Codes and Standards for Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Mar 21, 2016 6:00am ‐ Mar 21, 2016 7:00am
Identification: 1362
Ambulatory surgery centers, long-used in the health care field, are experiencing growth as the push continues towards outpatient procedures rather than toward hospitals. This forum reviews applicable codes for ambulatory surgery centers, explores case studies, and discusses improvements to the codes that regulate the design for ambulatory surgery centers.
Emerging Professionals Forum: The Next Generation of Design and Engineering Pros
Mar 21, 2016 6:00am ‐ Mar 21, 2016 7:00am
Identification: 1363
This session aims to engage the next generation of health care design leaders while equipping them to advance the health care built environment. Join the conversation about and with the next generation of professionals in our field. The Emerging Professionals Forum is intended to provide a setting to spur interaction between the future leaders. The discussion will also link these future leaders with current leaders to create opportunities for mentorship and continued growth.
From iFit to ICU: Monitoring Tech Trends and Their Effects on Facility Design
Mar 21, 2016 8:45am ‐ Mar 21, 2016 9:45am
Identification: 1118
About 70 percent of smartphone owners use mobile health apps to log calories, check heartrates, or perform other monitoring on a daily basis. Clinical monitoring now occurs in more arenas than ever before: in homes, in clinics, and patient care units that traditionally have not used monitoring. This session explores technological trends and how they impact facility design and operations. The session addresses trends and drivers; space programming considerations; infrastructure planning; and technologies associated with patient monitoring and big data.
Parkland Hospital: New Dynamics of High Performance Buildings
Mar 21, 2016 8:45am ‐ Mar 21, 2016 9:45am
Identification: 1158
Parkland Hospital in Dallas was created to be a sustainable, efficient, and patient-centric facility. This session examines the application of five principles within an integrative and collaborative design process known as whole building design: conduct life cycle planning, focus on the occupant, enable device connectivity, embrace IT and open systems, and harvest system data. Applying these principles helped Parkland meet its vision of creating a high performing facility. The project was completed on time and on budget, and Parkland was also recently certified as LEED Gold.
Focused on Compliance: Putting Data to Work to Optimize the Physical Environment
Mar 21, 2016 8:45am ‐ Mar 21, 2016 9:45am
Identification: 1361
The Joint Commission and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) are working together to provide resources and tools for hospitals to improve compliance with eight of the most challenging Joint Commission standards. This session examines Joint Commission findings, explores root causes, and includes an interactive discussion on the tools needed to improve compliance.
Strategy, Culture and Healing: The Modern Health Care Facility as a High Performance Workplace
Mar 21, 2016 8:45am ‐ Mar 21, 2016 9:45am
Identification: 1369
Every health care environment is a healing environment, but it is also a workplace that must address needs related to employee engagement, productivity, attraction, retention, innovation, and culture. This in-depth panel presentation will explore global best practices and a series of provocative scenarios from a futurist’s perspective on what’s next in the creation of spaces that support caregivers. The session will address how health care facilities can support human-centered design that maximizes the effectiveness and efficiency of staff.
The Impact of Quality Lighting on Circadian Rhythm, Patient Care, and Costs
Mar 21, 2016 8:45am ‐ Mar 21, 2016 9:45am
Identification: 1145
Quality lighting can affect numerous aspects of patient care and the patient experience, including circadian rhythm regulation, patient examinations and diagnosis, way-finding, healing and wellbeing, productivity, safety, and security. This session explores the benefits of providing proper lighting within a health care environment as it relates to patient care, energy efficiency, and costs.
Comfort for All: Calibrating Thermal Comfort for Health Care
Mar 21, 2016 8:45am ‐ Mar 21, 2016 9:45am
Identification: 1094
Providing thermal comfort in a health care setting is particularly challenging because the ideal comfort zone of those in patient rooms, doctor’s spaces, waiting areas, and highly controlled environments don’t overlap. This panel will address this perpetual challenge hospitals face as they work to best meet the comfort needs of key occupants. The panel will discuss field observations and share a series of recommendations. The discussion will also cover the intersection of the WELL Building Standard, thermal comfort, and health care design.
Moving the Needle Forward on Construction-Related Patient Safety
Mar 21, 2016 8:45am ‐ Mar 21, 2016 9:45am
Identification: 1084
Infections contracted during a hospital stay continue to be a problem, with more than 1.7 million patients infected a year. The panel will outline processes for assessing and executing internal construction-related patient safety protocols. The panel will cover work site isolation; air pressure differential equipment maintenance and monitoring; material handling logistics; sound and vibration management protocols and monitoring; security protocols; jobsite cleanliness; and more. The panel will also discuss ways to create and maintain a culture of vigilance around these issues for the entire on-site workforce.
Designing for an Ever-Changing Present: Insights from Patients and Physicians on Designing Change-Ready Facilities
Mar 21, 2016 12:45pm ‐ Mar 21, 2016 1:45pm
Identification: 1096
While everyone wants to design for the future, it can be impossible to know what the future holds. Designing a change-ready facility for the present allows the fundamental needs of key stakeholders to be met without a crystal ball. This presentation will use findings from extensive patient and physician surveys, on-site case studies, and detailed industry analyses to propose a framework for change-ready facilities. Some myths about what patients and physicians want will be dispelled, and strategies will be shared on how to create facilities ready for change.