IIDA Member Spotlight: Alison LeVino Jones, AAHID, ASID, EDAC, IIDA, LEED AP

Facility Planning Forum - Fall Risk in Hospitals

Submitted by:  Jonnie Hanks, IIDA, VP of Forums
Facility Planning Forum

"Contribution to the Designed Environment to Fall Risk in Hospitals"

We all have beloved grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles and all manner of older family friends that we know at some point in time will be spending some amount of time in a healthcare facility, right?  We may even have experienced the pain and loss surrounding frailty, or even death, associated with “just” a simple fall.  Two of my grandparents really took a turn for the worse after falling in their Healthcare Facility  --  and it can be very heartbreaking to watch.

That’s just one reason why hospital facility managers, administrators and designers are looking more closely at recent research which examines how patient room design affects falls within the hospital environment.

"Multiple issues need to be considered while making decisions about healthcare interiors. Nowhere is this more evident than in the design of the patient room," stated Margaret Calkins, Ph.D., M Arch, EDAC, senior research scientist, IDEAS Institute. "Design decisions about the room layout, flooring, lighting, finishes, and furniture, impact a range of healthcare outcomes for patients such as patient satisfaction, hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), patient falls and medical errors. With reimbursement tied increasingly to these hospital-acquired conditions and patient satisfaction, hospital owners and administrators are paying a lot of attention to the factors that impact these outcomes, including the design of the built environment and the design of patient rooms."
The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) is responsible for the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities that is used as code in over 40 states by facilities, designers, and authorities for the design and construction of new and renovated healthcare facilities. The IDEAS Institute is a nonprofit organization that seeks to be a premier resource of information and environment-behavioral research centered on improving care and quality of life for elders.

A new free research report explores how the design and arrangement of hospitals and particularly patient rooms affects the chances that a patient will fall and be injured during a hospital stay. Contribution of the Designed Environment to Fall Risk in Hospitals, is now available in The Center for Health Design's Knowledge Repository thanks to support from The Facility Guidelines Institute and IDEAS Institute. 

Sources:

http://www.healthdesign.org/chd/research/references/contribution-designed-environment-fall-risk-hospitals
http://www.fgiguidelines.org/index.php
http://www.ideasinstitute.org/

Reimagining the Medical Office Building

Healthcare Forum

submitted by:  Heather Lombard, CDH Partners, IIDA, RID, RN

The continuing transformation of the healthcare industry and the changing Medical Office Building (MOB) gives providers, architects and developers a new perspective on designing MOBs.  Culture, workflow and technology are shifting the criteria of designing and operating the typical medical office building.

Key trends in designing multispecialty MOBs:

-Fewer public hallways

-Larger shared reception areas

-Restrooms, storage, labs and imaging, breakrooms, conference rooms are becoming shared spaces

-Exam rooms are becoming standardized pods for multiple specialties and can easily be modified

-Business offices are centralized and possibly eliminated

-Some staff will be shared and will be cross-trained and cross-utilized

-Evidence-base design principles promote well-being and therapeutic environments

Benefits includes:

-Streamlining workflow between multispecialty MOBs to reduce costs

There will be MOBs that are naturally complimentary in a collaborative setting

      Female Baby Boomers

o   weight loss

o   anti-aging

o   mammography

o   OB-GYN and

o   plastic surgery

Orthopedics

o   sports medicine

o   rehabilitation

o   physical therapy

-Technology

o   electronic medical records

o   tablet computing

o   wireless networks with touchdown workstations

o   materials selected to enhance connectivity

-Patients and employees

o   multispecialty MOBs are all about the patient experience 

o   patient’s family, physician’s, staff, and health system as a whole as enjoy the collaborative, efficient flow

o   simplified building layout makes for a pleasant, inviting visit

o   health systems benefit from reduced construction and operating costs and great employee productivity

A well designed multispecialty MOB can create an environment that facilitates cultural shifts and changing needs.  It is a one stop shop that is efficient, attractive, convenient and cost effective.

Read more: 

http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/article/reimagining-medical-office-building

By Cinda Z. Terry, RID and Brenda Bush-Moline, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC

Healthcare Design, August 2012

Healthcare: 2013 Call for Presentations

IIDA is seeking Members who are leaders in Healthcare Design. If you are
interested in presenting a seminar, writing an article on Healthcare Design, or in
sharing your perspective on directions in Healthcare Design, IIDA wants you to be
heard.
2013 opportunites are available for published articles, blogs, and CEU seminars
and webinars in conjunction with our ongoing partnership with HEALTHCARE Design
magazine. Demonstrate and share your experience. Topics range from Sustainability,
EBD, Acute Care, and Healing Gardens to name a few.
 
Please note, HCD 2013 call for presentations is separate from this IIDA call. 
For consideration, contact Michael Ancheta, Managing Director, Education Services
and Programs at IIDA, mancheta@iida.org.

Healthcare: Complimentary Seminars

submitted by:  Betsy Lidnell, IIDA, OED

Weren't able to attend the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference? Didn't have time to attend all of the sessions that you wanted? The 3rd Annual HEALTHCARE DESIGN Virtual Symposium, features both new sessions and the most popular sessions from the HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference and provides attendees up to EIGHT (8) CEUs for FREE!

