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Sunday, October 24, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

E01 - Measuring Nurse Practice Affordance: Presentation of the New CARE Survey Scale
  • Room: 6
  • Session Number:E01
There is a need in the design research field for consistent and valid measures for constructs connecting the built environment to desirable outcomes. With support of a grant from the Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation, this study refined and validated a survey instrument to measure nurses’ ability to work... ...read more...
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Alex Moore BSN, RN, OCN
Staff Development RN
Nebraska Methodist Hospital
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Cheryl Bohacek RN, MSN, OCN
Service Leader Oncology
Nebraska Methodist Hospital
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Francesqca Jimenez MS
Senior Research Strategist
HDR
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Jeri Brittin PhD
Director of Research
HDR
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E02 - Integrating Vision and Research: The Design of a State-of-the-Art Eating Disorder Unit
  • Room: 1
  • Session Number:E02
Visioning care through design in the renovation of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset resulted in leadership’s identification of the need to transform the first floor West Wing into a state-of-the-art inpatient unit for their nationally recognized eating disorders program. This session will share outcomes from in-depth collaborative sessions with... ...read more...
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BRYAN PENNINGTON
NK Architects
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Christine Belluardo-Tierney MAS, BSW
Assistant VP of Behavioral Health Services
RWJBarnabas Health, Somerset
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ERIN SHARP-NEWTON
NK Architects
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Nicole Cocolin
Founder
DCC Design Group
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E03 - Precisely Defined Planning to Avoid Partially Solved Problems
  • Room: 25AB
  • Session Number:E03
Expectations for healthcare facility projects have never been higher, and the importance of prior planning has never been greater. After recognizing the need for a project, healthcare organizations have a limited opportunity to ensure the proper planning to underpin subsequent design and construction activities. The Center for Health Design's new... ...read more...
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Chase Miller ACHA, EDAC, NCARB, AIA
Senior Architect
BSA LifeStructures
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Michael Pomarico
Pomarico Design Studio Architecture, and PLLC HealthRisk Technologies Inc.
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THOMAS JUNG
Division of Health Facility Planning, New York State Department of Health
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E04 - Coming Full Circle: POE of a Prototype OR Implementation
  • Room: 3
  • Session Number:E04
A four-year federally funded patient safety-learning lab (PSLL) titled “Realizing Improved Patient Care through Human-Centered Design in the OR” (RIPCHD.OR) has resulted in in-depth research on operating rooms as well as the development of an OR prototype and high-fidelity OR mock-up. The concepts developed in this project were also implemented... ...read more...
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Anjali Joseph Ph.D., EDAC
Director, Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing; Professor, School of Architecture, Professor, Industrial Engineering
Clemson University Architecture + Health | The Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing
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David Allison FAIA, FACHA
Alumni Distinguished Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Architecture + Health
Clemson University
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Roxana Jafarifiroozabadi
Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing (CHFDT), Clemson University
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Sahar Mihandoust Ph.D.
Adjunct Proffesor
Clemson University
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E05 - No Wrong Door: LA County’s Approach to Tackling Social Wellness
  • Room: 5
  • Session Number:E05
The healthcare industry has struggled to address the social determinants of health within an economic model focused on episodic treatment. Los Angeles reached a point where the cost of treatment was so extreme that a radical shift was the only answer. The LAC+USC Restorative Care Village is an innovative solution... ...read more...
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Bob Gesing AIA
National Healthcare Practice Leader
Trinity:NAC
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Michael Pinto
Trinity:NAC
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E06 - Playful Pediatrics: Positive Distractions for Engaging Pediatric Environments
  • Room: 26A
  • Session Number:E06
When thinking of pediatric design, the word “playful” most likely comes to mind. But playful design can be oversimplified and reduced to the mere application of images and primary colors. This presentation will define play as well as how play and positive distractions form an integral part of the pediatric... ...read more...
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AARON GOLDBLATT
Metcalfe Architecture and Design, LLC
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Chesenia Burgos
Stantec Architecture and Engineering LLC
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Emma Leach
Stantec Architecture and Engineering LLC
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Hayley Freilich
Metcalfe Architecture and Design, LLC
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E07 - Beyond Medical Care: Designing Inpatient Units for Co-diagnosis Patients
  • Room: 4
  • Session Number:E07
The potential to create environments and experiences that are sensitive to both the behavioral and medical well-being of patients’ and providers’ needs is tremendous. Rethinking the intersection between behavioral and medical health is needed to advance the design of environments and delivery of care for co-diagnosed patients. BJC HealthCare collaborated... ...read more...
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Emily Johnson
Perkins&Will
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Valerie Greer
School of Architecture at the University of Utah / Center on Aging at the University of Utah
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Virginia Pankey
HOK
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E08 - Using "Mickey's 10 Secret Design Commands" to Create World-class Guest Experiences
  • Room: 26C
  • Session Number:E08
Walt Disney's Imagineers have utilized 10 design principles to create world-class entertainment experiences in their theme parks that has resulted in a phenomenal 70 percent return visits of first-time visitors. These design principles are organized into five tiers that engage and immerse the guest into creating a truly magical experience.... ...read more...
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Steven Langston
RLF
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E09 - Leveraging Machine Learning for Insights on Design and Construction
  • Room: 26B
  • Session Number:E09
The Cedars-Sinai Health System’s Facilities Planning, Design, and Construction (FPDC) department conducted a robust post-occupancy evaluation program on a collection of recently completed and occupied projects. The resulting body of knowledge needed to be shared at a rapid pace for the benefit of a new generation of projects. What started... ...read more...
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Alicia Wachtel
Cedars-Sinai Health System
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Ruchira Banerjee
Enstoa
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E10 - Thinking Outside the Cube: Balancing Your Real Estate Portfolio
  • Room: 25C
  • Session Number:E10
Balancing a real estate portfolio and financial pressures alongside the need for collaborative and healthy work environments can be challenging. Given the current pressures from the pandemic, and ongoing needs for many health systems to continually examine their physical footprint and maintain their mission, many health systems are attempting new... ...read more...
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Kim Montague AIA EDAC LEED AP NCARB
Executive Director, Applied Research & Partnerships
Kimball International – Health
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Michael McKay AIA, ACHE, EDAC, LEED AP, NCARB
Director
UW Health Planning Design and Construction
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Steve Stroman IIDA, LEED AP
Vice President
HKS
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I01 - Gun Violence and Greenspace: Wellness through Urban Design
  • Room: 22
  • Session Number:I01
Gun violence is not only a public health epidemic, but an urgent health design issue. During this roundtable discussion, moderators will present evidence for the positive role of design in reducing violent crime and facilitate a discussion on possible mechanisms for operationalizing access to nature to reduce violent crime. They... ...read more...
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Kati Peditto PhD, EDAC, WELL AP
Co-Director, Human Experience Lab
Perkins&Will
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Mardelle Shepley FAIA, FACHA, EDAC, LEED, WELL
Cornell University
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NAOMI SACHS
University of Maryland Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
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I02 - Designing One of the Most Energy-efficient Hospitals in the U.S.
  • Room: 24
  • Session Number:I02
As a participator of the 2030 challenge for carbon neutrality and the Target 100 initiative for healthcare facilities, Riverview Health set a goal that Westfield Hospital would be one of the most energy-efficient hospitals in the country. The facility is a one-stop shop for healthcare, including the state of Indiana’s... ...read more...
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Joel Farmer
Guidon Design
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Ray Beaufait
CMTA, Inc.
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Scott Tripp
Riverview Hospital
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Sunday, October 24, 9:45 AM - 12:15 PM

