The Promising Practices Seminar, held in Sacramento California on April 5, 2011 brought community health centers together to learn about the latest research around clinic design, network, and learn from their peers. View the video recording of the plenary sessions:  

Part 1: Introduction, Key Note, White Paper Panel Discussion

Part 2: Afternoon Session: New Tools and the Clinic Design Website

Council Connections is the leading group purchasing organization for California's clinics. All non-profit clinics are eligible to participate in this free program which provides access to hundreds of contracts at discounted rates. Almost everything an organization needs to build, renovate or maintain a facility can be found on contract and at substantially lower prices than obtainable on one's own. Everything from equipment and supplies to furniture and paint can be found within the 1,600 contracts available.

Anita Addison of La Clinica de la Raza hosted the knowledge exchange table on Business Planning at the Promising Practices Seminar.  During her session she provided a checklist/description of items to be included in a business plan as well a a chart to owner decision making.  Download the handouts here.

Preparing for Strategic Facility Development?  Download this checklist of information and data to gather during pre-planning for a facility development project.

Tony Skapinsky of Capital Link hosted the Knowledge Exchange table on Captial Financing at the Promising Practices Seminar in 2011.  Download his handout from Capital link on financing options.

Learn about the new features of the upgraded Clinic Design website and the upcoming tools you should be on the look out for.  The audio/visual version of the presentation will be coming soon!

Safety-net clinics will need to invest an estimated 10.5 billion in facility construction, renovation, and expansion between now and 2015. A series of whitepapers on safety-net clinic design, published in March 2011, suggest a range of design strategies for building and renovating the built environment. During this panel presentation, the authors of these papers will discuss the variety of issues that impact healthcare experiences and highlight exemplary health centers and clinics.

Doug Moore, facilities manager at Clinica Sierra Vista shared one of their checklists that they use as they finish their clinics and prepare to open and move in.

Developing a Health Center: A Guide for Health Center Staff and Boards on Managing the Design and Construction Process Facility development is a complex endeavor that relies on many different professions: architects, lawyers, contractors, and a host of others that you can learn about in this manual.

This handout is a compilation of free resourcres that are available on wayfinding.  The handout was first distributed at the Promising Practices Seminar on April 5, 2011.

Ian Morrison, PhD is an internationally known author, consultant, and futurist specializing in long-term forecasting and planning with particular emphasis on health care and the changing business environment. He combines research and consulting skills with an incisive Scottish wit to help public and private organizations plan their longer-term future.

Ian kicked off the April 5, 2011 Promising Practices Seminar in Saramento, California with his presentation titled, "The Future of California Healthcare: Life in the Gap, Life in the Game."

Developed by a team of represtatives from Perkins + Will, Integral, Bognet and Capital Link the Sustainability Toolkit was designed specifically for Community Health Centers who were anticipating facility renovation projects and have no experience incorporating sustainability interventions in their previous facility projects. The goal was a “toe in the water” rather than the “deep dive” most of the literature/resources offer. 

The Architectural Research Consortium is a collaboration of architects interested in evidence and research based design. This group provides seminars and design assistance on projects. It is administered by Orfield Laboratories, a well known architectural and building performance research lab. There are currently 17 architectural firm members with offices in half the 50 states.