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Webinar

Beyond Aging in Place: Opportunities and Innovative Solutions through Universal Design
June 2017 ∘ Webinar

This webinar explores how a vast majority of the design community embraces Universal Design as a concept – especially those in health and wellness industries – but true universal design implementation is challenging. In this presentation, two key thought leaders in the universal design arena share expertise and insight around true and tangible universal design: what it means, what it looks like, and how to achieve it. This webinar is the second presentation in a three-part series on universal design. Part 1: “To Age is Human: Universal Design Research and Trends” and is available On Demand. Part 3 will be presented in late 2017/early 2018 and will be presented by a panel of Universal Design futurists.
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Test Your Code Knowledge

June 2017 ∘ Webinar

This webinar will reinforce your knowledge of long-standing requirements and provide insights into the newer provisions. Understanding regulatory codes is essential for the proper design of any healthcare facility and recent editions of the codes have introduced new requirements that offer additional design options. 
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Imagining a Hospital for the Future: Design Concepts and Operational Strategies for a Healthy Population
May 2017 ∘ Webinar

This webinar explores how in late 2016, a multidisciplinary group of healthcare and design experts met to answer these questions. The group came together to conceive a healthcare facility for an established community in Brooklyn, NY that is projected to undergo unprecedented growth. This unique community is comprised of three distinct groups, each with their own healthcare needs. 
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The Changing Faces of Ambulatory Care Models
May 2017 ∘ Webinar

This webinar explores how payment systems have and will continue to influence these ambulatory environments. The presenters offer an overview of the evolving nature of these ambulatory care sites, their impacts on the networks and healthcare systems, and what the ambulatory care model of may look like in the next five years.
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Clean Flow: Fact or Fiction – Design Implications that Affect the Bottom Line
April 2017 ∘ Webinar

This webinar explores the history of clean flow in the medical field, what is fact, what is fiction, the minimum requirements, and if these requirements are truly best practice. Case studies from The Reading Hospital and other medical centers are compared and contrasted in regards to their approach to clean flow. Finally, from the perspective of an Infection Control Director, the webinar identifies how one institution is addressing the mandate to reduce surgical site infections and determine whether the latest edition of the FGI Guidelines is the end point or just the beginning.
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Tool

ED Throughput Strategies Considerations Checklist

April 2017 ∘ Tool

This tool provides healthcare designers and professionals with ED throughput principles/goals and how environmental, operational, and people measures can be implemented to achieve said goal. Download the tool by clicking the purple bar above.
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Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned About Emergency Department Throughput
April 2017 ∘ Lessons Learned

The following are compiled from research literature, case studies, interviews, and other materials to provide an overview on the topic of emergency department throughput.  
Blog

The Importance of Team in the ED

April 2017 ∘ Blog

The best hospital design plans are only as good as the processes and systems they support. What this means when it comes to patient throughput is that a well-thought-out built environment needs to have well-functioning services and policies in place to ensure that things run in a truly optimal way. One way to do this is to include the “right” people in your efforts from the very beginning onward.
Blog

How to Create a Welcoming Emergency Department

April 2017 ∘ Blog

What message does your Emergency Department (ED) send to patients who step through the doors? If it isn’t a comprehensively welcoming one, you could be increasing patient and family stress levels before they’ve even begun assessment or treatment. As overcrowding in EDs and awareness of the consequences grows within the healthcare industry, it’s crucial to begin taking steps to improve your care environment for staff and patients.
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Project Brief

Maximize Space, Manage Volume, & Improve Communication in the Emergency Department

April 2017 ∘ Project Brief

Learn about: methods to minimize patient wait times and maximize use of hospital space, guiding principles implemented in a Seattle children’s hospital to improve patient and provider communication, and how architects, healthcare providers, and families can collaborate to design a patient-centered emergency department.