I recently spoke with Susan B. Frampton, president of Planetree Inc. (Derby, Conn.), on the evolution of patient-centered care, how the concept is taking off around the globe, and how the 30-plus-year-old organization has adapted and evolved its mission to continue promoting better healing environments. (You can find the full Q&A here.)
Behavioral health patients who are ready to leave an inpatient facility but aren’t quite ready to move back home don’t have many options.
Last fall, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, Calif., addressed that issue by opening Hope House, a county-owned crisis residential facility for adults ages 18 to 59.
These days, Susan B. Frampton, president of Planetree Inc. (Derby, Conn.), finds herself packing a suitcase a lot. Her 2015 calendar is booked with business trips, including a nine-day stay in China to visit a group of hospitals interested in the nonprofit’s educational services and methodology for creating better healing environments.
Hospitals play a large role in the physical, social, and economic vitality of their communities. But HKS’s Shannon Kraus, principal/senior vice president, and Lindsey Waters, LEED Green Associate and healthcare and urban designer, think they can do more.
The HCD 10: David Grandy, Rising Star (Under 40)
David Grandy, FACHE, CMPE
Associate vice president and managing director of strategic innovation, HDR (Omaha, Neb.)
Who they are: While it took a coalition of community and business leaders to bring a new public safety-net hospital to Indianapolis, two individuals stand at the forefront of that movement: Matthew Gutwein and Dr. Lisa Harris. Gutwein serves as president and CEO of Health & Hospital Corp. of Marion County, the parent organization to Eskenazi Health; Harris has been practicing medicine at Eskenazi Health for more than 30 years and was named CEO in 2004. The two joined forces in 2009 to lead a campaign seeking voter approval for a new hospital campus.
Whittington Health Trust (London) recognized that demand for acute services was rising among the 500,000 people in its service area. Based on this need, and the focus by the NHS on integrated care, Whittington decided to use the opportunity to build a new ambulatory care center adjacent to its existing hospital that would expand its same-day treatment capabilities, improve the patient and staff experience, and bring departmental disciplines closer together.
Sean Gouvin
Director of facilities planning and engineering operations, Baystate Health (Springfield, Mass.)
Christine Hester Devens, IIDA, LEED AP
Associate principal, interior project designer, AECOM (Minneapolis)
Upali Nanda, PhD, Associate AIA, EDAC
Vice president and director of research, HKS (Houston); executive director of the Center for Advanced Design Research and Education (CADRE)
Last summer, as the Ebola virus continued to make headlines and the World Health Organization declared the outbreak—which spread primarily in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone—a public health emergency of international concern, architect George Mann, a professor at the College of
Leaders of Morristown Medical Center recognized that the role technology plays in healthcare is growing and that the hospital could serve as a venue where patients and staff learn about new health tools.