D01 - AAHID - The More You Know: Reduce Failures by Understanding Performance Requirements for Healthcare Durable Coated Fabrics and Surface Materials
  • Room: 20
  • Session Number:D01
Durable coated fabrics and surface materials selection specifications are based on performance-based attributes established by common test methods, to avoid premature, costly failures. This deep dive workshop reviews the Durable Coated Fabrics Programming and Selection Guide for Healthcare, CFFA-Healthcare-201 certification, current research, field tests, survey results, and presenters’ work with... ...read more...
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Barbara Dellinger MA, FIIDA, CHID, CID, EDAC, NCIDQ
Design & Research Consultant
Dellinger Solutions, AAHID Board of Directors
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Jane Rohde AIA, FIIDA, ASID, CHID, ACHA, LEED AP+BDC, GGA, GG
Principal
JSR Associates, Inc.
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Linda Gabel CHID, IIDA, NCDIQ
Sr. Interior Design Planner
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
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Shari Solomon
CleanHealth Environmental, LLC.
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Sunday, October 24, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

E11 - Simulation-based Hospital Design Testing Saves Millions, Improves Patient Safety
  • Room: 6
  • Session Number:E11
The cost of hospital construction is at unprecedented levels. Building a hospital comes with unforeseen dangers as unsafe designs result in costly failures once placed in operation. Hospital executives must intertwine goals with budgeting and answer the question, “Are we spending money on the right solutions to meet our needs?”... ...read more...
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Ashley Dalpiaz
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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Kiran Hebbar
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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Nora Colman
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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E12 - One Campus, Two Futures?
  • Room: 1
  • Session Number:E12
The University of California San Francisco is about to engage in a $2 billion capital expansion and upgrade to their Helen Diller Medical Center on the UCSF Parnassus Campus. The anticipated project was conceptualized in a recently completed master plan developed by Perkins&Will. Perkins&Will also completed a feasibility study for... ...read more...
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Anthony Mistretta
Perkins&Will
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Jeffrey Dreesman
Perkins&Will
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Robin Guenther FAIA, LEED Fellow
Principal
Perkins & Will
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E13 - The Pandemic and Staff Safety: Design Strategies to Support Safer PPE Doffing
  • Room: 25AB
  • Session Number:E13
As the outbreak of COVID-19 continues, concerns regarding the staff on the frontlines continue to grow. Removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) poses a high risk to healthcare workers’ safety. This session brings together healthcare practitioners and design researchers to discuss how we can use environmental design to increase the... ...read more...
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Amanda Grindle RN
Hospital Readiness Manager at the Special Care Unit
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA)
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Lisa Lim Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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Yeinn Oh
SimTigrate Design Lab/ Georgia Institute of Technology
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Zorana Matic Isautier Ph.D., M.Arch
Adjunct Faculty
Boston Architectural College/Georgia Institute of Technology
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E14 - The Hospital ICONs: Remarkable Healthcare Facilities Rarely Seen
  • Room: 3
  • Session Number:E14
This presentation displays a variety of amazing healthcare facilities from around the world. From tropical jungles to crowded cities to the remote reaches of outer space, this ICONs program shares highly unusual and cutting-edge medical care designs in the most uncommon settings. These unique facilities are rarely seen but may... ...read more...
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Donald McKahan AIA, FACHA
Principal
McKahan Planning Group
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Jennifer Aliber FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP
Principal
Shepley Bulfinch
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E16 - A River Runs Through It: Integrating Landscape into the Patient Experience
  • Room: 26A
  • Session Number:E16
What makes the design for the Asplundh Cancer Center of Jefferson Health unique is the vision of a landscape-based healing environment for treating cancer that also helps heal the project site itself. This presentation will focus on how the notion of “a healing experience within a natural environment” drove the... ...read more...
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Joe Wood
EwingCole
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SAUL JABBAWY
EwingCole
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E17 - Renovating Occupied Inpatient Mental/Behavioral Health Units for Safety, Experience
  • Room: 4
  • Session Number:E17
Safety is a primary driver in design for inpatient facilities for mental and behavioral health. Although a necessary focus, this approach often misses the therapeutic and wellness needs of patients and staff. In addition to selecting fixtures and elements that meet current standards, it is the baseline of design. Through... ...read more...
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Jarett Anderson
BWBR
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Melanie Baumhover
BWBR
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Paul Sims
Mayo Clinic
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STEVE RASMUSSON
Senior Construction Manager
MAYO CLINIC
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E18 - Data Modeling Patient Moves: Master Planning Across Multiple Campuses
  • Room: 26C
  • Session Number:E18
This case study highlights how Stanford Health Care used big data to model patient volumes moving between different campuses as new diagnostic imaging facilities opened. Each modality was modeled based on historical data, and demand for new modalities were projected to identify how many modalities were needed at different sites.... ...read more...
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Ashley Umaña
Stanford Health Care
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Lin Zhang
Stanford Health Care
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E19 - Neuroscience-based Insights in Design: Boosting Healing, Health, and Well-being
  • Room: 26B
  • Session Number:E19
Neuroscientists and other researchers have determined that fundamental design qualities influence the healing process, as well as health and well-being generally. Symmetry, visual complexity/orderliness, harmony, balance, and line/shape, for example, all have an important effect on the physical, emotional, and cognitive implications of being in a particular environment, whether they... ...read more...
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Sally Augustin
Design With Science, Research Design Connections
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E20 - POE Results of a PICU Renovation: Realizing Increased Patient Safety and Decreased Staff Turnover
  • Room: 25C
  • Session Number:E20
This case study highlights how Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus relocated and expanded the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in an existing facility. A key goal was to improve patient safety by improving the nurses’ visibility of, and access to, patients and fellow nurses. The unit was designed and built... ...read more...
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Joyce Amador
Texas Children's Hospital
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Pamela Jones
PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE
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Rhona Vogt
Page
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I03 - The Future of Behavioral Health Team Stations
  • Room: 22
  • Session Number:I03
As the treatment and model of care for inpatient behavioral health continuously evolves, so too should the physical environment in which care is delivered. With a heightened focus on patient dignity and staff safety, along with improved technology, now is the time to rethink the future of the behavioral health... ...read more...
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Brian Giebink
Behavioral Health Planner
HDR Inc.
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Karen Lommel
Prisma Health-Upstate and University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
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Stephanie Vito AIA
Vice President
CannonDesign
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I04 - Integrating Healthcare with Wellness: The Next-generation Health Village
  • Room: 24
  • Session Number:I04
This discussion will explore the opportunities and challenges of combining and integrating healthcare, wellness, and recreation services into one facility. Moderators will feature a detailed case study of a project currently under design—a health village for the Redding Ranchera tribe—which found a wide variety of synergies and shared amenities in... ...read more...
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Arash Izadi
LPA Design Studios
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Glen Hayward
Redding Rancheria Tribal Health Center
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MUHSIN LIHONY
LPA Design Studios
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Ozzie Tapia
LPA Design Studios
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Sunday, October 24, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

