Health care is increasingly focused on balancing patient expectations with staff efficiency and effectiveness. This session explores the impact the physical environment has on productivity and the relationship between design, human experience, and organizational efficiency. A year-long study conducted in primary and specialty clinics studied the impacts of the building on collaboration, care coordination, staff efficiency, and patient experience. The case study facility combines 11 physician practices into a one-stop-shop, enhancing clinical collaboration and creating a holistic approach to health.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Map clinical workflows of physicians and medical assistants for primary care and specialty care clinics.

2.) Examine how the physical environment impacts productivity and patient throughput in outpatient clinics.

3.) Identify design elements that reduce walking distances and the discrepancy of those distances between clinical teams.

4.) Explore the strategies for reducing real estate costs by consolidating and standardizing clinical modules.

Join us for a journey into the High Mojave Desert and explore how the Fort Irwin hospital rocketed from standard goals to being on target to become the first net-zero, carbon-neutral, LEED Platinum military hospital. Each presenter will help you envision the complex technical challenges and tell part of the story from a different point of view: the owner’s, the designer’s, and the technical problem solver’s. Attendees will leave with valuable insight that can be applied to their own projects.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Identify strategies to cost effectively reach carbon-neutral operations.

2.) Describe how to stay ahead of evolving technology and regulations.

3.) Explain how exceeding sustainability goals is possible even with a resource-intense facility like a hospital.

4.) Describe how strong and committed client-industry relationships can make the impossible, possible.

ASHE’s Energy to Care program helps participants improve energy management practices and reallocate energy resources into improving patient care. ASHE and the AHA are expanding the program by incorporating a real-time energy management solution. This panel discussion will discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly involved in the development and implementation of the technology. The panel will briefly discuss the development and implementation of the tool before moving on to a robust discussion of the benefits and challenges each panelist has seen when piloting the technology. The panelists will discuss how the tool helped them improve operations and facility management as well as the patient experience.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Identify lessons learned from the development and implementation of the new Energy to Care solution.

2.) Explain best practices for implementing the new solution in health care facilities.

3.) List key aspects of how this technology helped save energy, and how show how savings can be reallocated into patient care.

4.) Discuss how using advanced technology can improve the patient experience.

Too often when a new hospital comes online or a new system or equipment is installed, facility management teams receive a PowerPoint presentation, video, or canned training material. These teams must know exactly what to do the moment an emergency event occurs; how does a video help prepare them? This panel discussion focuses on the importance of equipment training. The tools and tactics discussed will keep facility management teams trained and provide tips on how to onboard new team members.

Learning Objectives:

1.) List training criteria for specifications and RFPs.

2.)  Identify the impacts of unprepared staff in the event of a catastrophic event.

3.)  Describe case studies and scenarios through an interactive audience response session.

4.)  Develop training curricula specific to equipment failure and emergency preparedness.  

Hybrid operating rooms come in all shapes and sizes and are built for a variety of reasons to meet a variety of clinical functions. This session will compare and contrast four hybrid ORs, each distinct in size, shape, and equipment and each designed to meet the needs of a specific subspecialty. The session will identify common elements, elements that define a hybrid OR, and the special requirements that influenced design. Attendees will leave with a checklist for hybrid OR projects.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Define a hybrid OR is and how it differs from other procedure rooms.

2.) Identify room planning strategies for both specialized needs and to provide flexibility.

3.) Assess special systems considerations and coordination for imaging, HVAC, lighting, and ancillary equipment.

4.) Describe the special hurdles that these rooms present and how to address them. 

Understanding regulatory codes is essential for proper maintenance of a health care facility. Recent editions of the codes have introduced new requirements that can ease the difficulties of maintaining a facility, if used properly. Test your knowledge with a live code quiz on NFPA 101®, NFPA 72, and NFPA 99, including an open discussion of questions with a lower percentage of correct responses.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Apply requirements of the NFPA 101 2012 Edition, as adopted by accrediting organizations.

2.) Describe new code requirements in NFPA 101 2015 and 2018 editions, NFPA 72 2016 Edition, and NFPA 99 2012 Edition.

3.) Assess personal comprehension of regulatory codes based on correct responses to seminar questions.

4.) Identify top code misinterpretations in various NFPA codes, including recent editions of NFPA 101, NFPA 72, and NFPA 99.

The NeuroDiagnostic Institute and Advanced Treatment Center is Indiana’s first new state mental hospital since 1952. The facility, scheduled to begin serving patients in early 2019, will be a key component equipping Indiana to diagnosis and care for those who suffer from neurological and mental health disorders. BSA LifeStructures’ design uses existing infrastructure to form a new facility and a connector between two buildings with a variety of new systems and state-of-the-art equipment.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Explain their approach for a building with mixed occupancy.

2.) Identify the design challenges around behavior health environments and how the objects in the room and design features need to be specified to prevent self-harm.

3.) Find solutions for fitting the design in a vertically configured facility.

4.) Discover planning and design strategies that enhance the patient experience and improve staff efficiency.

Health care trends, evolving technology, and a fast-approaching 2030 seismic mandate set the baseline for a multi-campus master planning strategy to drive the operational and functional design of the Scripps Health campuses. Working collaboratively with the owner, the clinical team, and the construction management team, an innovative approach expedited decision making by adopting advanced methodologies with the desire to allocate care specialties and rationalize funds across the continuum of care, as well as schedule entitlements and permitting processes.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Discuss how health care systems prioritize capital funding on projects.

2.) Distinguish good campus design that can solve budget and space challenges.

3.) Review the concepts and methodology of multi-campus planning.

4.) Identify construction management techniques to manage a multi-campus project.

The AIA/AAH PDC Student Challenge 2019 is an exciting annual event designed to stimulate critical inquiry, creative ideas, and multi-disciplinary interaction between students, and design professionals. It will highlight the brilliance and innovation of our future healthcare architects, engineers, and construction managers. Students from four different universities and disciplines will bring their creativity and ideas to this fun and evocative design charrette. This session will be an overview of the three day long AAIA/AAH PDC Student Challenge 2019 followed by presentations by the winning teams.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Review & discuss the current state of today’s professional education in the fields of architecture, healthcare design, architectural engineering & construction management.

2.) Identify key issues that will help groom better healthcare design leaders of the future.

3.) Explore the success that comes from multi-disciplinary & inter-professional collaboration between architects, engineers & contractors.

4.) Discuss highly successful student projects developed during a 48hr student charrette under the guidance of expert faculty & industry advisors. 

The panel will compare perspectives on the priorities of health care design and how population health and value-based care will affect the future hospital campus. Four polling sessions were presented at a number of leading industry conferences including design and clinical audiences over the past three years which identified several interesting results. The panel will compare those results from different demographics and their thoughts on the future of health care.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Understand current industry trends.

2.) Discuss the polling results with an expert panel.

3.)  Compare polling results from other demographics to determine alignment of priorities and principles.

4.) Create, through the results of the polling, a comparative study that will identify the common goals and directions of the industry.