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Dementia-Supportive Environments: Considerations

March 2020 ∘ Tool ∘
Understanding the personal abilities and unique challenges faced by aging individuals, especially those living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, better equips design teams to create supportive care and living spaces. Changes that can be credited to dementia are noticeably different from the changes typical of normal aging, but both can occur at the same time. 
Executive Summary

Memory Care: The Intersection of Aging and Mental Health

February 2020 ∘ Executive Summary ∘
Learn about: the personal abilities and unique challenges faced by aging individuals, including those living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, how thoughtful design can reduce stress associated with declining physical abilities, memory loss, and care provision.
EBD Journal Club

Evaluation of a Mental and Behavioral Health Patient Room Mockup at a VA Facility
February 2020 ∘ EBD Journal Club ∘
Sachs, N., Shepley, M., Peditto, K., Hankinson, M.T., Giebink, B., Thompson, T. (2019). Health Environments Research & Design Journal. DOI: 10.1177/1937586719856349
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Webinar

Taking Modular Interiors to Another Level: The Polyclinic Medical Office Building Case Study
September 2019 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar will share how The Polyclinic, in the Northgate area of Seattle, consolidated four clinics, increased their market share of services, and better served their patients in a larger, expandable, multi-specialty and primary care facility “all under one roof”.  
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The Incredible Shrinking Hospital: Down-sizing Plus-sized Medical Facilities

August 2019 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar will share case studies and lessons learned from new and emerging examples of care delivery, including microhospitals; virtual care centers; and innovative clinical care models that are more nimble, cost and operationally efficient, and respond more directly to patient expectations. 
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Project Brief

The Role of Simulation In a New Hybrid Operating Room

May 2019 ∘ Project Brief ∘
Learn about: how a practical consideration of all the elements of the new hybrid OR helped guide design choices, the role Human Factors played in optimizing the new space, how process mapping and cognitive walkthroughs furthered the design team’s understanding of the OR’s people and processes, and how buy-in from key stakeholders led to the success of this project and laid the groundwork for future efforts.
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Project Brief

How Evidence-Based Design and Lean Philosophies Worked Together to Create a Flexible Prototype Unit for UW Health
May 2019 ∘ Project Brief ∘
Learn about: how a unit redesign for UW Health will serve as a prototype for future redesign projects, why the new unit must be flexible to respond to a variety of staff and patient needs, and how a multidisciplinary team used a range of observational findings and current literature to inform the overall design process.
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Project Brief

Taking an Empathic Approach In the Design of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
May 2019 ∘ Project Brief ∘
Learn about: how a variety of approaches—including research, observation, and process mapping exercises—were used in conjunction to develop the new design plans, why the architectural team relied on existing staff, patients, and families to understand which needs to address in the redesign, and how envisioning the new center as a “house” could better support the needs of patients and families.
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Webinar

Improving the User Experience: Moving Procedures Off-Site
April 2019 ∘ Webinar ∘
In this webinar, attendees will learn how the University of Virginia Medical Center was able to improve the patient experience and increase individualized patient care by moving its endoscopy department outside of the main hospital campus. 
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A Culture of Health: Let’s Redefine What Health Is
January 2019 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar will identify an implementation strategy to embed a “culture of health” in your projects. Case studies and demonstrable examples from around the world illuminate how healthcare organizations and designers are working at all geographic scales to remake health-promoting places, spaces, and things.