Flexible solutions such as a mass casualty unit or flexible inpatient room design can help address the potential influx of emergent and acute medical cases.
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HCD Virtual: 3 Changes To Watch In Healthcare Design
Speakers at HCD Virtual discussed the shifts they’re seeing in healthcare delivery and how they’re impacting design and planning going forward.
HCD Virtual: Using POEs To Challenge The Status Quo
Speakers at HCD Virtual dove into the POE process including how to make the case to clients and best practices that can deliver the best, most unbiased results.
HCD Virtual: Using Design To Support Culturally Inclusive Care
HCD Virtual included a case study on Siloam Health’s newest clinic to illustrate how facilities can respond to unique community needs and patient populations through their designs.
HCD Virtual: Searching For A Deeper Understanding Of Clinic Design
At HCD Virtual, speakers from UNC Health and LS3P shared a study on clinic configuration to demonstrate the benefits of calculating space syntax connectivity and integration values to inform design decisions and improve staff communication.
HCD Virtual Keynote: Answering A Call to Action
A panel of industry experts during the opening keynote at HCD Virtual shared lessons learned addressing COVID-19 and the innovation and new ideas that should shape the industry moving forward.
HCD Virtual Session Q+A: Design of Staff Restorative Environments
HCD Virtual in November will offer a variety of educational sessions delivered over four days. Here, Erin Clark from ClarkRN previews the session, including ways to design and foster conditions to support nurse satisfaction and improved patient outcomes.
HCD Virtual Session Q+A: The Importance of Culturally Inclusive Care
HCD Virtual in November will offer a variety of educational sessions delivered over four days. Here, Dr. Morgan Wills from Siloam Health previews the session, including how culturally inclusive design solutions can be applied more broadly to healthcare projects.
Conversion Story: Reconfiguring A Decommissioned Facility Into An Alternate Care Site
Breaking down communication barriers and decision-making silos was essential to meeting the project’s four-week timeline.
HCD Virtual Session Q+A: How To Apply Evidence-Based Design In Everyday Practice
HCD Virtual in November will offer a variety of educational sessions delivered over four days. Here, GBBN’s Angela Mazzi previews the session, including why evidence-based design and POEs should be part of every project.
COVID-19 Case Study: Miami Jewish Health
Bloc 3 Design and TLC Engineering Solutions share lessons learned from adapting airflow in patient rooms and adjusting existing HVAC systems to accommodate temporary isolation units at Miami Jewish Health.
HCD Virtual Session Q+A: Designing for Medical/Behavioral Health Comorbidity
HCD Virtual in November will offer a variety of educational sessions delivered over four days. Here, HGA’s Shary Adams previews the session, including changing patient conditions and how they’re driving the next generation of inpatient room design.
















