Changing Times

“Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change.” – Bill Drayton

The Center’s Board of Directors didn’t take lightly the decision to change our long-time collaboration as the Educational Partner for the Healthcare Design Conference to the PDC Summit. We knew it could be confusing and even concerning to some after so many years.

However, the decision came from the realization that to have a greater impact, we needed to broaden the conversations we’d been having around the design of healthcare spaces. We needed to expand the disciplines at our table to include healthcare planning, risk & compliance, operations, clinical care, management and yes, even finance – the whole of the healthcare provider community.

We saw a future vision where through enhanced designer-provider collaboration we could drive change that could be transformational for the industry and for the work of The Center. And so last month, we closed our eyes and jumped, announcing to the industry that we’d made the change.

What we didn’t anticipate was the overwhelmingly positive response. So many of you have written or called and shared your own frustrations with the status quo, your excitement about our next-generation vision and asking how you could be involved or help. For this, we are incredibly grateful. Drop me a line and let me know what you think.

We’re as excited as you are to be joining forces with the AHA and ASHE, as well as the large and diverse number of other non-profit associations that put their strength behind the PDC Summit.

We’re starting off small, creating one pre-con workshop and a 12-session educational track – Research, Design and Outcomes – for PDC this March. We’ll be doubling that in 2025. You can learn more about our complete lineup of PDC educational offerings here.

Many of our tried-and-true programs will appear at PDC, like the three presentations from our Research Team showcasing new studies; presentations from the HERD Journal; and, from our Pediatric and Built Environment Networks – many featuring familiar industry icons like Rosalyn Cama, George Tingwald, and Ellen Taylor.

I hope you’ll plan to join us and your colleagues in San Diego next month in this new endeavor and be a part of the next generation of change that will shape our industry.

Be Well,

Debra Levin, Hon. FASID, EDAC
President and CEO