Healthcare Interior Design 2.0

Sara Marberry, EDAC, Healthcare Design Expert, Marketing Consultant, and writer on the short-and long-term effects of the current crisis on the healthcare design industry. Sara shares, “A halt on projects in the short term is not necessarily a bad thing. I think this will bring more renovation projects to make them safer to attract new residents in senior care facilities, for example.” This and how Sara’s career path changed at age 25 when she met Wayne Ruga at the San Francisco Furniture Mart on today's episode of the Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 podcast!

Sara Marberry has been a healthcare design expert, writer, speaker, and marketing consultant for the past 30 years. Her industry involvement is wide and deep, including board positions with The Center for Health Design and the Symposium on Healthcare Design. In 1993, Sara and her colleagues formed the nonprofit Center for Health Design, which has been instrumental in advancing the idea that the design of the physical environment affects patient outcomes.

Sara has written 4 books on healthcare design including:

1. Power of Color
2. Innovations in Healthcare Design
3. Healthcare Design
4. Improving Healthcare With Better Building Design

Aside from her client work with Sara Marberry LLC, Sara has worked with organizations on the front lines of healthcare, like the Joint Commission and Healing Healthcare Systems. She has done website projects with the Facility Guidelines Institute and the American Academy of Healthcare Designers.

Sara regularly blogs on current events and topics related to healthcare design and senior living design at https://www.saramarberry.com/.

This program is brought to you by Porcelanosa who extend their heartfelt appreciation for your support of this podcast. Stay safe and be well. To learn more about Porcelanosa, visit http://porcelanosa.com.

Thank you to our industry partner, The Center for Health Design. To learn more about CHD’s new program MakingRoom, Connecting hotels and hospitals with urgent needs for space, please visit, https://www.healthdesign.org/makingroom.

Additional support for this podcast comes from our industry partners:

• The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers
• The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design

Learn more about how to become a Certified Healthcare Interior Designer® by visiting the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers at: https://aahid.org/.

Connect to a community interested in supporting clinician involvement in design and construction of the built environment by visiting The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design at https://www.nursingihd.com/

Thank you for listening to today’s episode of Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 - The Lightning Round. If you enjoyed any part of this show, please help our podcast grow by spreading the good word on social media, and to your online community. Stay safe and be well! For the full roster of shows, visit http://healthcareidpodcast.com.

What happened in 1995 when a 30 year old Clinical Oncology Nurse Specialist at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland gave chemotherapy to her breast cancer patient named Maggie Keswick Jencks? How did this immediate friendship lead to 24 Maggie’s centers in NHS hospitals across the UK, and three independently run international centers, 26 years later?

On Part 1 of today’s episode, Cheryl interviews Dame Laura Lee, DBE, Chief Executive of Maggie's--Everyone’s Home for Cancer Care. Maggie’s is a special story shared here through Cheryl and Laura’s deeply rich and meaningful conversation.

Learn how Laura and Maggie became friends, and prior to Maggie’s passing in 1995, had created architectural plans for the first Maggie’s center in the UK. How did Laura make the transition from Clinical Oncology Nurse Specialist to becoming the first employee of Maggie’s? How did she learn about architecture and design, and how did she attract the attention of famous architects, like Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, and Renzo Piano to design Maggie's centers?

Sit back, relax and enjoy this deeply nourishing conversation about how two women with a mission to transform cancer care for patients, their families and caregivers attracted the attention of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall who, in November 2008, became Maggie’s President.

Learn more about Dame Laura Lee and Maggie’s by visiting: https://www.maggies.org/.

Maggie's architectural brief is given to every architect who designs a Maggie's center. Learn more here: https://www.maggies.org/about-us/publications/

In Part 1 of Cheryl’s conversation with Dame Laura Lee, they discuss:

• What was Laura Lee’s life like prior to meeting Maggie Keswick Jencks, her oncology patient in 1995 who would be the catalyst for Maggie’s?
• What happened when Laura met Maggie in 1995, when she was thirty years old, and working as a Clinical Oncology Nurse Specialist at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland?
• What was it about that connection with Maggie that inspired both Laura and Maggie to take action to create the first Maggie’s?
• What was Laura’s transition like from being an oncology nurse to learning about architecture and design, and getting architects to help build Maggies?
• What makes Maggies different from other cancer care facilities in the UK and in the world?