E21 - Clinic 20XX: Future-casting in an Ever-changing Present From The Physician & Patient Perspective
  • Room: 6
  • Session Number:E21
Primary care forms the foundation of any robust healthcare system. Over the last decade, primary care has been poised for disruption, and during the pandemic, telehealth was the one trend that leapfrogged ahead of all others and was truly brought to test. What will this mean for clinic design going... ...read more...
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Deborah Wingler Ph. D., EDAC, LSSYB
Associate Director Research, Vice President
HKS, Inc
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Melissa Hoelting Assoc. AIA, WELL AP
Design Research, Communications Manager
HKS
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Tom Harvey
CADRE
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Upali Nanda Dr.
Global Practice Director, Research
HKS
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E22 - From Surviving to Thriving: Reimagining Flexibility in Healthcare Design
  • Room: 1
  • Session Number:E22
A “flexible” hospital has been the holy grail in healthcare design for decades, anticipating changes in treatments, operations, and technology. Healthcare facilities struggled in the past year to meet the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 crisis in terms of capacity, flow, infrastructure, and daily operations. At the same time, many... ...read more...
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Douglas Carney AIA, MBA
Senior Vice President, Real Estate, Facilities, and Operations
Brigham Health
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Douglas Spies AIA, MHA, LEED AP
Senior Director of Architecture and Engineering
UPMC
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SARAH MARKOVITZ AIA
Principal
NBBJ
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E23 - Pandemic Preparedness: Adaptable Design Interventions for Acute Care
  • Room: 25AB
  • Session Number:E23
In 2013, during the design phases for two acute care units of a major academic medical system, a project goal was to design for adaptability and versatility to accommodate various types of acute care patient populations. Since occupancy, both units have flexed in care types multiple times with minimal reconstruction... ...read more...
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Isaac Larson
Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin
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Kara Freihoefer PhD, CID, EDAC, LEED ID+C
Director of Healthcare Research
Flad Architects
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LORI MAGALEN
HGA Architects and Engineers
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Sarah Cypher
Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin
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E24 - Research Matters: Ten Picks for the Year
  • Room: 3
  • Session Number:E24
To apply evidence-based design, you have to know what the best available evidence is. But research is published faster than anyone can read it. How can we keep up with the most recent work? In this rapid-fire session, researchers from The Center for Health Design will use their own visual... ...read more...
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Addie Abushousheh PhD, EDAC, Assoc. AIA
Research Associate
The Center for Health Design
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Ellen Taylor
The Center for Health Design
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Melissa Piatkowski M.S., EDAC
Research Associate
The Center for Health Design
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E25 - Conversion of an Existing Operating Building to a New Operational Model
  • Room: 5
  • Session Number:E25
As patient care changes and organizations change the way providers work with users, facilities are adapted and designed to provide the best care and efficient operations. The Kaiser Carson MOB was the first facility within Kaiser to incorporate the new Re-imagining Ambulatory Care (RAD) concepts within an existing operating facility.... ...read more...
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Lynnette Tedder AAHID, CID, IIDA, EDAC, LEED AP, WELL AP
Practice Leader, Associate Principal
Perkins&Will
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Russell Triplett
Perkins&Will
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Sierra Peterson
Perkins& Will
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E26 - Twelve Design Guidelines for Dementia-friendly Healthcare Facilities
  • Room: 26A
  • Session Number:E26
With the incidence of dementia sharply on the rise, a global movement has taken root to create dementia-friendly communities. Creating dementia-friendly communities calls for designing dementia-friendly environments. Empowered by evidence, the dementia-friendly design guidelines discussed will enable healthcare organizations to implement solutions to elevate the clinical experience. Learn how to... ...read more...
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AJ Thomas AIA, ACHA, EDAC
Principal
Corgan
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Jan Dougherty
Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
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Jana Skidmore
Corgan
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Sepideh Valian
Corgan
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E27 - Team Effort: The Role of Designers and Contractors in Behavioral Healthcare Design
  • Room: 4
  • Session Number:E27
Less than half of Americans suffering from mental illness received treatment in recent years, and one major reason for this disparity is the stigma surrounding mental health facilities. As healthcare providers seek to normalize psychiatric care, healthcare designers are doing more than designing compliant, anti-ligature facilities. They’re actively changing the... ...read more...
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Lindsay Corotis
Skanska USA Building
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Michael Smith
CannonDesign
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Terry Rittgers
San Mateo County, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
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Timothy Rommel
CannonDesign
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E28 - Think Differently: Renovations that Reinvest
  • Room: 26C
  • Session Number:E28
This case study follows the various pathways of a lab renovation from the original building designer, to a different architect responsible for updating the lab years later, followed by the director operating the renovated lab, and finally, the lessons learned from an unusual coming together of all parties. The “before-after-during-after... ...read more...
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Marilee Lloyd
HED
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Sharon Woodworth
HED
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Shinny Duong
UCSF
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Tim Hurvitz
HED
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E29 - We’re in this Together: An innovative Community Plan for Behavioral Health
  • Room: 26B
  • Session Number:E29
Behavioral health is the root of all health, affecting lives at every stage and circumstance. When Larimer County decided to improve the quality of services provided, they created a community master plan, identified gaps in the continuum of care, addressed challenges requiring fundamental change, and rallied the community for support... ...read more...
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Laurie Stolen
Larimer County
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Valerie Williams
Page
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E30 - Adaptive Reuse of Aging Healthcare Facilites
  • Room: 25C
  • Session Number:E30
At The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a master plan is an essential part of developing a well-informed roadmap for both new and existing facilities. One aspect of a master plan is the enormous complexity and questions surrounding adaptive reuse. Does the enterprise invest in repurposing an existing facility... ...read more...
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Corrie Feldmann
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
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Paul Lenz
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
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William Orosz
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
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I05 - Healthcare in Black America: Where We Hope to Be
  • Room: 22
  • Session Number:I05
This important discussion will explore equity in healthcare for Black communities in America and propose solutions that healthcare architects and designers can employ to position ourselves as advocates where we work, as well as in partnership with our clients. As healthcare architects and designers, we are in a unique position... ...read more...
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Roderic Walton
Moody Nolan
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I06 - Come Together: Managing Risk and Improving Health Outcomes in Cleveland
  • Room: 24
  • Session Number:I06
Join leaders from the Cleveland Clinic and The MetroHealth System in this interactive roundtable to discuss how team-based project delivery will be the necessary method to navigate the risks and challenges of healthcare design. Learn how owners, architects, engineers, construction trades, and other affiliates have already come together in Greater... ...read more...
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Penrose Wolf
Cleveland Clinic
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Walter Jones AIA, LEED, EDAC
Senior Vice President, Campus Transformation
MetroHealth System
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Monday, October 25, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

