Insights & Solutions

This webinar offers a unique opportunity to hear about the state of the industry on this important issue from the perspective of leaders from the associations that make up our industry.  Hear their perspective on where we’ve come and where we’ve yet to go. These national leaders will share their insights on inroads made by their respective organizations (and the professions that they represent) and identify the next steps the professions can take collectively to move the needle forward. This conversation will explore the many opportunities available to leverage that collective power in the pursuit of resilient healthcare.

Designing an environment that fosters collaborative, team-based care and an approach with efficiently designed clinical areas, allows nurses to spend more time with their patients. A positive work environment with amenities and staff respite space throughout, including access to gardens, patios, and daylight, can reduce stress and promote healing for patients, families and workforce. This webinar will offer strategies and best practices to foster these environments and case study examples demonstrating this approach.  

This case study webinar highlights how sensor technology changed the way space is analyzed, used, and assigned at Stanford. Presenters will share how they used proof-of-concepts to evaluate sensor technology and determine the best solutions, as well as best practices. They’ll share valuable lessons learned in developing a business case for sensor implementation, overcoming internal political challenges, and space sharing, closures and consolidations. Attendees will see how sensors were integrated with a room reservation system for shared resources (i.e. consult rooms, sleep rooms, lactations spaces) and will obtain examples, dashboards, and reports for how space utilization data is being used to resolve space requests and determine how future spaces should be designed.  

This webinar, led by a leading expert in security assessment, protective services, and crisis management, is designed to demonstrate the importance of security design and the considerations of safety and security during the design phase.

This webinar will provide a brief history of the document’s inception and evolution over the years, and will explain its purpose in the context of New York State’s Office of Mental Health. Presenters will explain the various paths that products may take in their quest to be accepted into the Patient Safety Standards, including the rigorous testing protocols followed for every entry. Attendees will learn how, when and why to use the Patient Safety Standards on projects, and how to educate their own clients and colleagues on the applicability of the document.    

Presenters will also introduce the Recovery Innovations (RI) model of crisis care that focuses on warm and welcoming healing spaces as one of the catalysts that provides the opportunity for someone in crisis to determine their recovery pathway. See how the Crisis Care Center supports this model and specific areas of facility design that will support three distinct levels of care: behavioral health urgent care, crisis stabilization, and inpatient services.

This webinar will delve into the design strategies behind cycled white light, dim-to-warm, and tunable lighting technologies, exploring their potential circadian benefits in fostering healing within patient rooms. Attendees will explore opportunities for implementing these technologies across various clinical spaces sampling two different case studies.

Hear how the use of prefabrication required a re-think of the overall design process and staffing, along with how they were able to leverage this concept to assist in material shortages. Presenters will review a typical project timeline and share how prefabrication can play a role in each phase of the project if done properly.  By embracing prefabrication for this project, the design team was able to reduce the need for construction workers on site and able to encourage safety and quality in construction by moving items off site.

This webinar examines how to improve communities through adaptive reuse for healthcare. Presenters will share the story of how the adaptive reuse of a beloved community Sears store was employed to transform it into a community clinic that strives to become the supportive, essential space that meets the public health needs of a growing Austin community.  

Capital planning in healthcare is the process of allocating, evaluating, and managing funding for potential projects, investments, buildings or infrastructure improvements, and purchasing durable goods.  Effective and coordinated strategic planning and capital budget planning are the foundation for success in healthcare. Markets are dynamic, and an organization’s ability to react to this fluid environment is necessary to manage risk, allocate resources efficiently, and plan for the long term.