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In Three Weeks
It’s hard to believe a year has passed since we launched our partnership with the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) to enhance engagement between the healthcare design and healthcare provider communities. It’s become obvious through our interactions with ASHE that this level and quality of designer-provider conversation and collaboration has been much needed and long overdue.
Most exciting and rewarding has been our new role as Strategic Educational Collaborator with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and ASHE, and the transition of our conference affiliation and educational healthcare design programming to the PDC Summit, where we have joined eleven other industry-leading non-profit associations as a Supporting Organization.
Our first PDC Summit in March 2024 in San Diego was everything we hoped for and more. We debuted our new Research, Design & Outcomes learning track with 12 exceptional sessions by our research staff, environment networks, and healthcare design's foremost thinkers. And we re-connected with old friends and made new ones at our wine and cheese social, at our booth, and throughout the four-day event.
And now we’re packing up for Atlanta!
At the 2025 PDC Summit March 9 to 12 we’ll be showcasing an expanded 25-session track PLUS our pre-conference workshop on Integrating Lean and Evidence-Based Design. Course topics run the gamut, from Design Research, Design for Patient Experience and Outcomes, Technology and Design, and Behavioral Health Design, to Pediatric Healthcare Design, Design for Staff Wellness, and The Business of Design. Check them all out here.
New this year, we’ll be sharing insights into Center programs, tools and resources on the Exhibit Hall Discovery Stage. And the biggest news – we’ll be celebrating the achievements of our Touchstone Award recipients, Healthcare Environment Award winners, New Investigator Award winners, and Changemaker and Lifetime Achievement honorees at our inaugural Center for Health Design Awards Ceremony and Changemaker Keynote on the Summit main stage on Tuesday, March 11.
One of the things our friends told us last year that they really liked about the Summit was the value – four-day, full-conference registration is just $1,325. And all Center Affiliate and Environment Network members pay the discounted ASHE member price – just $1,150, saving you an additional $175. There’s still time to check out the full Summit agenda and register here.
We’d love to see you there!
Be Well,
Debra Levin, Hon. FASID, EDAC
President and CEO
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WE INVITE YOU
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Upcoming Webinar
Breaking Through: Sources and Opportunities for Healthcare Design Innovation
February 20, 2025
10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET
Affiliate Discounts Apply
CEUs Available
“Where’s the innovation!?!” has been a rallying cry heard in recent years throughout the healthcare design industry. Many cite a stifling aversion to risk as the chief culprit. But is that really the root cause?
If not, then what’s blocking our progress and how can we break through the innovation logjam?
Attend this webinar to hear The Center’s VP for Research, Ellen Taylor, explore the relationship between invention, inquiry and innovation; identify eight sources of innovation; and, provide examples of the resulting innovations (or potential innovations) specific to healthcare design.
Learn more and register.
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Patient Safety Awareness Week
This week, we shine a spotlight on the importance of patient safety and how it impacts healthcare outcomes. We believe every patient deserves safe, effective, and compassionate care. Simple actions like verifying patient information, following protocols, and clear communication can help prevent medical errors and improve patient experiences. Join us in making healthcare safer!
Learn more here.
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Resources
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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Transforming Outcomes: Integrating Lean and EBD to Maximize Results
March 9, 2025
9:00 AM ET
Atlanta, GA
CEUs Available
Integrating an Evidence-Based Design (EBD) process with Lean methodology during a project’s planning, design and construction phases can yield a wide and unique range of outcomes.
This interactive, full-day workshop will lead you through the EBD fundamentals, teach you how and where to incorporate Lean and EBD during the various stages, and how to measure and evaluate results.
Learn more and register here.
Become EDAC Certified In 2025... Risk Free!
Make 2025 the year you add the EDAC credential to your name. Take advantage of this risk-free offer – register for the exam now, get 10% off the exam, take it any time this year, and you get one free re-take.
Get complete details here.
