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The Wicked Problem of Waiting Rooms:
It’s About People, not Process

July 24, 2014
11:00 am Pacific/2:00 pm Eastern

Whether it’s an Emergency Department, a dentist’s office, or an ICU, the waiting room is one of the few spaces common to almost every healthcare setting, and healthcare designers have a wealth of experience in conceiving this space. However, once built, the waiting room continues to be a major problem area in terms of patient and family experience, as well as organizational efficiency. Healthcare organizations struggle to accommodate high patient volumes and a variety of acuity levels, while patients and families deal with a roller-coaster of emotions, long wait times, and lack of privacy.

Join us for this webinar and learn of successful waiting room designs that provide a positive experience for patients, their families, and staff and provides a design checklist for consideration during the design process.

Webinar Presenters:

Barbara Huelat, FASID, EDAC, AAHID

Barbara J. Huelat is one of the field’s preeminent experts and prominent speakers on healthcare design and technology. Her life’s work has been to prove that design can impact human outcomes. Ms. Huelat has been engaged in creating healing environments with more than 300 healthcare organizations.

Melissa Piatkowski, EDAC

With a professional background in both architecture and social science, Melissa Piatkowski’s research focuses on the relationship between the built environment and health. Expertise in Design Research gives her the tools to evaluate the success of Healthcare projects through Pre and Post Occupancy Evaluations and side-by-side comparison studies
 

Detailed biographies and webinar learning objectives here.
 

Final Call for 2015 EFA Conference Call for Presentations
Deadline is Next Friday   -   July 18, 2014

•     Considerations for effective aging environments
•     Innovative household/housing models
•     Innovations in design and planning
•     Aging-in-place/universal design
•     Solutions that enhance the human experience
•     Future-focused models
•     Trends towards independence and wellness
•     International perspectives
•     Public/private partnerships
•     The impact of technology and product innovations
•     Innovative projects and community programs
•     Evidence-based design research studies/reports
•     Green design and sustainability
•     Remodeling and repositioning of existing facilities
•     The continuum of care
•     Dementia and other cognitive challenges
•     Funding considerations

To submit a presentation proposal, click here.

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