E31 - Impact of Visibility and Accessibility on Healthcare Workers’ Hand Hygiene Behavior
  • Room: 6
  • Session Number:E31
This session shares a mixed-method empirical study on the impacts of the nursing unit environment on healthcare workers’ hand hygiene. Through a comparative study of two nursing units with similar patient acuity levels and care models but different layouts, this study revealed the importance of nursing unit layouts on visibility... ...read more...
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Hui Cai
The University of Kansas, Department of Architecture, Institute of Health and Wellness Design
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Intisar Tyne
The University of Kansas, Department of Architecture
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Jennifer Williams
Research and Professional Development, The University of Kansas Health System
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Kent Spreckelmeyer
The University of Kansas, Department of Architecture, Institute of Health and Wellness Design
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E32 - Mock-up of a Pediatric ICU: Identifying Clinical Challenges and Flow Disruptions
  • Room: 1
  • Session Number:E32
The built environment is a critical component of the health system that impacts patient and staff safety. During the facility design process, the ability to anticipate the challenges that clinicians will face during high-acuity care episodes is limited. In this study, analysis of flow disruptions during pediatric ICU simulations illuminated... ...read more...
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Anjali Joseph Ph.D., EDAC
Director, Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing; Professor, School of Architecture, Professor, Industrial Engineering
Clemson University Architecture + Health | The Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing
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Mohammad Ahmadshahi
Master’s student
Clemson University
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Nora Colman
Children healthcare of Atlanta
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Sahar Mihandoust Ph.D.
Adjunct Proffesor
Clemson University
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E33 - Design and Research Collaboration: Creating a Translational Destination Rehabilitation Environment
  • Room: 25AB
  • Session Number:E33
When Sheltering Arms Institute and VCU Health began planning their new destination rehabilitation hospital, their aspiration was predicated on the foundation of academic medicine and cutting-edge research. Fueling exceptional clinical care, the new facility supports an innovative, transdisciplinary model for inpatient rehabilitation. The new institute was planned and designed to... ...read more...
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Alan Lombardo
Sheltering Arms Institute
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Allen Buie
HDR
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Jeri Brittin PhD
Director of Research
HDR
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SANDRA TKACZ
HDR
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E34 - All Hands On Deck: Designing a New Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Room: 3
  • Session Number:E34
Immersive Design Events (IDEs) reimagine and condense the traditional schematic design process. Giving control and voice to end-users and patients when designing their space allows them to advocate for their own design choices, which has a profound impact on adoption of innovative workflows, early decision-making, leadership buy-in, building trust, and... ...read more...
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Kevin Cullen
University of Maryland Medical Center
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Linda Whitmore
University of Maryland Medical Center
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PELIN OZGUL
HDR
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Susana Erpestad AIA, ACHA, LEED AP BD+C, EDAC
Vice President, Director of Federal Architecture Programs
HDR Inc.
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E35 - How the Arts Impact the Healthcare Experience
  • Room: 5
  • Session Number:E35
The arts are not just in museums, concert halls, theaters, and schools. The arts are in healthcare, and they impact the healthcare experience, environment, design, and delivery. The arts are also being used to expand the conversation about health and well-being for individuals, communities, and society. Come learn about how... ...read more...
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Ellen Rudolph
Senior DIrector and Curator, Art Program
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Francois Bethoux
Cleveland Clinic
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Lisa Gallagher
Cleveland Clinic
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Maria Eva Jukic
Cleveland Clinic
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  • Conference Sessions
E36 - Have A Good Trip: Designing for Psychedelic Treatments
  • Room: 26A
  • Session Number:E36
Come discover the first of its kind—a purpose-built center for psychedelic-assisted therapies—and the experience design behind it. The Aquilino Center for Healing is a unique space created to address the emotional toll of cancer on patients and caregivers. This prototype site supports FDA-focused protocols, such as trial psilocybin therapies, and... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Bonny Slater
Gensler
Speaker
Christopher Baer
Sunstone Therapies
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Handout(s)
  • Conference Sessions
E37 - Canceled - Science and Empathy: How Experience Mapping Can Guide Healthcare Planning and Design
CANCELLED
  • Session Number:E37
Patient journey maps are often used within healthcare to guide empathetic decision-making. How can we expand these maps to preserve an empathetic, user-centric lens and include additional data-driven evidence to provide a more holistic understanding of healthcare experiences to improve design? Using case studies across service lines, presenters will describe... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Jenny Hastings
Boulder Associates Architects
Speaker
Meredith Banasiak
Boulder Associates Architects
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  • Conference Sessions
E38 - Responding to Catastrophic Events: The Grady Hospital Flood Restoration
  • Room: 26C
  • Session Number:E38
In December 2019, a catastrophic flood at The Grady Hospital left 675,000 square feet and over 220 patient beds out of service. This team was immediately engaged to provide design services on multiple remediation projects, including the redesign of three inpatient floors, with a seven-month turnaround deadline. Adding to the... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Ben Sousa
Turner Construction
Speaker
Channing McLeod
tvsdesign
Speaker
Matt Gaskin
DPR Construction
Speaker
Thomas Lemieux
Grady Health System
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Handout(s)
  • Conference Sessions
E39 - Sustainable Health is Community Health: How Technology Provides an Equitable Path Forward
  • Room: 26B
  • Session Number:E39
In this session, presenters will make the case that telehealth offers a way to transform the healthcare industry, making it more sustainable (environmentally and socially), by integrating care delivery into the life of the community. Though remote care has been around for decades, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted staggering growth. As... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Kathryn Haley
GBBN Architects
Speaker
Sean Cottengim
GBBN Architects
Speaker
Timothy Hsu
GBBN Architects
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  • Conference Sessions
E40 - Security Directors: What PDC Teams Need to Hear About Designing Your Next Facility
  • Room: 25C
  • Session Number:E40
Nearly 75 percent of the almost 25,000 assaults and other workplace violence reported annually in the U.S. occur in a healthcare setting. Among the reasons are oversights in design process and life safety codes that are at odds with security best practices. Pick up insight from seasoned healthcare facility security... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Frank Finley II
Force Protect
Speaker
Gary Collins AIA, NCARB
Senior Director, Healthcare
Virtual Energy Solutions
Speaker
Gordon Snow
Cleveland Clinic
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  • Conference Sessions
I07 - Organizational Collision: Safety and Healing in Behavioral and Mental Health Environments
  • Room: 20
  • Session Number:I07
Patients and staff are often caught between the tension associated with balancing a culture of healing and a culture of safety in a post-pandemic world. This roundtable will address safety challenges and discuss innovative strategies for balancing a culture of safety while advancing the culture of a person-centered healing environment.... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Brian Giebink
Behavioral Health Planner
HDR Inc.
Speaker
Karen Lommel
Prisma Health-Upstate and University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
Speaker
Kimberly McMurray
Behavioral Health Facility Consulting, LLC
Speaker
Mary Therese Hankinson
School of Health and Medical Sciences, Seton Hall University
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  • Conference Sessions
I08 - What We Should Have Learned from the Pandemic But Probably Didn't
  • Room: 22
  • Session Number:I08
COVID-19 has had a profound impact on healthcare design. Overnight, healthcare spaces were re-engineered to accommodate a new patient population and to deal with upended normal patient care. The design industry responded to the challenges with creative solutions that addressed many short-term needs. Now is the time to take a... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
MANUEL HERNANDEZ
Kahler Slater
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  • Conference Sessions
I09 - Canceled - Equitable Access to Quality Healthcare: The Survival of a Rural Hospital
CANCELLED
  • Session Number:I09
As healthcare designers, we have a responsibility to not only design sophisticated healthcare facilities in major population centers, but also a moral obligation to provide equitable healthcare systems across all the communities our industry serves. The Pana Community Hospital (PCH) has served as a community landmark since 1913 and is... ...read more...
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Monday, October 25, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

