Session Description:
As the healthcare industry faces increasing challenges—ranging from financial constraints to staffing shortages and complex facility management—there is a growing need for innovative design solutions that can not only address these issues but also turn them into opportunities for improvement. This session will delve into how cutting-edge design strategies, exemplified by the MetroHealth Glick Center project, can transform healthcare environments. Attendees will explore sustainable, community-focused approaches that integrate energy-saving technologies, parklike healing environments, and programs like the art in healing initiative. The session will also examine adaptive design strategies, such as flexible interventional platforms and universal patient rooms, to improve patient care, enhance workflows, and create resilient healthcare facilities that are responsive to future needs.
Learning Objectives:
- Analyze Innovative Design Solutions: Understand how innovative design strategies, as exemplified by the MetroHealth Glick Center project, can address core challenges in healthcare, such as financial constraints, staffing shortages, and the complexities of healthcare facility management.
- Explore Sustainable and Community-Centric Approaches: Examine the role of sustainability and community integration in modern healthcare design, including the implementation of energy-saving technologies, the creation of parklike environments, and the development of community-focused programs, like the art in healing initiative.
- Evaluate Adaptive Healthcare Facility Design: Learn how adaptive design strategies, such as flexible interventional platforms, universal patient rooms, and consolidated family centers, can enhance workflow, improve patient care, and create more resilient and responsive healthcare facilities.
Presenters:
- Mark Bultman, Healthcare Market Sector Leader, HGA
- Bryce Hubertz, Senior Project Designer, HGA
- Terri Zborowsky, Senior Design Researcher, HGA
