Constructing Resilient Health Care Facilities
Mar 16, 2015 8:45am ‐ Mar 16, 2015 9:45am
Identification: 765
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is currently in the midst of a $1.7 billion capital improvement program. Following Hurricane Ike, UTMB re-evaluated the design of its facilities with an eye toward being self-sustaining during an emergency and capable of recovering from a weather event independent of a Federal response. The presenters will explain the innovative design strategy and lessons learned.
This session will enable attendees to:
This session will enable attendees to:
- Describe how to plan and design a resilient facility that can withstand natural disasters.
- Perform risk assessments to indentify threats, applications, the potential extent of effects and exacerbating conditions, and repair or prevent these damages.
- Implement design for increased resilience into a planned retrofit.
- Protect yourself from potential losses and offer valuable feedback to engineers, architects, and facility managers on areas to be treated with cost-effective protective measures.
Retain Market Share: Repurposing Today's Built Environment for Tomorrow's Health Care
Mar 16, 2015 8:45am ‐ Mar 16, 2015 9:45am
Identification: 850
Declining inpatient growth and increases in outpatient services are fueling the rise in ambulatory facilities. This trend is putting outpatient care in a strategic position to bring more services out of urban centers and into the surrounding communities and neighborhoods. As organizations face a tight capital environment and an uncertain future, innovation in building the facilities of tomorrow is paramount. Adapting today's built environment to meet tomorrow's health care needs is a strategic opportunity to deliver facilities with greater speed and at a lower cost in the center of the communities they serve.
This session will enable attendees to:
This session will enable attendees to:
- Identify the right conditions and target markets for repurposing existing buildings in a community.
- Describe the challenges other building types pose to the planning process, construction, and infrastructure needs of a health facility.
- Explain the cost-saving opportunities that can be realized by converting the existing built environment.
- Identify the market forces driving the shifts in tomorrow's health care system.
Designing for Safety: Using the Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit
Mar 16, 2015 10:00am ‐ Mar 16, 2015 10:15am
Identification: MD01a
Practical and educational tips that will help you assess risk at your property.
Vista Award Winner: New Construction - Baystate Health, Springfield, MA (Hospital of the Future Project)
Mar 16, 2015 11:00am ‐ Mar 16, 2015 11:15am
Identification: MD01c
Hear lessons learned during the building of a hospital of the future.
The Joint Commission Top 10 Citations
Mar 16, 2015 11:00am ‐ Mar 16, 2015 11:15am
Identification: MD01b
Are you commiting some of the most common citations?
PDC Summit Planning + Design Student Challenge
Mar 16, 2015 11:30am ‐ Mar 16, 2015 11:45am
Identification: MD01d
What were the findings of these architects during the inaugural year of this student challenge?
Reduced Utility Rates Through Peak Shaving
Mar 16, 2015 12:00pm ‐ Mar 16, 2015 12:15pm
Identification: MD01e
A discussion about energy management
Health Care Facilities for the Future - New Opportunities for FGI and the Guidelines
Mar 16, 2015 12:45pm ‐ Mar 16, 2015 2:00pm
Identification: 851
The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) has twice engaged industry experts in a colloquium to envision the future of health care facilities. Looking at demographic, technological, reimbursement, and behavioral and social factors, the participants engaged in a scenario planning exercise to assess where health care is likely to be delivered in the future and what types of facilities will be needed to support patient care. Key findings from these gatherings will influence development of the 2018 FGI Guidelines documents along with changes in the revision process that FGI hopes will increase its rigor and offer more experts an opportunity to participate in content development. FGI board members will present a summary of the colloquium results and briefly discuss plans for the next Guidelines revision cycle.
This session will enable attendees to:
- Discuss what types of health care services are likely to be housed in the health care facilities of the future.
- Identify which types of health care facilities will expand and which will shrink to accommodate the changing health care market.
- Describe how FGI is reinventing the Guidelines revision process to more rigorously examine, balance, and document its requirements using available evidence.
- Explain how cost/benefit assessments will be used to influence final Guidelines language.
Fire and Life Safety Systems: How They Contribute to a Healing Environment from Design to Commissioning
Mar 16, 2015 2:15pm ‐ Mar 16, 2015 3:15pm
Identification: 730
The ASHE Health Facility Commissioning Guidelines stress the importance of commissioning. The commissioning authority facilitates development of the owner’s project requirements (OPR) to reflect the owner’s desired outcomes based on the functional program. The design team then uses the OPR to create the basis of design (BOD). Fire alarm system considerations should be included in both the OPR and the BOD. When properly designed, these systems can contribute to a better patient environment.
This session will enable attendees to:
This session will enable attendees to:
- Identify at least four design considerations for fire alarm systems in health care facilities.
- List three ways in which properly designed fire and life safety systems can improve the patient environment.
- xplain four things that can go wrong when the fire and life safety features are not considered in the planning process.
- Discuss at least three recent code changes that demonstrate the importance of properly designing fire and life safety features.
Professional Liability Insurance as an Effective Risk Management Tool in Health Care Project Development
Mar 16, 2015 2:15pm ‐ Mar 16, 2015 3:15pm
Identification: 706
This three-part session discusses professional liability coverage as it applies to health care construction projects. The speakers will provide an overview of the principal causes of loss in health care project development using pertinent case studies and lessons learned, and assess the impact of claim events on successful health care project delivery. Attendees may ask questions or make observations at the end of each phase.
This session will enable attendees to:
This session will enable attendees to:
- Explain professional liability coverages available to owners, designers, and constructors.
- Identify the principal causes of loss in health care project design and construction.
- Discuss lessons learned from actual health care project claim events.
- Describe the impact that errors and omissions can have on successful health care project delivery.