E41 - Environmental Affordances that Best Support Family Members in ICU Settings
  • Room: 6
  • Session Number:E41
With patient- and family-centered care becoming a greater part of the cultural landscape for a growing number of adult intensive care units (ICUs), the provision of appropriate environmental affordances (i.e., physical features) within family spaces becomes increasingly important to enhancing family integration. This research determined and ranked the perceived spatial... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Becky Gill
Becky Gill
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  • Conference Sessions
E42 - Making Critical Decisions and Implementing Them for Success on Day One
  • Room: 1
  • Session Number:E42
In December 2019, Inpsira Hospital moved into a new state-of-the-art, 465,000-quare-foot facility. Hear the story of the two years leading up to activation and how a multidisciplinary transition team drove the process. The team included clinicians from all impacted departments, ancillary departments, IT, supply chain, housekeeping, and many others to... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Melanie Viquez
HTS, Inc.
Speaker
Tina McCormick
Inspira Health
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  • Conference Sessions
E43 - Path Forward: Healthcare Design Strategies for a Post-COVID World
  • Room: 25AB
  • Session Number:E43
As COVID-19 continues to affect the U.S. and world, we continue to look for best practices and strategies that allow health systems to continue to treat patients and keep them safe. This presentation concisely outlines potential strategic, operational, and facility design considerations, based on the scale of the health system... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Ann Kenyon
SmithGroup
Speaker
Jeffrey Ringvelski
Director, Facilities Design & Construction/Corporate Support Services
Henry Ford Health System
Speaker
Steve VanBrussel
Regional Director of Construction Services
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System
Handout(s)
  • Conference Sessions
E44 - Canceled - Relationship-based Design: The Role of Trust in Healing
CANCELLED
  • Session Number:E44
Throughout the nation, communities of color face the challenge of receiving fair, dignified care from traditional healthcare institutions. This leads to numerous health disparities within these communities. This session will present the story of one healthcare clinic and how it addresses distrust, displacement, and hegemony for its communities through a... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Antwanette Lyons
Seattle Children's Hospital, Odessa Brown Children's Clinic
Speaker
Gregory Swinton
NBBJ
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E45 - Developing an Evolving Facilities Brand at Memorial Sloan Kettering
  • Room: 5
  • Session Number:E45
Using four Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) ambulatory cancer treatment facilities as case studies, this presentation will discuss strategies for developing an evolving, living facilities brand founded on hospitality-based thinking, specific design and planning strategies, furniture pieces, design standards, and a unifying sensibility. While the brand results in facilities that clearly... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Joe Wood
EwingCole
Speaker
Michael Hoak AIA, LEED AP BD+C, EDAC, NCARB
Principal
EwingCole
Speaker
SAUL JABBAWY
EwingCole
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  • Conference Sessions
E46 - Canceled - Can Views from an Operating Room Mitigate Surgeon Stress?
  • Room: Room 26A
  • Session Number:E46
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E47 - Design for Medical/Mental Health Comorbidity: Inclusive Design Implementation Part 3
  • Room: 4
  • Session Number:E47
More and more mental health patients are presenting with comorbid medical conditions, yet most built environments are not prepared to service both conditions simultaneously. Planning for comorbidity requires more attention to details, more in-depth knowledge of multiple medical conditions, and more time to understand patient and staff needs. In this... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Heidi McElroy AIA, EDAC, CLGB
Associate Vice President
Cannon Design
Speaker
Kayvan Madani-Nejad
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs: Office of Construction and Facilities Management
Speaker
Shary Adams AIA, ACHA, EDAC, LEED AP
Senior Vice President, Mental Health Practice Leader
Arlington
Speaker
Tonia Burnette
Senior Director, Architecture and Planning
Johns Hopkins Health System
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E48 - Canceled - It’s Time to Examine our Lean Diet
CANCELLED
  • Session Number:E48
The healthcare industry has devoted an untold amount of resources to being Lean. Many advancements have been achieved; however, the outcome has not always been commensurate with the effort and expense. When does being too Lean become unhealthy? This session will explore the journey of Lean through a Lean lens:... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Janet Dugan
NBBJ
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E49 - Mission Control: Tracking and Predicting Hospital and Patient Needs
  • Room: 26B
  • Session Number:E49
In collaboration with AdventHealth, HuntonBrady Architects and GE Healthcare Partners designed a 12,000-square-foot mission control with the bandwidth to monitor, collaborate, and connect patient care on nine campuses. The center is staffed 24/7 with a team of clinicians, EMS, and flight dispatchers, and features a network of 60 monitors capable... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
J. Greg Braithwaite AIA, ACHA
Healthcare Principal
HuntonBrady Architects
Speaker
Penny Porteous
AdventHealth
Speaker
Ryan Treml
GE Healthcare Partners
Speaker
Sanjay Pattani
Associate Chief Medical Officer, AdventHealth Orlando & Medical Director, Mission Control
AdventHealth
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E50 - Health Equity and Sustainability: At the Intersection of Community Health
  • Room: 25C
  • Session Number:E50
Health equity, sustainability, and easy community access are now intertwined.  Join us to see how University Hospitals built its Rainbow Center for Women & Children in Cleveland by thoroughly addressing the key local community needs in the design process.  Despite its rich history, Cleveland has been plagued by the highest... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Jordan Javier
Director
UH Rainbow Ahuja Center for Women and Children, Cleveland
Speaker
Rob Donaldson
Senior Associate
Moody Nolan
Speaker
Timothy Fishking
Principal, Practice Leader
Moody Nolan
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I10 - Culture Meets Care: Strategies to Build Trust and Gain Buy-in with Indigenous Communities
  • Room: 22
  • Session Number:I10
Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC), Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center in Fairbanks, Alaska supports regional and sub-regional clinics for a 235,000 square-mile catchment area around the Yukon and Tanana rivers, an area that is slightly smaller than the state of Texas. TCC is an Alaska Native non-profit corporation and traditional tribal... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Heather Fenniman
HOK
Speaker
Karen Stephens
Architects Alaska
Speaker
Marilyn Andon
Tanana Chiefs
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  • Conference Sessions
I11 - Canceled - The Case for Empathy-based Design
CANCELLED
  • Session Number:I11
Healthcare design must evolve from a focus on functionality, efficiency, and standardization to a focus on human empathy: the ability to understand and share the feelings and emotions of another person. This is where the designer puts her/himself into the shoes of a patient to understand not what they want... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Ian Sinclair
Kasian Architecture Ontario Inc
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Monday, October 25, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

D02 - Not All Evidence Is Created Equal: A Discussion on Evidence Quality Assessment in Healthcare Design
  • Room: 20
  • Session Number:D02
A decade after Dr. Stichler wrote Weighing the Evidence for The HERD Journal, what she emphasized then is still true today—"not all evidence is created equal.” Assessing evidence quality is essential to evidence-based design practice. However, reliance on value judgment and expert opinions persists. If the field of healthcare design... ...read more...
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Speaker
Ellen Taylor
The Center for Health Design
Speaker
Francesqca Jimenez MS
Senior Research Strategist
HDR
Speaker
Jeri Brittin PhD
Director of Research
HDR
Speaker
Mardelle Shepley FAIA, FACHA, EDAC, LEED, WELL
Cornell University
Speaker
Michelle Ossmann PhD, MSN, AAIA
Director, Healthcare Knowledge & Insights
HermanMiller
  • Deep Dive