December 4, 2012

The Story of Waiting—How Artwork & Furnishings Impact Patient- and Family-Centered Care
9:00 AM ET , 8:00 AM CT, 7:00 AM MT, 6:00 AM PT
An ongoing pre- and post-occupancy study at Parkland Hospital is measuring the impact of artwork and furnishings within waiting areas, patient areas, and family zones on a variety of family and patient-centered outcomes on medical-surgical inpatient units. This session will share findings from the main pre-occupancy stage of the investigation, lessons learned and how findings were incorporated into design and operational decision making.

Area Calculations—Are You Planning with the Latest Information?
11:00 AM ET, 10:00 AM CT, 9:00 AM MT, 8:00 AM PT
Texas A&M University, with support from Herman Miller, the Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation, and Alberta Infrastructure, has been conducting a research study of recently constructed North American hospitals to measure net gross ratios, building gross ratios, and the allocation breakdown within building gross components. This session presents the methodology and procedures used to measure the projects, and the important lessons learned in calculation methods. 

The Impact of Properly Used Shading Systems in Healthcare
1:00 PM ET, 12:00 PM CT, 11:00 AM MT, 10:00 AM PT
Presentation by:
William Maiman Marketing Manager MechoSystems
Susan Rieser Regional Sales Manager MechoSystems

Lessons Learned from Innovative High-Tech Healthcare Facilities
3:00 PM ET, 2:00 PM CT, 1:00 PM MT, 12:00 PM PT
What are the most important “lessons learned” from the newest, high-technology healthcare facilities?  This Hospital ICONS webinar will feature architectural case studies including: Cleveland Clinic’s newest hybrid suites for surgery and interventional imaging, a state-of-the-art Proton Therapy Center by ProCure, and Barrow Neurological Institute’s recent high-tech building addition.

December 5, 2012

Design Elements of the Patient Room - Elements That Enhance Healing and Improve Safety
9:00 AM ET, 8:00 AM CT, 7:00 AM MT, 6:00 AM PT
The model patient room project at the University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) is a replica of the proposed standard medical-surgical inpatient room for the replacement hospital. The purpose of the Model room project is to : test spatial relationships in the design of the medical-surgical inpatient room; and engage staff and providers in research methods to test design hypotheses. This presentation is a culmination of two years of research and will focus on the design methodology and results of the study.

Unveiling of Benchmarking 2.0 Report for Healthcare Facilities
11:00 AM ET, 10:00 AM CT, 9:00 AM MT, 8:00 AM PT
JUST IN: Healthcare's tool to get you ahead of regulatory curve! CMS will soon require hospitals to verify their quality of care, operational performance, and fiscal efficiency. Are you ready? Witness the public unveiling of survey results from Operations and Maintenance Benchmarks for Healthcare Facilities 2.0 Report. For the first time, the healthcare industry will have a North American benchmark report with the inclusion of Canada through research conducted jointly by IFMA Health Care Institute, American Society for Healthcare Engineering, and Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society to collect 2012 data from hundreds of hospitals. Participants will be the first to get 100+ benchmark findings for real estate, property management, engineering, utilities, maintenance, clinical engineering, environmental services, sustainability, linen, and much more.

From Planning to POE - Lessons Learned From 3 Emergency Departments
1:00 PM ET , 12:00 PM CT, 11:00 AM MT, 10:00 AM PT
Through a series of case studies, post occupancy evaluations, and testimonials, this presentation examines process changes that were adapted or introduced at 3 EDs constructed over the past 4 years.

Innovative Interventions - Hybrid Operating Room Design for Safety, Flexibility, and Improved Outcomes
3:00 PM ET, 2:00 PM CT, 1:00 PM MT, 12:00 PM PT
The Hybrid Operating Room - a space that represents the quintessential convergence of vascular access surgery and advanced interventional imaging - has become the most requests and sometimes least understood space for tomorrow's advanced medicine facility. This session describes key challenges in designing hybrid ORs from a dual perspective of designer and end user.

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Healthcare Forum - Advancement in Evidenced-based Healthcare Design

Submitted by Ina Sherman, Stanley Beaman Sears, Senior Interior Designer

Source: Contract magazine, October 2011

The advancements made in evidence-based healthcare design have grown tremendously over the past several years. I recall back in the late 90's when the idea of documenting the process and outcome of healthcare design projects was just a "notion"! Today it's amazing to see how far this "notion" has come.

In this article, Rosalyn Cama, FASID, EDAC talks about the evolution of evidence-based healthcare design and how the methodology is being embraced by our industry as well as the healthcare industry. Healthcare regulators and hospital Board of Directors are beginning to see how this methodology can improve their overall effectiveness in delivering healthcare services in a more compassionate, yet efficient way. I see the implementation of evidence-based design as being an integral part of the design process. It provides sound documented data that can be used as a spring board for discussion and all parties that have a vested interested in the project that can determine, early in the process, the common goals and objectives.

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/contract_201110/index.php?startid=48

Generational Healthcare Design Panel Discussion - IIDA Healthcare Forum

submitted by Michele Lyden, IIDA Ga President

Who are we designing Healthcare facilities for?  Are we considering the aging population?  Are we thinking differently about designing for different generations?  

This is a Not-to-Miss Panel discussion moderated by Jocelyn Stroupe and a very impressive list of Panelists. 

Conference (see below):  Healthcare Design 2011, Gaylord Opryland, Nashville, TN, Nov 14^th

Resource:  http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/