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NOVEMBER 2019
It's Conference Time
Here we are – one day before the start of Healthcare Design Expo & Conference. The four conference days are bound to go quickly, filled with inspiring keynote presentations, seeing old friends, making new friends and attending sessions to learn from the industry's best. Make sure you're getting the most out of your time and investment with these helpful tips:
1. Comfortable shoes are an absolute must. Don't underestimate how hard all this is on your feet - you will cover more miles than you think.
2. Download the HCD Expo & Conference app and schedule sessions to attend, booths to visit, meetings with exhibitors and more.
3. Don't plan out every minute. Leave time for those happy surprises and coincidental meetings of friends both old and new.
4. Dress in layers. Even if it's warm outside, it can be cold inside.
5. Try new things – go to at least one session that seems outside of your domain.
Be well,
Debra Levin, Hon. FASID, EDAC
President and CEO
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Free Tools & Resources
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Population Health - Clinic Evaluation Tool
With support from the Kresege Foundation, we developed a standardized community health center evaluation tool that supports design for population health. This tool is designed to support both design and post-occupancy evaluation of built projects with respect to population health goals.
Access here.
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Shaped by Nature: Reading Hospital Green Roof
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Reading Hospital's 46-acre campus in West Reading, Pa., has seen significant change during its 100 years, expanding via a collection of additions, new entrances, infills and overbuilds. Through this, the surgical services grew across five buildings in a fractured arrangement that wasn't conducive to optimal patient care. In 2011, the hospital engaged Ballinger (Philadelphia) to con conceptualize options to consolidate the campus' surgical services.
Healthcare Design, read more...
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Considerations For Operations During Renovations
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Hospitals are complex. Renovating hospitals is even more complex. Take into consideration existing medical systems, heat loads, and major utility shut-offs – not to mention the utmost priority that is patient care – in a dust-free, soundfree environment that seamlessly continues uninterrupted patient care. To do it well takes a village.
Colorado Real Estate Journal, read more...
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Exploring Biggest Maintenance Challenges Healthcare Facilities
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Whether at hospitals, specialized care centers, nursing homes or any other type of medical center, healthcare facilities these days are constantly trying to find a balance between a wide range of equally important priorities.
From the moment patients walk into the reception to the time they leave the premises, hospital administrators must ensure that every person receives high-qualtiy patient care, that their stay is free of infections, and tat the premises are secure and safe.
Healthcare Facilities Today, read more...
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Rising Up: Reducing Carbon Materials' Carbon Footprint
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Sustainable design challenge: reducing building materials' carbon footprint: For may years, addressing energy in healthcare design has focused on reducing the energy required to operate buildings. This approach is important, as there are clear health benefits associated with lowering air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, both of which impact human health. Yet the energy efficiency of buildings can no longer be our only strategy when it comes to reducing a buiding's carbon footprint.
Healthcare Design, read more...
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PARTNER
The Center for Health Design would like to thank our partner:
ABOUT US
The Center for Health Design is a nonprofit 501c(3) organization whose mission is to transform healthcare environments for a healthier, safer world through design research, education and advocacy. Looking for ways to support our work? Contact us.
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