Insights & Solutions

In this podcast, Linda Lybert, Founder and Executive Director of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute shares what healthcare design professionals most need to know about pathogens post-COVID-19. “We’re in the middle of a pandemic and the education on this is very real,” Linda shares. The fact is we really have to clean our surfaces in the hospital setting in a certain way and on an ongoing basis. This is critical.” Configure

By placing health and wellness at the center of design, construction, technology and programming decisions, Delos is transforming our indoor environments into spaces that actively contribute to human health and well-being. Paul shares how the current crisis is moving beyond political boundaries. “At the end of the day,” Paul shares, “The broader notion of wellness real estate--if we can use our buildings, our homes, our offices, our schools, our hotels, and our senior and assisted living facilities as a way to, constantly and passively, deliver preventative medical intentions through four walls and a roof, there is not one political mind in the world that will have a problem with that.” Paul also discusses Delos’s new Facilities Improvement Program and how it can help our most vulnerable population in this pandemic---our older adults in senior living communities and facilities.

In this podcast, Sara Marberry discusses the short-and long-term effects of the current crisis on the healthcare design industry. Sara shares, “A halt on projects in the short term is not necessarily a bad thing.

In this podcast, Rebecca discusses the rise of a new and unique challenge in the design community, stemming from HGTV’s popular shows like Fixer Uppers. As Rebecca shares, “The Universities’ drop-out rates have increased in the design community in the United States at an alarming rate.

In this podcast, Victoria explores what the hospital space will look like in the year 2020. 

Monika Smith, Design Director at Apex Design Build, talks about what no one is talking about in a healthcare project that they should be talking about.

Lisa M. Cini, tech-thought leader, best-selling author, National Designer for Senior Living and Aging in Place Environments, and Principal at Mosaic Design Studio talks about her purchase of the storied Columbus, Ohio Woodland Manor Mansion.

Melinda Avila-Torio speaks on the need for private family rooms at senior living facilities. When a male executive at an assisted living facility was quietly in conversation with a resident, the resident suddenly and peacefully died.

Rosalyn Cama, FASID, NCIDQ, EDAC, President and Principal Interior Designer at CAMA Inc. on The Time Between - traditionally known as “waiting time” in the hospital and healthcare setting. Rosalyn shares, “The space between care delivery can be so much longer. We decided to map these experiences and called it The Time Between. We wanted to know what people were thinking, feeling and seeking for distraction, and how the built environment could possibly improve those conditions. It is during these times of waiting that pain and confusion set in not just for patients, but for family members, as well.” Learn more about The Time Between, and how it is during this time that patient satisfaction shifts as the patient’s perception of care changes. This, and how CAMA Inc. is partnering with artisans and manufacturers to harness the healing power of touch and promote physical contact between patients, loved ones, and caregivers.

Dr. Diana Anderson, a licensed and board-certified healthcare architect and licensed Internist, describes the growing role of the physician in healthcare design, and why she invented the term “Dochitect.”