical issues in health care environments. Take the survey
CHD JOINS FORCES WITH KAISER PERMANENTE IN GLOBAL HEALTH AND SAFETY INITIATIVE An influential group of leading health care systems have joined together to form the Global Health and Safety Initiative (GHSI) – a first-of-its-kind sector wide partnership to green the health care industry and improve patient and worker health and safety. The initiative has been established by Kaiser Permanente (KP), the nation’s largest non-profit health care system, in partnership with The Center for Health Design (CHD), Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), and Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) and more than a dozen leading health care organizations. Donna Deckard with The Center for Health Design and Bill Ravenesi with Healthcare Without Harm are leading the High Performance Healing Environment work stream, for the Global Health and Safety Initiative (GHSI). This multi-disciplinary group will identify high-priority needs for the built environment. For more information on The Center for Health Design’s involvement in the GHSI, please contact Carolyn Quist.
NEW RESEARCH REPORT: THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN ON REDUCING NURSING ERRORS IN ACUTE CARE SETTINGS This study, completed by Dr. Habib Chaudhury (Simon Fraser University) and Dr. Atiya Mahmood (Oregon State University), provides specific recommendations about environmental interventions that can support the reduction of errors in the nursing unit. Order your copy.
CHD PARTNERS WITH NACHRI TO IMPROVE PEDIATRIC SETTINGS AND HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN CHD has recently formed a partnership with the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) to produce Transforming Care In Children’s Hospitals Through Environmental Design, a book-like publication and visual reference guide. The publication, to be released May 2008, will include a literature review, recommendations, and business case. The visual reference guide, to be released October 2008, will be a web-based compilation of exemplary children’s hospitals and facilities.
HERMAN MILLER INC. FORMS RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTER Herman Miller, Inc. will provide funding for the next three years to support both proposed research initiatives and ongoing projects from among those prioritized by the CHD CHER research committee and will be both broad in scope and niche specific. Research findings sponsored by the organization will be made available through CHD to the entire industry. More…
TWO NEW PARTNERS JOIN PEBBLE PROJECT RESEARCH INITIATIVE We're pleased to welcome our newest Pebble Project Partners: Learn more about The Pebble Project
DEBRA LEVIN NAMED ONE OF 20 PEOPLE WHO MAKE HEALTHCARE BETTER CHD CEO Debra Levin was featured in Healthcare Leaders Magazine’s snapshot of people from multiple corners of the industry who have made healthcare better in ways both large and small. Read the article
ENTER 2008 BLAIR L. SADLER INTERNATIONAL HEALING ARTS COMPETITION The competition honors model projects in the field of arts in healthcare and comes with a cash prize and complimentary registration to the Society’s annual conference – Embracing Our Past, Shaping Our Future: 21st Century Innovations, to be held April 16 - 19, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA. Deadline for receipt of submissions is January 21, 2008 at 5:00 pm PST. Submission guidelines and answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found on http://www.thesah.org.
CHD BOARD MEMBER CRAIG ZIMRING INVOLVED IN AWARD WINNING PROJECT The Neurosciences Critical Care Unit at Emory University Hospital has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2008 ICU Design Citation Award. The product of a unique collaboration between Owen Samuels, MD, director of neuroscience critical care at Emory, and Craig Zimring, an environmental psychologist and professor in the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech, the Unit was designed and built around evidence-based design principles. Read the press release
CHD WELCOMES NEW CORPORATE AFFILIATES Welcome to our newest Corporate Affiliate Members:
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