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FEBRUARY 2020
Inspire, Collaborate, Advocate
It's already that time of year again - when we ask our community to nominate an individual or an organization that has made a difference in the world of healthcare facility design for the Changemaker Award.
Given annually by The Center for Health Design's Board of Directors at Healthcare Design Expo & Conference, this award honors individuals or organizations that have demonstrated an exceptional ability to change the way healthcare facilities are designed and built, and whose work has a broad impact on the advancement of healthcare design.
Why nominate someone?
- To recognize an individual or organization that has changed the way healthcare facilities are designed and built, and whose work had a broad impact on the advancement of healthcare design.
- To give the potential recipient an opportunity to share lessons learned about changing the healthcare design industry with colleagues at the annual Healthcare Design Expo & Conference.
- To inspire the healthcare industry to create the best possible healthcare environments.
To read more about the award, including past honorees, and to submit a nomination, click here.
Be well,
Debra Levin, Hon. FASID, EDAC
President and CEO
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Behavioral Health Webinar Day
2 webinars, 1 day FREE
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The Building as a Therapeutic Tool: Creating a Children's Treatment Center
February 27, 2020
10 AM PST/1PM EST
This webinar, presented by Robert Hoffman, Principal, Hoffman PM, Inc., highlights a case study of the EnoiaKids Centre for Treatment and Development and explores how the design caused the building itself to become a tool for therapy, learning and teaching.
Adapting Existing Healthcare Spaces to Suit Behavioral Health Requirements
February 27, 2020
12 PM PST/3 PM EST
Behavioral health facility design is complex and highly technical. This is especially true regarding the conversion of an existing healthcare space into an operational and compliant behavioral health facility. Join presenters, Basil Sherman, Principal, Pulse Design Group, Ryan Spieir, President, KVC Hospitals and Robert Eklofe, VP Behavioral Health Operations, KVC Hospitals, as they analyze design approaches to behavioral health facility adaptation that leads to organizational success.
SPONSORS
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Free Tools & Resources
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Clinic Design Post-Occupancy Evaluation Toolkit
Evaluation and feedback are key to improving the built environment when it involves the larger community. A post occupancy evaluation can provide insight on identifying and solving problems in the built environment, fine tuning the building according to user needs and feeback and ongoing building adaptations due to changing organizational needs.
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Evolving Healthcare Design with Virtual Reality Technology
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Through the introduction of new technologies, healthcare designers are experimenting with innovative solutions to visually conceptualize high-value spaces and support collaborative decision making. Virtual reality (VR) technology is one of the solutions transforming healthcare designers’ approach to operating room (OR) design.
It allows for immediate experiences and on-demand reconfigurations at significantly lower costs than building physical mock-ups does.
Healthcare Facilities Today, read more...
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Can Design Influence Nurse Well Being?
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Burnout among health care staff members is a pervasive problem in the United States, leading to health and safety consequences for both patients and staff, sometimes driving these essential personnel to leave the workforce.
It has been deemed a public health crisis. Nurse fatigue has also been identified as a high priority. The Center for Health Design’s Knowledge Repository includes several citations on this topic.
Health Facilities Management, read more...
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Keeping Your Healthcare Facility Safe
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Every day, healthcare facility managers perform a balancing act between safety, comfort and efficiency. Patients need a comfortable place to heal, staff need an efficient work environment, and both require a safe space to achieve these outcomes. Budget restraints and making do with existing solutions shouldn’t get in the way of these priorities. Fortunately, there are steps healthcare facility managers can take to enhance safety while also creating a smarter, comfortable, more efficient environment.
Healthcare Facilities Today, read more...
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Integrating Infection Prevention is Essential for Protecting Patients
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As we enter a new decade, we applaud the progress that has been made in improving hospital technology and modernizing healthcare environments. However, in infection control, while there have been significant developments, key challenges persist, including how to effectively and efficiently prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) to protect the health of patients in our care. According to the CDC, HAIs remain a serious health issue. It is estimated that 687,000 patients developed a HAI in United States acute-care facilities in 2015, causing or contributing to 72,000 deaths.
Healthcare Facilities Today, read more...
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PARTNER
The Center for Health Design would like to thank our thought leadership 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. Learn more. For information about sponsor or partnership opportunities, contact our VP of Relationship Development, Randy Carter.
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