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Reflecting on CleanMed 2019 & Strategies for More Sustainable Healthcare Solutions

I recently attended and presented at the CleanMed conference, which gathers leaders in healthcare sustainability with the aim of collaborating to advance sustainability and health. The conference provides a platform to exchange best practices and tips for enabling innovation and …

Applying Lean Thinking to Healthcare Facility Design: A Before and After Approach

January 22, 2019

A system for continuous improvement, Lean has been adopted into hospital and healthcare facility design to add value by eliminating waste from existing processes, improving workflows, maximizing efficiency, enhancing the staff and patient experience, and improving that all-important bottom line.…

Designing Continuing Care Retirement Facilities to Appeal to the Next Generation—and Beyond

December 5, 2018

A growing trend in housing for senior citizens, Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) offer a tiered approach to the aging process. Part independent living, part assisted living and part skilled nursing facility, CCRCs give older adults the option to live …

Terminal Modernization: Why Bother? Community Connection (Part IV)

December 3, 2018

Why bother with complicated, sometimes messy terminal upgrades if your airport is not facing capacity issues? In this last post we explore airports as drivers for and representations of the local community. Click here for Part III of the series.…

Resuscitating Buildings for Healthcare: Adaptive Reuse

Healthcare organizations have been shifting hospital-based services to less costly locations for quite some time, and this is expected to continue as long as health systems deal with decreasing reimbursements and increasing costs. Most organizations are ever more aggressive in …

The Rhythm of the Unit: More Design Lessons from Shadowing a Nurse

As a designer of hospitals, I have always been curious about how nurses in the med/surg nursing unit spend their shifts, and how the design of these units impacts the delivery of patient care. In 2016, I had the opportunity …

Terminal Modernization: Why Bother? A Discussion on the Financial and Operational Case for Airport Terminal Upgrades (Part II)

February 20, 2018

A terminal modernization program can be a complicated and expensive task that airport operators may be hesitant to undertake unless necessitated by demands for increased capacity. This is the second post in our series examining why airport operators should bother …

Terminal Modernization: Why Bother? (Part I)

January 20, 2018

A terminal modernization program can be a complicated and expensive task that airport operators may be hesitant to undertake unless necessitated by demands for increased capacity. This is the first post in our series examining why airport operators should bother …

Using Lean Principles to Generate Physician and Staff Buy-In

September 19, 2017

In our healthcare projects, we employ a design framework known as value-added design (VAD), which aims to drive value in six key areas: patient safety; operational efficiency; integration of technology; adaptability and resiliency; sustainability; and evidence-based design for a better …

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