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Leaps and Bounds: Advancing the Understanding around Why Children’s Hospitals are Different
December 2021 ∘ Webinar

This webinar discusses top pediatric health issues and care models as a foundation for understanding important, unique pediatric healthcare design needs. In addition, the presenter will examine project examples that illustrate how unique needs can be incorporated and what provides most value in design and planning.  
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Neurodiversity at Boston Children’s Brookline: A Triumph of Patient-Centered Design
December 2021 ∘ Webinar

The team will highlight elements of a cross-disciplinary approach to environmental design where programming, planning, architecture, wayfinding, and interiors all work together to choreograph a uniquely engaging yet calm, safe, patient-centered experience.  
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Contemporary Women's Care
January 2022 ∘ Member Project

Contemporary Women’s Care is an all-female OB/GYN practice dedicated to the total health care needs of women living in the greater Orlando, Florida, area. One of the few truly independent OB/GYN practices left in the greater Orlando area, the team at Contemporary Women’s Care is passionate about preserving the relationships between patients and their providers.  When the Director of Contemporary Women's Care, Dr. Pam Snook,  saw the Paladin rail products in action at the hospitals she decided to incorporate our philosophy of “…..if it’s on a wall it’s on a rail” throughout her new facility.
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Post-Pandemic Healthcare Design for Black Communities
November 2021 ∘ Webinar

The webinar will focus on the concept of the advocate architect and will also feature recent design solutions from architectural graduate students at Miami University in Oxford Ohio. Finally, recommended steps for the evolution of this type of design approach and practice will be identified.  
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Culturally-Reflective Healthcare Environments: Techniques and Case Studies
November 2021 ∘ Webinar

This webinar provides a comprehensive view of the unique healthcare challenges faced in Indian Country and the opportunities that exist for AE firms to respond with a culturally-reflective design approach, regardless of client population.   
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Biophilic Design and the Healthcare Workplace
November 2021 ∘ Webinar

This webinar will focus on how we can use the elements of biophilic design to create meaningful work and restorative spaces to support staff in various environments within the healthcare workplace. Biophilic principals and case studies will be shared.
Product / Project Innovation Highlights

The Vernacare System
November 2021 ∘ Product / Project Innovation Highlights

Vernacare’s single-use disposal systems incorporate bio-degradable bedpans, bowls and urinals that use touchless disposal technology and create a more hygienic, safe, and efficient solution for infection prevention and reduced staff exposure risks.
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Acute Care Hospital in Massachusetts
November 2021 ∘ Member Project

A letter from a patient to the CEO of one of New England’s premier hospitals saying how great the care she received was, but the physical environment, especially the art, was a true disservice to the patients. The CEO made it his mission to implement a fully donor funded art program hospital wide to create a calming space.

In Great American Art's initial walk-thru, we noted the walls were filled with things that didn't aid in the healing process. Using EBD for art to guide selections, we enhanced the physical environment providing points of connection with meaningful works of art that help all deal with the challenging circumstances they face.
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The influence of evidence-based design on staff perceptions of a supportive environment for person-centered care in forensic psychiatry
November 2021 ∘ Slidecast

Degl' Innocenti, A., Wijk, H., Kullgren, A., Alexiou, E. (2020) The influence of evidence-based design on staff perceptions of a supportive environment for person-centered care in forensic psychiatry. Journal of Forensic Nursing

Staff satisfaction is an essential return on the investment being made to improve the provision and efficiency of care. Getting their detailed feedback on the design of the built environment makes good heart and business sense.
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Patients’ experiences of place and space after a relocation to evidence-based designed forensic psychiatric hospitals
November 2021 ∘ Slidecast

Olausson, S., Wijk, H., Berglund, I. J., Pihlgren, A., Danielson, E. (2021) Patients’ experiences of place and space after a relocation to evidence-based designed forensic psychiatric hospitals. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

The design of these new person-centered forensic psychiatry facilities is based upon extensive collaboration to ensure that design decisions are grounded in science- and experience-based, systematically provided data, but it does not reflect the patient as an equal contributor in design.