Monday, October 25, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

E51 - Mindfulness and the Physical Environment: How to Develop Stress Resilience in Emergency Departments
  • Room: 6
  • Session Number:E51
Healthcare professionals working in emergency departments (EDs) experience high stress levels and one of the highest rates of burnout among all occupations. This study sought to determine how EDs may be designed to facilitate mindfulness and help healthcare professionals manage job-related stress. Themes derived from a previous study on coping... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Shabboo Valipoor
University of Florida
Speaker
Sheila Bosch
University of Florida
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E52 - From Research to Reality: Using Field Research to Inform Design and Improve Outcomes
  • Room: 1
  • Session Number:E52
The ProMedica Toledo Hospital’s 756,600-square-foot, 13-story, 309-bed inpatient replacement tower is a Touchstone Award-winning project with several goals: minimize waste, maximize efficiency, optimize functional performance, and improve safety and quality. The foundation of the unit design was laid by identifying key performance indicators, conducting a systematic design diagnostic (including parametric... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Camilla Moretti
HKS, Inc.
Speaker
Molly Brixey
ProMedica
Speaker
Paula Grieb
ProMedica
Speaker
Upali Nanda Dr.
Global Practice Director, Research
HKS
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  • Conference Sessions
E53 - The Amazing You: Patient-centered Design for Neurodiversity
  • Room: 25AB
  • Session Number:E53
"How can we transform a potentially stressful doctor’s visit into a more positive and safe experience?” That’s the question at the center of “The Amazing You,” the theme for Boston Children’s at Brookline Place’s new Brain, Mind & Behavior Center, providing collaborative care for patients with neurodevelopmental and neurpsychiatric condidtions.... ...read more...
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Speaker
Joseph Porter AIA
Senior Associate
Isgenuity LLC
Speaker
Melissa Aureli
Boston Children’s Hospital
Speaker
Sarah Spence
Boston Children’s Hospital
Speaker
Theresa Harris AIA, ACHA, NCARB, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C
Principal and Director of Healthcare Planning
Isgenuity LLC
  • Conference Sessions
E54 - For the Birds! Designing Bird-safe and Eco-friendly Buildings
  • Room: 3
  • Session Number:E54
Glass-surfaced buildings kill at least 365 million birds in the United States annually. Architects need to consider building materials, design, lighting, and landscaping to minimize the probability of bird collisions. There are also certain designs to avoid to minimize the use of building structures for perching, roosting, and nesting by... ...read more...
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Speaker
Randy Geise
Cleveland Clinic
Speaker
Richard Dolbeer
Dolbeer Wildlife Consulting, LLC
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  • Conference Sessions
E55 - Is It a Hospital That Has Security, Or a Jail That Has Healthcare?
  • Room: 5
  • Session Number:E55
With more healthcare being provided behind secured fencing than ever before, many correctional organizations struggle with the question, “Is it a hospital with security or a jail with healthcare?” Using real-world examples, as well as the results from a year-long research fellowship, this presentation will describe the differences and design... ...read more...
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Speaker
Dave Redemske
HDR
Speaker
David Bostwick
HDR
Speaker
Geoff Stobart
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
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  • Conference Sessions
E56 - Improving NICU Family Engagement Experiences: Is the Single-family Room Enough?
  • Room: 26A
  • Session Number:E56
Family engagement is recognized as an important yet unexplored set of behaviors in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). While relevant to inform NICU design, evidence on how family engagement is impacted by the built environment is still lacking. This session will provide an in-depth look at the single-family room design... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Anjali Joseph Ph.D., EDAC
Director, Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing; Professor, School of Architecture, Professor, Industrial Engineering
Clemson University Architecture + Health | The Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing
Speaker
Herminia Machry PhD, EDAC, Assoc. AIA
Postdoctoral Fellow, SimTigrate Design Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology
Speaker
Robert White
Beacon Children’s Hospital
Speaker
SUE ANN BARTON
ZGF Architects
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E57 - Design Strategies that Reduce Aggression in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Facilities
  • Room: 4
  • Session Number:E57
Safety often drives the design of child and adolescent inpatient mental health, prompting tangible and restrictive protocols that invite a flight-or-fight response. Rather than seeing space as a control strategy, recent studies show a more spatially and socially sensitive environment can improve safety by elevating patient dignity. This session will... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Melanie Baumhover
BWBR
Speaker
Scott Holmes
BWBR
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  • Conference Sessions
E58 - Simulation: The New Gold Standard for Planning and Operational Efficiency
  • Room: 26C
  • Session Number:E58
Health systems are striving for greater value in their design solutions, particularly when renovating. Architects and planners have traditionally relied on standard formulas to calculate space needs. However, times have changed and planning tools must also change. Alternative planning strategies such as simulation modeling and user-engaged innovation are critical to... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Jeff Morneault
Director of Surgical Services
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Speaker
Sherm Moreland
DesignGroup
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E59 - Caring for the Caregiver: The Role of Culture and the Built Environment on Nurse Respite
  • Room: 26B
  • Session Number:E59
Attracting and retaining qualified nursing staff has been a critical concern for some time, and the increased demands on nursing due to COVID-19 has contributed to rising nursing shortages and high rates of turnover. To mitigate strain, healthcare systems are creating spaces specifically designed to help nursing staff relax and... ...read more...
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Speaker
Carolyn Blake
Gresham Smith
Speaker
Lesa Lorusso
Gresham Smith
Speaker
Linda Lawson
UF Health North
Speaker
ROBIN MADDALENA
Steelcase
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E60 - Testing Behavioral Health Space Changes via Design Phase Mockups
  • Room: 25C
  • Session Number:E60
In 2020, Nationwide Children’s Hospital opened its Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion. Nationwide recognizes the value of staff confidence to implement change and during the design phase, cardboard mock-ups were constructed to test scale and geometry of key spaces and to allow staff to affect the development of design. This... ...read more...
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Speaker
Alicia Pinciotti NCIDQ
"Engineering Senior Project Manager, Interior Design and Enhancements "
Nationwide Children’s Hospital,
Speaker
Ed Cheshire NCARB
Architect, Senior Project Manager
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Speaker
Edwin Beltran
NBBJ
Speaker
Sara Wengert
Architecture+
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  • Conference Sessions
I12 - Effort vs. Impact: The ROI of Flexible Design
  • Room: 22
  • Session Number:I12
Healthcare facilities that are designed with flexible attributes, including versatility, modifiability, convertibility, and scalability, are able to more readily adapt, maximizing the value of the investment in the facility over time.  In this roundtable discussion, a case study will be shared to identify and describe the specific design elements implemented... ...read more...
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Speaker
Christopher Hoffman PE, LEED AP
Preconstruction Lead
DPR Construction
Speaker
Kate Renner AIA, EDAC, LSSGB, WELL AP
Vice President
HKS
Speaker
TRACY LOWERRE RN, MS, CPN
Clinical Liaison, Nurse Clinician
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Health
Speaker
Zach Isbell MSHA, PMP, CHC
Vice President
JLLVirginia Commonwealth University
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  • Conference Sessions
I13 - Canceled - Human-centered Design: Improving Health, Healthcare, and Health Equity
CANCELLED
  • Session Number:I13
The human-centered design (HCD) approach of learning directly from those impacted by a problem and centering them throughout the iterative design process can be leveraged to help solve any number of complex problems in the healthcare industry. This interactive session will teach participants each step in the HCD process as... ...read more...
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Tuesday, October 26, 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM