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Upcoming Events
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2/20 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET, Webinar: Breaking Through: Sources and Opportunities for Healthcare Design Innovation
2/26 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET, EBD Journal Club: The Business Case for Simulation-based Hospital Design Testing; $90M Saved in Costs Avoided
3/9 9:00 AM ET, 2025 PDC Pre-Conference Workshop: Transforming Outcomes: Integrating Lean and EBD to Maximize Results
3/31, Deadline: EDAC Exam Risk-Free Offer
Save These 2025 Workshop Dates
5/22, Behavioral and Mental Health Design (Virtual)
7/24, Game Changers: How Health Systems, Innovations and Design are Changing the Healthcare Landscape
8/21-22, Coaching Workshop: Practical Application of Evidence-Based Design
9/15-16, Behavioral and Mental Health Design (In-Person)
Get Workshop Updates Here
At this year’s PDC Summit, The Center will present a 25-session educational track on Research, Design and Outcomes. Learn about our participation and sessions below.
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Opportunities
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Become a HERD Journal Reviewer
Our partners at the Health Environments Research & Design Journal (HERD) are looking for peer reviewers to help grow their body of knowledge on patient, provider, and organizational outcomes.
HERD is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal whose mission is to enhance the knowledge and practice of evidence-based healthcare design by disseminating research findings, discussing issues and trends, and translating research into practice.
As a benefit, peer reviewers are eligible to receive EDAC and AIA CEU credits for conducting thorough reviews.
Learn about HERD Journal.
Center for Health Design Request for Expert Talent
We’re looking to share The Center’s global stage with subject matter experts, practitioners and thought leaders who can share their knowledge on a wide range of healthcare design topics with our community.
Submit your interest, experience and ideas via our quick and simple online form.
Learn more and submit your interest.
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JOIN US AT THE 2025 PDC SUMMIT
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Agenda Now Posted
Full Four-Day Conference Registration Just $1325. Center Affiliates Just $1150.
Learn More and Register
The Center for Health Design is now a Strategic Educational Collaborator and Supporting Organization for the PDC Summit | The International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction.
At this year’s Summit The Center will produce and present a pre-conference evidence-based design workshop and a 25-session educational track sponsored by Mohawk Group and Momentum Textiles & Wallcovering—Research, Design and Outcomes—featuring recent work from The Center’s research team; Environment Networks; the HERD Journal, and other familiar and new healthcare design industry leaders.
Preview The Center’s 25-session learning track & register here.
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The Art of Design and Compliance
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In the complex world of health care design and delivery, communicating project intent and requirements across a multidisciplinary group can be challenging. The use of accepted codes, standards and guidelines provides a measure of security and protection. However, these terms can be confusing, and their differences are not always clear.
HFM Magazine, read more...
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How to Design Senior Care Facilities for Veterans
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Home should be a safe place to come to every day. It’s where you should be able to rest your head at night without fear and receive care from loved ones. However, not everyone is that lucky. For some people, home isn’t the paradise that many have made it be. Veterans, for example, have a unique set of needs that aren’t easily met in regular care settings, especially as they age.
Healthcare Facilities Today, read more...
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Behavioral Health Design: Where We Are, Where We’re Headed
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The growing emphasis on behavioral health has broadened its integration into diverse building typologies. Once confined to standalone facilities, behavioral health design is now influencing schools, workplaces, housing, correctional centers and more. This shift responds to a rising awareness and the destigmatizing of mental health issues. Teletherapy, resilience apps, and community-based care networks have become vital tools for supporting mental well-being. So, too, has architecture.
HOK, read more...
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Hospital Design Trends for Greater Comfort and Efficiency
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In the years immediately before the pandemic, a growing understanding of the link between mental, emotional, and physical health was leading hospital architecture away from the cold, clinical aesthetic of the past and toward a warmer, more comforting atmosphere. The pandemic uncovered a need for further modernization. Today’s hospitals are designed for efficient, comfortable accommodation for large numbers of people, while maintaining an atmosphere as safe as it is welcoming.
I+S Design, read more...
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Contact our VP Relationship Development Randy Carter, rcarter@healthdesign.org, (541) 965-1922.
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ABOUT US
For over 30 years the non-profit Center for Health Design has led and empowered current and future healthcare owners, clinicians, architects, designers, product & solution providers and other stakeholders in an industry-wide endeavor to maximize health through informed design.
By providing research, education and community-building to nearly 30,000 professionals worldwide, The Center drives measurable improvements in health, safety and business outcomes through evidence-based design of the built environment. Explore The Center’s resources, tools and learning opportunities at www.healthdesign.org.
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