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Webinar

Adapting Existing Healthcare Spaces to Suit Behavioral Health Requirements
February 2020 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar will focus on the adaptation of an existing space into a behavioral health-compliant facility and the unique approach utilized to ensure organizational success. Presenters will explore how the design process resulted in an environment that maintains the maximum safety and security that these spaces require.
Podcast

Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 Podcast Episode 28: Rebecca Donner, IIDA, NCIDQ, Founder and Principal of Inner Design Studio
February 2020 ∘ Podcast ∘
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.
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.
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Children's Hospital of Orange County, Thompson Autism Center, Orange, CA
February 2020 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal of the Thompson Autism Center at CHOC is to bring leading-edge, evidence-based design practices to clinical and research spaces to ensure children with ASD receive the best care possible throughout their youth and into early adulthood.
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

William T. Evjue Clinic - Access Community Health Centers, Madison, WI
February 2020 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘

The goals were to: improve operational efficiency via flow and collaboration between the two existing levels; facilitate team-based care; improve patient safety and satisfaction; and improve wayfinding.
Issue Brief

Memory Care: The Intersection of Aging and Mental Health

February 2020 ∘ Issue Brief ∘
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.
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Webinar

Interactive Design Diagrams: Visually Translating and Linking Design Strategies with Healthcare Outcomes
February 2020 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar addresses the ongoing development of a set of interactive and visually engaging annotated diagrams that can help to improve patient, staff, organizational, and even community-wide outcomes within hospital, outpatient, clinical, and home-based environments. 
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
Podcast

Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 Podcast Episode 26: Monika Smith, Design Director, APEX Design Build
January 2020 ∘ Podcast ∘
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.