Insights & Solutions

The team will highlight elements of a cross-disciplinary approach to environmental design where programming, planning, architecture, wayfinding, and interiors all work together to choreograph a uniquely engaging yet calm, safe, patient-centered experience.  

The webinar will focus on the concept of the advocate architect and will also feature recent design solutions from architectural graduate students at Miami University in Oxford Ohio. Finally, recommended steps for the evolution of this type of design approach and practice will be identified.  

This webinar will focus on how we can use the elements of biophilic design to create meaningful work and restorative spaces to support staff in various environments within the healthcare workplace. Biophilic principals and case studies will be shared.

Session participants will learn how hospitals and other healthcare facilities have altered their environments to manage the surge in patient admissions and the care of highly infectious patients with COVID-19. The presenters will discuss peer reviewed articles that offer insights into how the pandemic may affect healthcare design decisions in the future.  

This webinar will: describe case studies of a new Penn State Hospital and show how a community art committee guided a major art program to express equity and inclusion by highlighting local artists of color and subjects relating to diversity, tell real stories about how medical centers are using the arts to manage burnout for clinical teams, provide an overview of newly released Core Curriculum on Arts in Health that will offer both artists and health care administrators, guidance on professionalizing the field as well as lead to certification for those working in the field, and include a short review of current literature published on the benefits of Arts in Health throughout the healthcare continuum. 

This last session of a four-part series is focused on continuing financial diligence through design documentation, production, and construction administration. We will also explore the financial foundations of the value-engineering process and how to reduce or circumvent it completely. The first three programs in this series addressed healthcare finance basic rudiments, how to hone your design proposal, and designing efficiencies to meet long-term financial expectations.  

This third session of a four-part series is designed to identify key attributes of the design process that have significant impacts on your project’s financial objectives. Presenters will explore these concepts with real examples and peer discussion. The first and second programs in this series addressed healthcare finance basic rudiments and how to hone your design proposal to meet financial expectations. Subsequent sessions will focus on continuing financial diligence through project delivery.  

Jumping off the lessons learned in healthcare, this webinar will highlight recommended best practices regarding designing to mitigate the risk of infection, emerging infection prevention technologies, proper surface cleaning & disinfection, and best practices in facility operation & maintenance.