Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo

Featured Articles

Medical and Nursing Education in the Healthcare Reform Period

Brenda Bush-Moline, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC, Associate Principal
Patty Looker, Associate AIA, FACHE, EDAC, Principal
VOA Associates Incorporated

In these days when healthcare provider leadership is compelled by huge changes in care provision, as well as looming deadlines for implementation of reform and difficult decisions about capital needs, it is easy to lose sight of parallel transformations taking place. What is always clear is that all transformations are grounded in the fact that our current US healthcare system is not sustainable. From every conference podium across the country since PPACA was passed, the keynote message is that "the train has left the station". Change is underway. And every part of the healthcare sector is involved.

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An Invitation: Into Your Future...

Dr. Wayne Ruga, FAIA, FIIDA, Hon. FASID

On October 20th, 2013, I will lead a 'Healthcare and Design Delegation' to India - organized by the People to People Citizen Ambassador Program - I invite you to join me. Incidentally, the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo was conceived as the direct result of a similar invitation that I received from John Lind and Dick Hansen (the founders of HLM) to join them for a People to People Delegation to Japan and China in 1985.

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Healthcare Design: The View from the Gurney

Bruce Raber, Vice President, Practice Leader Healthcare, Stantec Architecture

Like most healthcare architects, I always thought of myself as sensitive to the patient's journey through the healthcare system and the hospital environment. But I learned the hard way that until you go through it yourself, you can't really know what it's truly like.

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Industry News

CHALLENGE OF VISIONING Scott Larkin and Michael Ryan
With financing becoming available again and requests for urgently needed healthcare renovations and expansions starting to roll in, now may seem the least likely time to delve into the master-planning process. But being overwhelmed by short-term needs and ignoring long-term planning can be a recipe for failure.
CLEAR directions Edward M. Browne
Wayfinding was first described centuries ago as a system of navigation used by people who traveled land and sea by unmarked routes. The indigenous people of Polynesia astounded Western sailors by use of tides, movement of waves and cloud formations to navigate huge distances in open canoes. They did not have maps or charts, relying instead on an innate sense of how to find their way.
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL At the same time that construction of healthcare facilities in the United States is experiencing constraint due to an uncertain healthcare delivery system, designers are seeing an international interest in modern, Western-style hospitals that follow U.S. codes, can be accredited by Joint Commission International and have amenities similar to five-star hotels.
'Defend in place' Doug Parris
Hospitals are a vital part of civic infrastructure, and never more so than during natural disasters. When a crisis occurs, people naturally gravitate to hospitals, not only for immediate medical needs, but also because of order and stability, with 24/7 activity and the expertise to deal with emergencies.

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From the Symposium Desk

Symposium Conference Program Unveiled Jenabeth Ferguson, Event Director, Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo
It is finally here! Our 2013 conference program was unveiled last week. Have you checked it out yet? You really should take some time to look over the amazing sessions we have put together for you this year.
The Advisory Board Conversation Jenabeth Ferguson, Event Director, Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo
Picture it . . . Chicago January 2013 and it is 7 degrees out. I look around a table on the 14th floor of the Perkins + Will office to see over 30 dedicated professionals. What would make these folks travel from as far (and as warm) as Arizona, Florida and California or in some cases as close as the other end of Michigan Avenue?
The Symposium Conference Program Jenabeth Ferguson, Event Director, Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo
This is one of my favorite times of year! The holidays are wonderful of course. But what I'm really referring to is the time when the conference program for the Symposium is a blank slate.
Celebrating 25 Years Jenabeth Ferguson, Event Director, Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo
How do you celebrate 25 years of learning, networking and inspiration? That was the question posed to us a year ago as we began to plan for the 25th Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo. In the end, the answer was somewhat simple - hold what is being touted as the best event in 25 years.