E61 - Investigating the Impact of Daylight Versus Window Views in a Cardiac ICU
  • Room: 6
  • Session Number:E61
Availability of windows in cardiac ICU rooms can impact recovery among patients with heart disease. However, studies to date have not differentiated the impact of daylight from views on patients. This study used the existing patient data and real-time data in a cardiac ICU comprised of windowed rooms with and... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Andrea Franks DNP, RN, CCRN-K
Nurse Manager, Clinical & Nursing Research
AnMed Health
Speaker
Anjali Joseph Ph.D., EDAC
Director, Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing; Professor, School of Architecture, Professor, Industrial Engineering
Clemson University Architecture + Health | The Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing
Speaker
Roxana Jafarifiroozabadi
Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing (CHFDT), Clemson University
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E62 - Canceled - Massive Change: Lessons Learned from Design and Transition During the Pandemic
CANCELLED
  • Session Number:E62
Designing for unexpected change is a key tenet of healthcare design, yet one that requires revisiting after being tested by the unprecedented magnitude of last year’s health and economic crises. Overlake’s New East Tower in Bellevue, Wash., was designed with flexibility as a primary goal, yet occupancy during the pandemic... ...read more...
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Speaker
Erin Kelley
NBBJ
Speaker
Michelle Curry
Overlake Medical Center
Speaker
Susan Bower
NBBJ
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E63 - Canceled - Frontline Workers: Mitigating Stress Through Evidence-based Design
CANCELLED
  • Session Number:E63
The impact of the coronavirus crisis touches all aspects of healthcare, including the well-being of frontline workers. In this session, presenters will share insights to reduce caregiver and frontline worker burnout, while boosting healthcare employee resilience through changes to physical environments, operational protocols, and organizational systems. Learn about opportunities to... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Andrea Rufe
NBBJ
Speaker
Katie Davis
NBBJ
Speaker
SARAH MARKOVITZ AIA
Principal
NBBJ
  • Conference Sessions
E64 - The OrlandoHealth Interior Design Guidelines: Lessons Learned from Process and Application
  • Room: 3
  • Session Number:E64
The OrlandoHealth Interior Design Guidelines sought to capture the essence of the brand, set quality standards that would better predict costs for varying levels of institutional and medical office builds on finishes and furniture, and make more efficient use of staff time/decision-making for projects. Additional goals were to organize multiple... ...read more...
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Speaker
Karen Guindi
Orlando Health
Speaker
Malia Bucher AIA, IIDA
Project Architect
HuntonBrady Architects
Speaker
Paul Macheske FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP, NCARB
Vice President and Healthcare Principal
HuntonBrady Architects, P.A.
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E65 - Advancing Modular Design and Construction on a Micro Hospital
  • Room: 5
  • Session Number:E65
Clinical innovation, patient preferences, and financial incentives are shifting the balance in favor of outpatient settings for hospital services. To fill the need for outpatient settings, Advocate Aurora Health embarked on a journey to add capacity with expansion of an existing ambulatory and short-term stay facility through aggressive modular construction.... ...read more...
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Speaker
Amy Marks
Autodesk
Speaker
Jenny Han
The Boldt Company
Speaker
Troy Hoggard
CannonDesign
Speaker
VICTORIA NAVARRO
Advocate Aurora Health
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E66 - Forget Me Not: Dementia and Aging in Acute and Ambulatory Waiting Rooms
  • Room: 26A
  • Session Number:E66
Over the next several decades, elderly and vulnerable populations will increasingly access acute and ambulatory settings. Older patients, especially those with dementia, are disproportionately negatively affected by care models that cater to able-bodied single-condition patients. The design of care settings is a modifiable risk factor that can facilitate better outcomes.... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Addie Abushousheh PhD, EDAC, Assoc. AIA
Research Associate
The Center for Health Design
Speaker
Chase Miller ACHA, EDAC, NCARB, AIA
Senior Architect
BSA LifeStructures
Speaker
Jen Worley
BSA LifeStructures
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E67 - Canceled - Transforming Behavioral Health through Community, Collaboration, and Compassion
CANCELLED
  • Session Number:E67
Behavioral healthcare services have long been underserved in Southern California, with challenges increasing due to budget constraints and the devastating pandemic. Both Los Angeles County and The County of Orange have prioritized this gap in services and reimagined serving their communities through innovative and creative collaborations. Learn how each of... ...read more...
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Speaker
Darci Hernandez
Boulder Associates Architects
Speaker
Dr. Lauren Brand
MindOC/Be Well
Speaker
HUNVEY CHEN
HOK
Speaker
Jo Ann Yanagimoto-Pinedo
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
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  • Conference Sessions
E68 - The Clinical Liaison: A New Project Team Member
  • Room: 25C
  • Session Number:E68
We have learned that involving someone from the hospital with a practical understanding of the clinical enterprise is critical to designing and delivering a successful new hospital or renovation project. This presentation highlights the essential role of the “clinical liaison.” Presented by the architect, planner, and clinical liaison (a nurse,... ...read more...
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Speaker
ERIN MCMILLAN
HDR
Speaker
JASON BESHORE
HDR Architecture
Speaker
Kelly Stevenson RN, MCN
Senior Transistion Project Manager
Gilbane Building Company
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  • Conference Sessions
I14 - Transistion Planning: Creating Harmony Between Operations and Construction
  • Room: 22
  • Session Number:I14
A new space, whether renovated or newly constructed, isn’t operationally ready when construction is complete. Certificate of occupancy triggers a flurry of activity that is required to bridge the gap between construction completion and Day One operations. Hear from a panel of transition and activation experts about how they ensure... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Brooke Anderson
Blue Cottage of CannonDesign
Speaker
Erin Clark
ClarkRN, Inc.
Speaker
Jarntip Lutz
Blue Cottage of CannonDesign
Speaker
Kristina Krail
Independent Advisory
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I15 - Case Studies as Benchmarking Tools: Expanding the Library and the Dialogue
  • Room: 24
  • Session Number:I15
At the 2016 Healthcare Design Expo & Conference, the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health introduced the industry to its new Case Study Benchmarking Library. Since that time, they have expanded and improved the depth and breadth of the library and continue to enhance it. This roundtable discussion focuses on... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Byron Edwards
Clemson University
Speaker
Ron Smith AIA ACHA ACHE LEED AP
Healthcare Sector Leader | Director of Medical Planning
LS3P
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Handout(s)
  • Conference Sessions

Tuesday, October 26, 8:15 AM - 10:45 AM

D03 - Canceled - The Built Environment and Technology: Intersections That Can Save Our Healthcare System During and After COVID-19
CANCELLED
  • Session Number:D03
Healthcare institutions have experienced an incredible burden due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These have been unprecedented times for healthcare providers, who have adapted quickly to new ways of providing care to their patients in the safest way possible. This team’s extensive research study demonstrated that technology will be critical to... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker
Adeleh Nejati
HMC Architects
Speaker
Chris Naughton
HMC Architects
Speaker
Phil Crompton
Vantage Technology Consulting Group
  • Deep Dive

Tuesday, October 26, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

E69 - Importance Versus Effectiveness: Patient Evaluation of Mental Behavioral Health Facilities
  • Room: 6
  • Session Number:E69
Despite patient input being crucial in ensuring healthcare quality, given the limited liberty and compromised health status of many mental behavioral health (MBH) patients, it becomes both important and challenging to explore psychiatric patients’ views on their clinical environment. By adopting a developed survey tool including more than 12 in-depth... ...read more...
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Mardelle Shepley FAIA, FACHA, EDAC, LEED, WELL
Cornell University
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Naomi Sachs
University of Maryland, Dept of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Speaker
Y Pham
SmithGroup
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E70 - Hushabye Nursery: A Unique Refuge for Neonates During an Ongoing Drug Crisis
  • Room: 1
  • Session Number:E70
Hushabye Nursery is a new type of medical facility whose mission is to embrace babies (who were opioid exposed in utero) and their caregivers, with compassionate, evidence-based care that changes the course of their entire lives. The facility offers a safe and inclusive space where mothers, family members, and babies—from... ...read more...
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Jennifer Wilcynski NCIDQ, IIDA, LEED-AP, EDAC
Senior Associate
Orcutt Winslow Partnership
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Matthew Kennedy EDAC, ACHA, LEED BD+C, NCARB
Senior Planner
Orcutt Winslow
Speaker
Neil Terry
Orcutt|Winslow
Speaker
Tara Sundem
Hushabye Nursery
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E71 - Canceling - Addressing the Climate and Carbon Crisis Through Better Healthcare Design
CANCELLED
  • Room: 25AB
  • Session Number:E71
Healthcare institutions nationally are grappling with the need and challenge to address sustainability, particularly regarding the climate and carbon crisis. Comparing two case studies from Seattle Children’s Hospital and Oregon Health & Science University (both leaders in creating healthy environments for patients, families, and staff) presenters will discuss how ZGF... ...read more...
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Chris Chatto
ZGF Architects
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Kendall Strong
ZGF Architects
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Lyle Keck
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
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E72 - What Healthcare Can Learn From Airport Design
  • Room: 3
  • Session Number:E72
One might not initially identify the similarities between an airport and a healthcare facility, but when you consider the operational complexities, the often stress-inducing environments, the diversity of the visitors, the public nature, and the frequency of use, you start to see where the commonalities exist. These presenters leverage learning... ...read more...
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AJ Thomas AIA, ACHA, EDAC
Principal
Corgan
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Amy Zitny
Corgan
Speaker
Jonathan Massey
Managing Principal, Aviation Sector Leader
Corgan
Speaker
Scott Gorenc
Corgan
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E73 - Legacy and Transformation: Converting an Ambulatory Pavilion into Inpatient Care
  • Room: 5
  • Session Number:E73
Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago spans two city blocks. Transformation of the ambulatory pavilion into an inpatient tower began in 2007. SmithGroup is executing the next phase. Team members engaged in the high-rise’s initial transformation allowed SmithGroup to connect with the buildings’ legacy while performing POEs. The team benchmarked... ...read more...
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Holly Harris
Architect
SmithGroup
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LYNN MURPHY
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
Speaker
Tim Gregg
SmithGroup
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E74 - Canceled - How Reactive Changes During COVID-19 Reshaped Our Vision for Future ED Designs
CANCELLED
  • Room: 26A
  • Session Number:E74
Never before has our vision of the future of emergency departments (EDs) been as challenged as it is today. The pandemic pushed emergency caregivers to immediately be inventive and adaptable no matter what the physical constraints of their buildings were. This presentation will share key ideas, strategies, tactics, and solutions... ...read more...
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Jon Huddy
Huddy HealthCare Solutions, LLC
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E75 - Creating Staff and Community Ownership of a Critical Access Replacement Hospital
  • Room: 4
  • Session Number:E75
The 120-year-old critical access hospital in Frankfort, Ind., was treasured by the community but was outdated for modern patient care. A master plan illustrated that a replacement hospital was the most cost effective and expeditious solution. IU Health committed to not only provide a new hospital but to do it... ...read more...
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Aaron Hunley
Indiana University Health
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Annette Loveless
Project Manager
Indiana University Health Design & Construction
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Brian Mader
arcDESIGN
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Kelly Braverman
Indiana University Health
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E76 - Canceled - A Fresh Outlook: Maximizing Value in Remodel/Refresh Projects
CANCELLED
  • Room: 25C
  • Session Number:E76
Remodel and refresh projects have long stood in the shadow of new healthcare buildings, their sleek and sexy counterparts. Most healthcare organizations have taken a major financial hit during the pandemic, and capital budgets are tight. New construction may no longer be an option. It’s prime time to revamp our... ...read more...
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Stephanie Statz
RSP Architects
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Tryn Saben
Heal Partners/Park Nicollet
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I16 - Strategic Planning Forum
  • Room: 22
  • Session Number:I16
This country is currently experiencing unprecedented civil unrest and division, meaning physical security of our healthcare facilities is even more critical. This roundtable will show how to plan/design healthcare spaces that can provide a secure environment of care while containing the possibility of deadly force, from a disgruntled patient, gang... ...read more...
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Frank Finley II
Force Protect
Speaker
Gary Collins AIA, NCARB
Senior Director, Healthcare
Virtual Energy Solutions
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Tuesday, October 26, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