The world is changing quickly. The Center for Health Design is committed to providing the healthcare design and senior living design industries with the latest research, best practices and innovations. The Center can help you solve today’s biggest healthcare challenges and make a difference in care, safety, medical outcomes, and the bottom line. Find out more at healthdesign.org.

Additional support for this podcast comes from our industry partners:

• The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers
• The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design

Learn more about how to become a Certified Healthcare Interior Designer® by visiting the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers at: https://aahid.org/.

Connect to a community interested in supporting clinician involvement in design and construction of the built environment by visiting The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design at https://www.nursingihd.com/

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"The saying is if you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together. And together is the way you create change.” –Debra Levin on The Healthcare Interior Design 2.0

On today’s episode, Cheryl interviews Debra Levin, Hon FASID, EDAC, President and Chief Executive Officer at The Center for Health Design. Lean in and listen to this exciting conversation about how The Center is adapting and expanding its initiatives to facilitate collaboration and knowledge-sharing between the healthcare, design, and product manufacturing sectors. A key focus is how The Center is building bridges across these communities through multidisciplinary events, research partnerships, and new specialized network groups like Pediatric Environment Network (PEN), Resilient Aging Environments Network (RAEN), and Behavioral Mental Health Environment Network. Learn more about The Center’s member resources like The Knowledge Repository and how it has been driving innovation and improving healthcare environments in the post-COVID era.

Learn more about The Center for Health Design by visiting: https://www.healthdesign.org/.

Reach out to Debra Levin directly by sending her an email to: [email protected].

In Cheryl’s conversation with Debra Levin they discuss:

• What’s new and changing at The Center that is influencing the healthcare design industry?
• Learn about The Center’s new "environment networks" or membership groups that have been created around specific healthcare settings, like the Pediatric Environment Network (PEN), Resilient Aging Environments Network (RAIN) , and the Behavioral Mental Health Environment Network.
• Learn about the small groups fostering collaboration across sectors and how this aligns with The Center’s goal of facilitating multidisciplinary conversations.
• What is the PDC Summit and how has The Center become a strategic education partner with the PDC, hosted by ASHE, for the first time in 2024?
• The Center’s strategic planning after COVID to engage a global audience more effectively.
• The Center’s latest focus on building bridges between healthcare, design, and product manufacturing communities.
• Learn about the new search functionality on The Center’s website, added to improve accessibility.
• What are the emerging trends in healthcare?
• How you can get involved with The Center through things like affiliate memberships including free memberships for students.

Shout Outs:

8:00 - Debra mentions EPIC, "We included people from broader, diverse areas, like a practicing physician who also does design research, somebody from EPIC, a hospital CEO who also has a nurse background.”

11:37 - Debra shares information about The American Hospital Association (AHA) and ASHE (the engineering group of AHA) “It is a program that was spearheaded by ASHE, which is the engineering group of the American Hospital Association."

21:09 - Debra discusses the AAHID (American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers) and the FGI (Facility Guidelines Institute), and the NIHD (Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design Professionals)

The world is changing quickly. The Center for Health Design is committed to providing the healthcare design and senior living design industries with the latest research, best practices and innovations. The Center can help you solve today’s biggest healthcare challenges and make a difference in care, safety, medical outcomes, and the bottom line. Find out more at healthdesign.org.

Additional support for this podcast comes from our industry partners:

• The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers
• The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design

Learn more about how to become a Certified Healthcare Interior Designer® by visiting the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers at: https://aahid.org/.

Connect to a community interested in supporting clinician involvement in design and construction of the built environment by visiting The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design at https://www.nursingihd.com/

The prevention of nosocomial infections is of paramount importance. Did you know that bathrooms and showers – particularly in shared spaces – are a veritable breeding ground for pathogen, some of which we see in the form of mold and the build-up of toxic bio films on surfaces.

Body fats and soap scums provide a rich food sauce for micro-organisms such as airborne bacteria Serratia Marcescens, which thrive in humid conditions.

We know that people with weakened immune systems are so much more vulnerable to the illnesses associated...

Tama Duffy Day, Health & Wellness Leader at Gensler Architecture on the power of engaging the design professional to improve health and wellness, globally. Tama shares, “Whether I’m in Taiwan or China or Ireland or Pakistan or even domestically, talking with students in Fayetteville at the University of Arkansas or Moscow at the University of Idaho, or Chicago or The New York School of Interior Design, we all truly believe that the power of design does make a difference and it can enrich communities.” This and more on the changing face of healthcare design and its impact from one of the largest architecture firms in the world.

