The Center for Health Design

Learn about our Touchstone Award here: https://loom.ly/nw25Zqw Touchstone Award submission are open! If you and your team have employed the evidence-based design process in a healthcare project (built or conceptual) or product of any type, we encourage you to explore this recognition opportunity and apply. Award recipients will be honored at The Center's Award Ceremony at the 2025 PDC Summit in Atlanta; receive feature coverage in Health Facilities Management Magazine; and gain exposure throughout the year to The Center's 30,000+ global community AND, starting this year, to the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) community of 12,000+ healthcare provider and facilities professionals.

Learn more: https://loom.ly/mu9J_Rk Inadequate or inappropriate lighting conditions can wreak havoc on neurological patients suffering from a wide range of disorders, conditions and injuries – stroke, brain tumors, head trauma, epilepsy, autism, Alzheimer’s and other dementias, migraines and many more. New lighting technologies and design strategies are producing significant benefits for patients sensitive to light and its intensity, or who experience limited exposure to natural daylight due to physical constraints or stages of recovery. This webinar will help designers create tailored lighting solutions using cycled white light, dim-to-warm, and tunable lighting technologies, and explore their potential circadian benefits in fostering healing within patient rooms. Join Lauren Schwade LC, EDAC, IALD, IES of Mazzetti and Katie Andersen of Perkins&Will as they shed light on these new technologies, design strategies, lessons learned, client expectations and budget considerations. Learn more and register at the link. Affiliate discounts apply.

Learn more: https://loom.ly/wLziT1s Share, tell and show us what you know! Every year, in dozens of webinars, workshops, network meetings, panel discussions, topical forums and other events – and now at the PDC Summit – we engage thousands searching for the latest and most innovative, inspiring and effective solutions to today’s healthcare design challenges. We’re looking to share our global stage with subject matter experts, practitioners and thought leaders who can generously share their knowledge, ideas and experiences on a wide range of healthcare design topics with our 30,000+ healthcare design community. Our educational content and programs are regarded industry-wide as among the best, and feature both well-known industry veterans and ambitious up-and-comers. Sound like something you're interested in? Complete our quick and simple interest form to get started!

View the agenda and register: https://loom.ly/IjExDT4 Register for our in-person Behavioral and Mental Health Workshop sponsored by Accurate Lock and Hardware, Altro Limited, architecture+, Whitehall Manufacturing, Kingsway Group USA, ModuForm, Inc., Norix Furniture, Pineapple Contracts USA, Safehinge Primera USA, Spec Furniture Inc., Stance Healthcare and Visa Lighting on September 17th in Los Angeles, CA to hear about design’s impact on behavioral healthcare. Attend to hear Stephen N. Parker AIA NOMA NCARB LEED AP and Robyn Linstrom of Stantec share design choices for crisis care centers. Crafting a dignity-driven, empathetic and trauma-informed approach to the design of these spaces for humanity at its most vulnerable is a challenging yet rewarding endeavor. Join us and learn about empathetic and experiential design choices that foster agency and autonomy. Be sure to register now, Early Bird rate ends this Friday! Affiliate discounts apply.

View our July 2024 Tools & Resources newsletter: https://loom.ly/Y5kVFQs Our monthly Tools & Resources newsletter features a variety of Center-produced resources to help inform our design community of the best and latest research, tools and design solutions. The topic of our July 2024 newsletter is modular design and prefabrication. New and evolving prefab solutions provide healthcare architects, designers and providers with vast creative opportunities, customization and flexibility above and beyond what is typically possible – and affordable – in traditional drywall construction. To support improved care and enhance staff safety, today’s design, facility and care professionals must advance their understanding on the impact of modular design and prefabrication. Check out this month's Tools & Resources newsletter at the link.

Learn More: https://loom.ly/FFFQ_yY Health Environments Research & Design (HERD) is a peer-reviewed journal of research and methodology papers, theory articles, case studies, and book reviews focused on the effects of health design on patient, provider, and organizational outcomes. Help grow this body of knowledge by becoming a reviewer for future submissions. More information at the link.

Learn more and register: https://loom.ly/vgFohIE Have you wondered whether Lean and Evidence-Based Design (EBD) can be part of the same project? EBD is the process of basing decisions about the built environment using credible research to achieve the best outcomes. Lean is a method that focuses on defining and maximizing value, eliminating waste and continuous improvement. To address today’s challenges, they need to go hand-in-hand. By integrating these value-based approaches during the planning, design, construction and occupancy of a project, you can maximize project outcomes while improving performance. Join us August 22 and 23 as we illustrate how the design and implementation process can be informed, complemented, and enhanced by an Evidence-Based Design (EBD) process that uses research findings, data collection and evaluation of results + a Lean methodology for problem solving and continuous improvement.

Learn more and register: https://loom.ly/IjExDT4 Our in-person behavioral health workshop is remarkable for the conversations over lunch that help solve a problem, the new ideas shared during coffee, and chance encounters during break that lead to fruitful collaborations. Beyond the new research, strategies and case studies delivered by a dynamic, forward-looking and expert faculty are the priceless one-on-one “moments” that happen when like-minded colleagues spend quality time together. And the timing for us to gather, share and advance our understanding and skills couldn’t be more urgent. Behavioral health design is the issue of the day. Register for our September 17th workshop in Los Angeles, CA to learn how we can design and build care environments that improve safety and treatment in a dignified manner. Early Bird rate ends July 12. Affiliate discounts apply. Thanks to our workshop sponsor partners: Accurate Lock and Hardware, Altro Limited, architecture+, Whitehall Manufacturing, Kingsway Group USA, ModuForm, Inc., Norix Furniture, Pineapple Contracts USA, Safehinge Primera USA, Spec Furniture Inc., Stance Healthcare and Visa Lighting

View the project: https://loom.ly/vBkYXwo The UPMC Presbyterian Lifestyle Village (LSV) submitted by HGA is an integral part of the new UPMC high-rise bed tower, opening in 2026. The vision for LSV is fourfold: to advance transitional support for families and patients, to serve as a thought leader in family-centered care, to fuel community well-being, and to support staff in work and life. Jurors stated that this is an exciting project that is poised to do a shared POE, especially with the focus on patient-centered design and the support of staff with their own customized spaces to reduce burnout. Interested in submitting your project or product for a Touchstone Award? Submissions are now open! Learn more at the link.

2024 Swiss Center for Design and Health Symposium: https://loom.ly/0xu3T8Q On Monday, July 8, the Swiss Center for Design and Health AG will open its doors to interested scientific collaborators, researchers and students for their 2024 Symposium to answer the question "How can we design the experience of remote care to build trust between users and improve the quality of care?" The event features three inspiring keynotes focusing on different aspects at the intersection of technology, environment and human factors. Presenting as one of the keynotes is The Center's Vice President for Research, Ellen Taylor, where she will discuss “Telemedicine and built environments: Where we were and where we are going.” During this discussion, Ellen will share what she envisions as opportunities for remote care and where we might be headed. Learn about the 2024 Symposium at the link.