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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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    Environments for Aging in Place: Key Design Strategies
    August 2020 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar explores key design strategies and best practices for creating great environments for aging in place. From principles of universal design and biophilia to the role of technology and building materials, multiple elements of successful environments will be discussed. Presenters will also address some of the hurdles in creating effective environments for aging in place, including licensing and staffing, and will examine a case study of one operator’s unique approach. Participants will walk away from this session with more tools for creating environments for aging in place.
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    Making a Difference: Renovating a Pediatric Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit
    August 2020 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar will tell their story and participants will learn how, through a phased project approach,  the team allowed for flexibility and growth for the future.
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    The Role of the Built Environment in Telemedicine
    August 2020 ∘ Webinar

    In response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, the healthcare industry is finding ways to innovate its practice and engage with patients from a distance. Virtual care is playing a much larger role in triaging patients to promote social distancing and keep hospitals and clinics from becoming overwhelmed. In a time of rapid expansion and the need for quick deployment, some very simple design tips can help you make the most of your virtual care spaces. This webinar will explore those innovations that are being deployed for the near term and for the future.
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    Recent Mental Health Projects: The Newest Lessons Learned
    July 2020 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar will offer new lessons learned and insights arising out of 20 mental health projects currently in design, under construction, or recently occupied encompassing over 5,000 beds in 14 States in every part of the United States. 
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    Behavioral Health Outpatient Care in the Post-Pandemic World
    July 2020 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar will explore the impact the pandemic has had on outpatient behavioral health care. Presenters will share insights and lessons learned from care providers, discuss systemic changes to reimbursement and operations, evaluate what changes will remain in the future, and explore essential design considerations for behavioral health outpatient care that we need to embrace as we transition into the “new normal” of the post-pandemic world.
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    COVID 19: 2020 and Beyond: Applying Lessons Learned to Next Generation Healthcare
    July 2020 ∘ Webinar

    Dialogue #3: The healthcare industry and the built environment that supports it has seen unprecedented change and evolution of innovative care practices, solutions, and settings. As we find ourselves entering the Summer and looking back on what has occurred and what we have learned, it is clear that “return to normal” will not be the new normal. It is predicted that moving forward, healthcare delivery will occur everywhere and in new and alternative settings and that where we live, work and conduct our lives will continue to morph and meld.
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    New Information about Specifying and Cleaning Durable Coated Fabrics for Healthcare

    July 2020 ∘ Webinar

    ​This webinar explores the challenges of durable coated fabrics in today’s acute healthcare settings. A current nationwide poll of credentialed healthcare interior designers has confirmed widespread failure of durable coated fabric upholsteries, a costly overlook of product warranties, and negative effect of these failures on our HCAHPS scores.
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    The Rapid Evolution of FSEDs and Micro-Hospitals: The New Model for Design
    June 2020 ∘ Webinar

    In this webinar, clinical professionals responsible for the operation of these facilities will discuss the many challenges and changes affecting FSEDs and micro-hospitals, as well as how a new model for design aids in regulatory compliance and patient access strategies of providers.
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    The Owners Perspective: Key Insights Impacting the Future of Healthcare Design and Construction
    June 2020 ∘ Webinar

     In this webinar you will learn how two health systems are changing the way they design and build their facilities using simulation and technology along with modular and prefabricated products and components. With these changes there is a need to break down silos and improve collaboration in the project delivery process to enable this disruption to occur within the industry. Attend this webinar to gain their perspectives and how they are implementing these changes within the two organizations.   
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    COVID 19: Early Experiences and Lessons Learned from the Field
    June 2020 ∘ Webinar

    The healthcare industry and the built environment that supports it continues to be challenged in these unprecedented times and has seen the evolution of innovative care practices, solutions, and settings. As portions of the country have begun easing shut downs and others have not, a lot has been learned in a short amount of time. Join this panel of industry leaders for a dynamic and frank discussion about what we’ve seen and where we are headed.