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🔍 Exploring Healthcare Design: 3 Key Topics That Deserve More Research Sheila F. Cahnman FAIA, FACHA, president of JumpGarden Consulting LLC discusses three healthcare design areas that merit further investigation, including #clinic design, patient room #showers, and access to #daylight. By delving into these topics, #design professionals can deliver improved, space-saving care environments that not only reduce project costs but also improve #outcomes. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gztc9thv #healthcaredesign #PatientCare #Research #InnovationInHealthcare #ClinicDesign #NaturalLight #PatientSafety #Architecture #HealthcareInnovation

This Harvard Business Review article shares some interesting ways that architects and health care organizations come together to incorporate principles of social design into the built medical environment.

The excitement of the Healthcare Design conference is spending a few days reconnecting with colleagues, meeting a new network of brilliant healthcare professionals and sharing our passion for what we do. It’s easy to return to the real world of email and deadlines and forget the nuggets of innovation or inspiration, the aha moments, that we had this week. As I skimmed my notes, there were a few strong themes that really had an impact on me. 1.    How can we build less and get more? 2.    Some of the best innovations are simple! 3.    Our societal dynamics are changing and the impacts of this are rapidly affecting our communities and our healthcare providers. Discussion of security and mental health dominated many of the sessions. 4.  “Hospitals do not need to be a design competition. Everything after code minimum should be thoughtfully added.” 5.    Flexibility, Adaptability and Scalability are everything. What other insights did you take away from the conference? #hcd2023 #healthcaredesign #kirkseypeople Kirksey Architecture Necia E. Bonner, RID, NCIDQ, IIDA, CHID, LEED AP David McLemore

Strategic planning for safer health care buildings — American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) President Skanda Skandaverl considers classic approaches to meet novel health care design challenges. Read here: https://ow.ly/32re50QSqkS #HFM #FacilityManagement #FacilitiesManagement

What's the role of a hospital in improving the well-being of the community and how does the its architecture enhance or limit positive health outcomes for patients and staff? We think there's a significant opportunity to improve health and resilience through good design and are developing a framework to do so equitably.

Healthcare management is paving the way for smarter, greener urban cities. Discover how technology and sustainability are shaping the future of healthcare delivery in urban environments. #SmartHealthcare #GreenCities #UrbanTech #SustainableLiving

#HealingArchitecture ❤ How building planning promotes patient well-being and recovery 👉 https://lnkd.in/dXjFyEf In hospitals and care facilities, #HygieneRequirements often appear to contradict the need to create a sense of comfort and relaxation. A very new field called “healing architecture” unites the seemingly opposing demands of #architecture and #health. Find out more. ©H. Łukasz Janicki / GEZE Polska #GEZE #ConnectingExpertise #BuildingSolutions

The implications of a fully-occupied, 125,942-square foot building by Duke Health present an eye-catching snapshot into our enduring, evolving healthcare landscape. The breadth of this occupancy underscores the expansion trajectory of our healthcare sector - a very pulsating facet of our socio-economic fabric. Lets unpack this: - First, this development reflects an upbeat notion of growth and opportunity cushioning our healthcare industry. The healthcare sector, even amidst a flux-ridden global climate, continues to shine as a beacon of zealous resilience. - This extensive occupancy also signals the unique intersection between healthcare and real estate. Remember: our urban and sub-urban landscapes are not merely a melting pot of bricks and cement. They are the physical nexus of our varied industries, including the life-saving healthcare domain. Evidently, the scope of real estate goes well beyond constructing living spaces and ample parking- it's also about shaping our vibrant healthcare ecosystems. - From an investment viewpoint, this information provides positive insights for health-related strategies. Healthcare, adequately being dubbed as an evergreen industry, provides potential for robust, solidified returns. Looking forward, my prediction for this terrain is quite straightforward: - Expect an upswing in healthcare-oriented expansions. As health realization permeates across socio-economic layers, there would be a permeating demand for enhanced healthcare facilities. - Especially in times of uncertainty, healthcare stands out as a winner. It has anchored us in testing times, quite magnificently so, therefore, merit is to be placed in the strengthening of our healthcare infrastructure. Finally, let’s remember: in our unfolding, uncertain milieu, one certainty resonates undeterred - health is and will continue to be, our wealth. The focus will remain unyieldingly on reinforcing, revolutionizing, and solidifying our healthcare frontiers. Remember to approach the whispered whispers of volatility with wide-open eyes. After all, volatility may shake the grounds underneath momentarily, but it's the resurgence after the shake that aligns the stars. Let's keep fuelling our journey with endurance, intelligence, and fearless adaptation.

Last week at the annual The American Institute of Architects (AIA) conference in Washington, D.C., Perkins&Will healthcare principals Dan Thomas and Julie Frazier explained the urgent challenges facing healthcare spaces today—and novel architectural solutions.   Perkins&Will is creating designs for new and renovated facilities that will make it easier for hospitals to make these changes in the event of another public health crisis. Dan Thomas discusses the changes in healthcare design that stemmed from the result of the Covid-19 pandemic and how healthcare workers had to scramble to adjust to the drastic changes. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gV4sWhHx

The U.S. healthcare industry continues to experience major challenges and evolutions on many fronts. It’s also no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in our healthcare system that were mostly known but not really challenged or fully addressed. Click the link below to read more about "The Future of Healthcare" featured in October's #IMPRINT! #Architecture #Engineering #InteriorDesign #ImprovingWorlds #PeopleFirstPlaces #MedicalMonday #ImprovingPatientOutcomes