Tama Duffy Day is a global author, lecturer, and speaker. She and her team at Gensler have received more than 50 awards and honors for their work, and for three consecutive years Tama was named one of the “Most Influential People in Healthcare Design” by Healthcare Design magazine. Tama is one of the few design professionals inducted as a fellow into the American College of Healthcare Executives. Learn more about Tama Duffy Day and Gensler Architecture by visiting https://www.gensler.com/. Send your questions to Tama here: [email protected].

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Let’s play a game. I want you to count up every time you’ve had furniture delivered on a hospital or healthcare project, and the product fell short of your expectations. Do that on one hand. Now, on the other hand, I want you to count up how many times you’ve had to compromise the integrity of a project because you’ve been limited by furniture options and budget. Now, that was kind of a trick question because I know all of you need more than two hands to count up these situations. Here’s a solution: Stance Healthcare. Stance specializes in furniture for the hospital and healthcare setting, and they pride themselves on working with designers who need to modify furniture for a variety of end users. Here’s a great example. At the request of a designer, Stance modified their popular Legend chair to create a closed arm panel and they made the seat depth adjustable for different sized residents in an assisted living facility. How freaking cool is that? Start exploring now at: http://stancehealthcare.com/.

Additional support for this podcast comes from our industry partners:

• The Center For Health Design
• The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design

Learn more about how the Center for Health Design can support your firm by visiting: http://healthdesign.org.

Connect to a community interested in supporting clinician involvement in design and construction of the built environment by visiting The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design at https://www.nursingihd.com/.

In part one of Cheryl’s conversation today with Tama Duffy Day, you will learn:

• How healthcare design can and does have an impact on solving the health and wellness crisis in the US.
• Since 2013, The Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University has mapped life expectancy in the US in 21 different cities. Tama shares the results of this very powerful study.
• Why it isn’t your DNA that determines life expectancy in the US, but rather your zip code.
• Why it’s important to look at design through social and community issues and how design can increase the impact of change.
• The story of how a much younger Tama helped a friend in a wheelchair create a friendlier home, and how this experience informed her perspective on design and the human experience.
• Tama’s surprising answer to the question, “What makes a project successful?”
• Learn about one of Gensler’s envisioning tools used with clients that’s different from anything you’ve ever heard before.
• What does creating a legacy look like for Tama after 30 years of work.
• How Tama envisioned and then created a platform for interior design voices to be heard at Contract Magazine.
• Tama’s advice to interior design students of today.
• Is Gensler hiring?

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Join in this intimate conversation with Ana Pinto-Alexander, award winning Principal and Group Director for Health Interiors at HKS Architects.

When Ana became a parent of a sick child that needed help, it changed her life. She shares this incredible story with us, and talks about how this led her to design with greater empathy and hope, including the very hospital where her child had multiple surgeries!

When a bone marrow patient has to spend 30 to 40 days recovering in a sealed, germ-free room, there’s only so much TV she or he can watch, and only so much reading they can do. That’s when the fusion of hospitality and healthcare design helps create a supportive, hopeful patient experience. Ana shares what’s happening at the leading edge of this fusion between hospitality and healthcare design.

You’ll learn so much from this conversation with Ana Pinto-Alexander , including:

• Tips for putting yourself in the shoes of the patients you are designing for and designing with empathy.
• The importance of evidence-based artwork in medical spaces, even difficult ones like sterile recovery rooms for bone marrow transplant patients.
• Doing research, learning from staff about their needs.
• The role of a nurse respite area.
• Gathering data on outcomes; the results of a new design.
• Increasing patient and staff satisfaction through design.
• Creating a sense of community and connection through design in long-term healing environments (oncology, etc.).
• The benefits of integrated project delivery to eliminating waste and increasing learning.
• The importance of wayfinding, iconic artwork, and color in pediatric facilities.
• The relationship between holistic design, outcomes, and data in design.
• The value of spending a night in a hospital and observing a surgery.
• The ways hospitality trends are effecting healthcare design
• Integrating biophilia without live plants and with the ability to clean and sterilize.
• More effectively collaborating with clients and contractors and persuading them by educating about lifecycle cost and unexpected side-effects.

Grab your favorite cup of tea and lean into this heartwarming conversation with our generous, insightful guest Ana Pinto-Alexander .

Visit us at www.healthcareidpodcast.com or email us at [email protected] .

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