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Designing for Adolescents in Mental Health Crisis: A Story of Research, Innovation, and Hope
April 2018 ∘ Webinar ∘
Adolescence can be a tumultuous time in one’s life. Mental health conditions often surface during this stage, and it may be the first time that some patients enter an inpatient behavioral health unit. How can design best support this patient population that is transitioning from childhood to adulthood? Learn how a design team utilized research, Lean processes, and innovation to solve the challenges of this unique patient population for the 27-bed Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit in Tacoma, Wash. Find out how design can support a seclusion- and restraint-free care model and how pushing beyond the conventions of behavioral healthcare design was achieved.
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A Culture of Inquiry Drives the 50-Year Odyssey of an Iconic Father-Daughter Team
May 2013 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar explores: Among the icons of healthcare planning and design, the odyssey of Jim and Lari Diaz of KMD Architects coincides with 50 years of “radical transformation.” Their careers have been nurtured by a culture of inquiry that fostered innovation and creative approaches to meet ever-evolving industry needs resulting from social changes, cultural revolutions and advances in medicine and technology. In this session, Jim and Lari look back over the past 50 years and describe the chemistry between them and their accomplishments.
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Evidence-Based Design in the Rural Healthcare Setting: Does it Matter?

March 2018 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar will focus on an exploratory approach to the role of Evidence-Based Design in the rural healthcare setting.  Haddox will present the observations, conversations, participatory research methods, and thought processes that led him to explore how the delivery of healthcare in his largely rural native West Virginia might be improved through a focus on the physical facilities.  He will describe research projects that examine the barriers to care in these rural areas, including his approach to engaging stakeholders to gather data, some upcoming projects in the works with special healthcare needs populations, and a larger framework for interdisciplinary research in the rural health care setting. 
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Design for Memory Care: Removing Barriers to Achieve Person-centered Care!
March 2018 ∘ Webinar ∘
Imagine if your challenges in creating person-centered environments were removed. Using evidence-based design principles to support your decisions as part of the planning and programming process is a practical way of supporting residents in existing and new settings.  This webinar will discuss various environmental challenges including fall risk, infection control, wayfinding, spatial relationships, access to the outdoors, lighting, incontinence and wandering.
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Human Centric Lighting: 3.0
February 2018 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar explores how to gain a general understanding of basic Human Centric Lighting, which is HCL 1.0.  Learn about the newly revealed benefits of the non-circadian side of Human Centric Lighting, which is HCL 3.0, and understand that these are often more important than the circadian benefits. Grasp how to get a preliminary sense if various statements, which are sometimes contradictory, about Human Centric Lighting seem accurate. Become aware of the recent Human Centric Lighting studies in hospitals in Europe and North America.
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Where Experience Happens: Why Environment Matters to Patient Experience
February 2018 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar explores how to understand and define patient experience and the outcomes it helps us achieve. Review the current state of patient experience and its implications for action. Examine elements in the environment that positively or negatively impact the patient experience. Explore the role environment does and can play in impacting the human experience in healthcare.
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ART+Science
January 2018 ∘ Webinar ∘
Art and Science: in their finest expressions, they are one and the same. We face complex problems and no single approach can provide all the answers. One cannot be a socially responsible designer or scientist without using both intuition and research. This presentation cites historical and contemporary examples of individuals who support their simultaneous use to achieve creativity.
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Safety Risk Assessment 2.0
January 2018 ∘ Webinar ∘
When we design healthcare facilities, we may not always have a complete understanding of how we can proactively design for safety and account for risk beyond fire and life safety. How can we more effectively consider safety issues like infections, falls, medication errors, injuries associated with patient handing or behavioral health, and security? This webinar introduces the new, easier to use, online interface for The Center’s Safety Risk Assessment (SRA) toolkit, a proactive and systematic approach to designing and renovating healthcare facilities for safety. Originally developed through research and consensus to support the requirements of the FGI Guidelines, The Center's research team will walk you through the why, what, and how of each part of the online SRA toolkit illustrating features with vignettes gathered from the testing process.  
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How to Commission Art in Your Healthcare Environment

December 2017 ∘ Webinar ∘
Artists and design professionals are working collaboratively across the globe to create amazing art projects in healthcare environments that energize, soothe, and provide positive distractions. Commissioned art projects are created in collaboration with the client and design team for the space. Across industries these projects are beautifying and transforming the places in which we live, work, play, and heal. This webinar focuses on methods, tools, and inspiration for commissioning art in healthcare environments. The presenter discusses how to determine your art requirements, finding the right artist, managing RFPs for artwork, and using digital tools to streamline the commission workflow process.
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love My Robot Doctor
October 2017 ∘ Webinar ∘
Remember doctor’s visits when you were growing up? The wooden tongue depressor. The well-worn stethoscope. As design harnesses digital, materials, and networking technologies, a very new health experience is just over the horizon. Proactive, lifestyle design, tracking real-time health data, non-invasive tools and custom “just for you” treatments based on your actual genome, are here. Together they are leading us to “stage zero” detection and treatment which has the potential to double or better the lifespan of every first-world citizen. This webinar highlights the macro factors shaping these realities, along with an in-depth exploration of the various impacts of and opportunities for design.