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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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    Can Greenspace Reduce Gun Violence? Wellness through Urban Design
    November 2020 ∘ Webinar

    During this webinar, these speakers will present evidence for the positive role of design in reducing violent crime in US urban environments and facilitate a discussion on operationalizing access to nature to reduce violent crime.   
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    Over and Under: Overlooked Projects from Unexpected Designers
    November 2020 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar, part of the ongoing ICONs series, will focus on innovative, but less-recognized, healthcare projects by architects and designers who fly under the radar and/or are not yet well known.   
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    Homes for Active Aging: What Older Adults Think About Technology-based Home Design Strategies
    October 2020 ∘ Webinar

    In this webinar, attendees will learn about various low-, medium, and high-tech design features, of varying cost ranges, that can be integrated into senior residential environments. They’ll also hear about older adults’ attitudes and intentions to use these design products. Implications for the architecture and design community will also be highlighted.  
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    Low Vision: Tools and Techniques for Designing Supportive Environments

    October 2020 ∘ Webinar

    This webinar will share basic principles and some evidence-based guidance developed for IES/ANSI RP-28 and the NIBS Low Vision Design Guidelines that designers can employ as they integrate lighting systems into supportive environments for the 17 million Americans who live within the spectrum of low vision.   
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    Caring for the Caregiver: Understanding the role of Culture and the Built Environment on Nurse Respite
    September 2020 ∘ Webinar

    Join us for a discussion of how one academic medical center infused evidence-based design principles into break lounges for nurses and then utilized cutting-edge technology to study their impact. You will hear from research and design professionals as well as nursing senior leadership on lessons learned regarding the role of cultural influences and the impact of the built environment on nurse respite.  
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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.