Insights & Solutions

This webinar will examine the Behavioral Health Crisis Stabilization Unit as a case study, including direct outcomes achieved by the project. Since opening, the unit has had a positive effect on the ED, lessening mental health patients in the ED and decreasing the psychiatric inpatient admission rates for patients.

This webinar will discuss some of the common challenges witnessed and used to develop the testing methods – with a focus on ligature performance and robustness.  Hear about their learnings about doors and windows which feature so highly with sentinel events that they needed their own category of testing.   Review key areas of risk within mental health environments and lessons learned about managing risk in reality.    

This episode highlights the wicked smart, funny and talented Sara Parsons, ASID, CHID, EDAC, NCIDQ, Principal at Gallun Snow - a nationally recognized interior design firm that specializes in healing, learning and community environments. 

Ana Pinto-Alexander, RID, IIDA, EDAC, is the award winning Principal and Group Director for Health Interiors at HKS Architects.

Scott McFadden is the Director of Design at BSA LifeStructures–an architectural and engineering firm that designs facilities to support, enhance and inspire healing, learning and discoveries.

Avigail Eisenstadt is the founder and Principal of AE Design Group, LLC - a New York interior design firm that has built an unparalleled reputation for skillful design and discerning accommodations in the healthcare, commercial, corporate, hospitality, and residential sectors.

Aimee Burmaster Hicks, RID, IIDA is a Principal at Page Architecture firm at their Texas location. 

In this episode, Rebecca shares how teenagers get to design their own units! Learn how a board of teenagers is created and what parameters the hospital gives them to help them create the best outcomes for the units. Learn more about how your firm can get involved in a TCA project.

Kristin D. Zeit – Publisher of Healthcare Design and Environments for Aging magazines, and Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-In-Chief of Healthcare Design and Environments for Aging magazines at Emerald Expositions provide tips on things like how to get your work published in HCD and EFA!

Join in this inspiring conversation with Tiana Lemons, a Healthcare Studio Leader for architectural firm Orcutt | Winslow’s Nashville office.