E77 - Workstation Design: Impact on Interruptions, Collaboration, and Noise during ED Handoffs
  • Room: 6
  • Session Number:E77
Approximately 11 percent of medical errors in emergency departments (ED) are attributed to frequent interruptions and lack of collaboration during physician handoffs. Through in-person observations in the ED, surveys with physicians, noise level measurements, as well as space syntax analysis, this study examined the impact of three distinct designs and... ...read more...
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Anjali Joseph Ph.D., EDAC
Director, Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing; Professor, School of Architecture, Professor, Industrial Engineering
Clemson University Architecture + Health | The Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing
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Michelle Ossmann PhD, MSN, AAIA
Director, Healthcare Knowledge & Insights
HermanMiller
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Ronald Pirrallo
Greenville Health System
Speaker
Rutali Joshi
Planning, Design and Built Environment, Clemson University
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E78 - Access to Care for All: How Better Design Empowers Patients
  • Room: 1
  • Session Number:E78
Everyone deserves access to high-quality care and a positive patient experience. While tremendous strides have been taken to remediate physical barriers to healthcare for those with accessibility needs, improvements can be made. Sutter Health will show the steps they took to become experts in accessibility and improve their facilities, utilizing... ...read more...
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Bill Zellmer
Sutter Health
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Jennie Vanderpool RN, MSN, EDAC, CMP, LSSBB
Midmark
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Rebecca Hummel-Moore NP
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Herrick Campus
Speaker
Todd Bennett FACHE
Vice President/Administrator
Carolinas Rehabilitation, Atrium Health
Speaker
Yomi Wrong
Sutter Health
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E79 - Do The Right Thing: The Contrarian Review Process in Healthcare Design
  • Room: 25AB
  • Session Number:E79
One strategic tool to consider using is the Contrarian Review Process, where a diverse group of national experts are invited to collaborate with an institution’s leadership, staff, patients, and designers. This process can improve a healthcare system’s ability to provide services to the communities it serves. Come discover how this... ...read more...
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J. Greg Braithwaite AIA, ACHA
Healthcare Principal
HuntonBrady Architects
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Mohammad Alai
AdventHealth
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Peter Bardwell
BARDWELL+associates, LLC
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E80 - What’s New for 2022: Changes in the FGI Guidelines
  • Room: 3
  • Session Number:E80
The Facility Guidelines Institute’s (FGI) Guidelines for Design and Construction documents are the most broadly recognized design standards for hospitals, outpatient facilities, and residential care settings across the United States. The next edition of the FGI Guidelines documents will be released in early 2022. Join us as members of the... ...read more...
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Dave Uhaze RA
Principal
Health Facilities Design Consulting
Speaker
Ellen Taylor
The Center for Health Design
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E81 - How the New Stanford Hospital Met Its First Global Challenge
  • Room: 5
  • Session Number:E81
As Stanford Health Care (SHC) opened its new 824,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art hospital in November 2019, little did SHC know that the success of this multi-year planning effort would enable them to meet their first challenge, the COVID-19 pandemic. Scenario planning played a key role. “Rapidly Re-adjusting Systems” are built into the... ...read more...
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Gail Collins
LPA Design Studios
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George Tingwald
Administrative Director, Medical Planning
Stanford Health Care, Planning, Design + Construction
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Harold Park
Perkins Eastman
Speaker
Jon Inman
Mazzetti
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E82 - How to Translate the Future of Cancer Care Into a Facility
  • Room: 26A
  • Session Number:E82
Cancer diagnoses continues to grow, with a projected 30 percent growth in the next 10 years. How do health systems address this need at a time when research, therapeutics, and technology are rapidly advancing, offering more precise, personal, and effective outcomes? With every different approach to treating and curing cancer... ...read more...
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Edward Pocock
SmithGroup
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Nick Erikson
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Speaker
Pam Hazel
Henry Ford Health System
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E83 - Bringing Integrated Behavioral Healthcare to the Community
  • Room: 4
  • Session Number:E83
The new Guilford County Crisis Center in Greensboro, N.C., is unique in its region and one of only a handful of holistic-care facilities nationwide providing integrated care for behavioral health patients in a community setting. This case study highlights an innovative model of behavioral healthcare delivery and will explore best... ...read more...
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Debbie Cunningham
Cone Health
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Jeffrey Mural
LS3P
Speaker
Stephen Freyaldenhoven
TFF Architects & Planners
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E84 - Mass General Brigham: A New Model for Community Health
  • Room: 25C
  • Session Number:E84
Mass General Brigham Integrated Care is a new network of ambulatory care facilities that will provide healthcare services and community resources to Boston and the surrounding New England region through relationship-centered care. Through a programmatic emphasis on community engagement, tailored services based on location, and a transparent design, the facilities... ...read more...
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David Burson
Mass General Brigham
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Jeff Saad
Gensler
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Matt Tharp
Gensler
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I17 - The Power of Finance in Design
  • Room: 22
  • Session Number:I17
Designers have historically deferred financial analysis of their projects to myriad others while relinquishing the power of demonstrating its value implications. This roundtable will review basic financial terms and how those terms are applied to healthcare projects through interactive real-world exercises with groups reporting their findings. Attendees will discuss basic... ...read more...
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Bill Hercules FAIA, FACHA
CEO & Strategist
WJH Health
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Mark Fergeson
Senior Managing Director
Ankura
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