Unlocking New Possibilities in Healthcare Design: Reflections from the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo

Whether we’re clinicians, designers, business owners, or architects, we share a common goal: to create environments that improve the experiences of patients, caregivers, and staff. NIHD member Lily Man, RN, MN, LSSBB reflects on her experience at Healthcare Design Conference + Expo.

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NIHD is your TRUSTED PARTNER.

Even before serving on the board, NIHD President Kris Krail would describe NIHD as her tribe, her club, her circle of friends in the field. She realizes now that she was describing her trusted partner.  So, as your trusted partner, let us evolve and grow together in this amazing field of healthcare design where we believe we can shape the future of healthcare design though engaging and raising the clinical voice.

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Building Strong Relationships with Nursing: A Facility Director’s Perspective on Collaboration in Pediatric Hospital Design and Construction`

As the facility director of a pediatric hospital, I’ve come to appreciate the profound impact that collaboration between facility teams and nursing staff has on creating spaces that support patient care. In a pediatric setting, the stakes are even higher, as our designs must not only meet the needs of all staff but must also provide a comfortable, healing environment for children and their families.

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Easy Tips to Help Make your Networking Efforts Worthwhile during Conference Season.

This is quite a busy time for NIHD and our members. Planning and related activities ramp up to our attendance and participation in numerous industry related conferences that happen across the country in the Fall. I think we all know the numerous benefits of networking but what are some easy tips to help make your networking efforts worthwhile?

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Lessons Learned on Publishing Your First Book

In 2019, the Yellow Brick team identified a gap in information related to the Transition and Activation of new healthcare facilities and spaces. They challenged themselves to fill this gap by writing a guide that could be leveraged by those tasked with the responsibility of leading a new facility activation project.

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Design – Healthcare – Innovation.

Last month, NIHD President Kris Krail had the privilege to participate in the Center for Healthcare Design all-day virtual workshop on “Drivers in Healthcare: Perspectives and Conversations Influencing a New Healthcare Landscape.” It was an offering that promised to share the latest thinking in what is driving the future of healthcare and to provide perspectives from a variety of professionals considered experts in the field. Here's a recap.

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Educating Clinical Leaders at the Design Table: 3 Key Points to Start the Design Phase.

As a bedside nurse and nurse leader, Kaycee was an alien on a strange land in a healthcare design role about 7 years ago.  Even after being a nurse manager on a previous new floor project, she didn’t know what was her role was, how hard she should advocate for operational flow and what change orders did late in the project. In her new role, NIHD member Kaycee Shiskowsky has learned to integrate a focus on schedule, budget and clinical operational flow.

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Crafting Comfort: Designing Cancer Center Infusion Spaces to Care for Patients Throughout Their Journey.

Designing an ideal cancer center infusion space requires a thoughtful approach that addresses the complex and varied needs of patients. Cancer treatment, particularly chemotherapy infusions, can be a lengthy and emotionally exhausting process for patients and their families. Therefore, creating an environment that offers privacy, fosters a sense of community, and facilitates intimate family conversations is paramount.

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Is “empathy” the new buzzword in healthcare design?

The idea of empathy in healthcare design and the people involved in that work are important. NIHD President, Kris Krail, suggests the best and easiest way to really get at that would be to involve nurses and other care providers in the process.  Clinicians need to be full members of the design team and well represented in all user groups.

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Celebrating Nurses: The Heart of Healthcare Design.

“Nurses Make the Difference,” is this year’s National Nurse’s week theme. This year’s theme resonates deeply as healthcare design is more than just aesthetics; it’s about creating spaces that nurture healing, support efficiency, and enhance the overall patient experience. By actively engaging nurses in the design process, healthcare facilities can create workflows and environments that are functional and conducive to delivering excellent care.

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How Are You Going to Celebrate Nurses Week?

There are many different ways to recognize and honor one another, certainly on special days but also all year long in ways big and small. So if you are an employer of nurses, if you are a nurse, or if you have a nurse in your family; how are you going to celebrate?

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Insights and Inspirations: Reflecting on My First ASHE PDC Summit

Last month, NIHD Member Andrea Skowronek, RD, MPH, CAPM had the incredible opportunity to attend her first ASHE PDC Summit. Summit sessions were a buffet of practical, actionable advice, exactly what you’d expect from a gathering of top-tier engineers, architects, designers, construction professionals, hospital administrators, and clinicians. Read about the insights she gathered.

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The Quest for Common Ground in Rural and Urban Development: Key Takeaways from the See Change Sessions

See Change Sessions is the collision of unconventional networking and collaboration by labs (workshops) and in-the-moment speaker topics to facilitate change across six different priority, themed areas – Where We Live; Beyond the Stars; Turning the Tide; Breaking the Buzzword; Cultures in Conversation; and Harmony & Dissonance.

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Are you a procrastinator?

Better Homes & Gardens (BHG) has always been one of NIHD President Kris Krail's favorites – lots of pretty pictures, realistic design ideas and good recipes. So, she was somewhat surprised when the first sentence in the “editor’s letter” was I am a procrastinator.

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