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Get the latest trends, tools, and resources for improving healthcare environments here. Browse our many free and members-only resources, including research reports and issue briefs, interviews, case studies, design strategies, lessons learned, key point summaries, and webinars.

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    Sustainable Design: Where We Are and Where We Need to Be
    October 2022 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar will explore the state of sustainable design within the design industry as it currently exists and propose critical changes that need to be made for the future. Speakers will present the history of sustainable design and how to incorporate current sustainable design principles across a design practice. They will outline strategic goals and a roadmap for transformational sustainable design changes in healthcare design. In addition, they’ll highlight various projects that exemplify sustainable design, and how these design practices can help get us to where we need to be.
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    Top 10 Questions for Designers to Ask Related to Healthcare Finance
    September 2022 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar will review key questions related to evaluating capital decisions, external factors, key performance indicators, and ways to creatively finance projects.  Participants will gain insight into the minds of healthcare executives and their decision-makers. (This program is 6th in a 6-part series and can be viewed individually or as part of the series.)  
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    Current and Anticipated Financial Forces that Impact Healthcare Design
    October 2022 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar will explore the dynamic external forces that shape the internal healthcare finance discussions and will help attendees gain client’s perspectives related to their abilities to fund architectural projects. (This program is 5th in a 6-part series and can be viewed individually or as part of the series.) 
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    Life Safety in Behavior Health Designs: Are There Conflicts?
    August 2022 ∘ Webinar

    The program will then focus on addressing the apparent conflicts by identifying some of the alleged conflicts.  Each conflict will then be discussed in detail looking at current code requirements, changes in more recent editions of the applicable codes, and looking at equivalencies or alternative methods that could be considered.  As with other design considerations, involvement of all the stakeholders will be illustrated as a key factor in achieving an acceptable level of life safety while meeting the needs of the patients and clinical staff in a behavioral health environment.  
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    Reimagining the Behavioral Health Experience

    August 2022 ∘ Webinar

    Children’s Health Dallas teamed up with Philips and Recornect to create and pilot new ED exam rooms to improve the experience of receiving mental health care in the Emergency Department. By integrating a specialized interactive touchscreen with ambient room technology and therapeutic content, ED exam rooms are transformed into ultra-tunable environments that can help improve care delivery. Patients can rapidly de-escalate, begin therapy faster, and connect with staff in new ways. This webinar will tell the story of their design process, patient outcomes and valuable lessons learned.

     
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    Sound Judgement: Using Sound to Amplify Health and Wellbeing in Environments for Aging
    July 2022 ∘ Webinar

     This webinar delves into the critical role sound plays in promoting a healthy environment and considers important questions to ask when designing or updating environments for people as they age. The speakers will also share insights gleaned from their applied research to promote health and wellbeing for aging populations (especially those with dementia) and their caregivers. Stay tuned!  
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    Sleep Math: More Daytime Light = Better Nighttime Sleep for Older Adults
    July 2022 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar will discuss what we need to do in the built environment to promote brighter days and darker nights. The presenter will share the latest research in light science and will show examples of applications where a robust 24-hour light and dark scheme in numerous environments improved sleep, mood, and behavior in various older adult populations.  
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    Back to the Future - Time to Reflect, Regroup, Rethink
    June 2022 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar offers a unique opportunity to hear from leaders in the healthcare industry who will share their insights on current challenges within health systems and how they are beginning to make decisions in a more data driven way. They’ll share their real-world experiences, memorable stories from their work, case study examples, and most importantly, they’ll help guide attendees towards a path forward and shed light on their view of the future of healthcare. 
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    Prefabricated Bathrooms: Planning Strategies for Healthcare Projects
    June 2022 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar will highlight strategies that will help maximize the owner’s benefits and avoid construction challenges, with key tips for seamless integration. Presenters will share findings about the benefits of using bathroom pods from a recent case study from UNC Health.  
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    Leveraging Prefabrication to Achieve Project Design Goals
    June 2022 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar will discuss the need for upfront analysis and due diligence to successfully deploy prefabrication on unique projects. The presenter will tour through a range of systems and examples utilized on an award-winning medical office building in California. He will then share an additional case study that provides a view into the future of these strategies.