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.
Read MoreNIHD 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.
Read MorePreview NIHD events at HCD.
NIHD is a proud Association Partner of Healthcare Design Conference + Expo! Our hosted events include a member dinner, Pre-Conference Workshop, a reception and booth #1309 in the exhibit hall.
Read MoreWhat is a partnership?
Recently, a new Industry Partner, Patcraft® / ShawContract®, invited NIHD to learn more about their products, meet their leadership team, and explore ways to share with one another and work together.
Read MoreNIHD Member Scholarship Announced to attend HCD 2023 in New Orleans.
NIHD is happy to announce the 6th annual HCD Scholarship for our members for the 2023 HCD Conference + Expo. The scholarship was created to allow for NIHD members to become more engaged within the organization by attending our annual meeting and activities at HCD.
Read MoreThe Nightingale Awards - Why You Should Consider being a Juror in 2023.
Each year at the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo (HCD), healthcare interior designers, architects, facilities managers and planners, and clinicians can apply to serve as Nightingale Award jurors who review and evaluate products in the exhibit hall. Awards are given to those who make a significant contribution to the healthcare built environment through product innovation. This past year in San Antonio, a few NIHD members served as jurors in the Nightingale Awards, and share their experience below.
Read MoreCultivating the Next Generation of Young, Inclusive Designers Through Storytelling.
Join us for this special free event on April 20! This Clinician’s Lounge invites Maria VanDeman, interior designer and sales manager for OFS, and Doug Shapiro, host of the Imagine a Place podcast, to shed insight into their children’s book, Design Your World.
Read MoreA Diverse Path into Transition & Activation Planning.
Meet NIHD member Bridget Graham, MBAH, PMP. She has been a Lead Project Manager with HTS, an Affiliate of HBS, for the last 2.5 years. Her career path has been diverse having worked in corporate healthcare benefits while at GE and Employer Relations for Union College, however, the skills and experience gained have only diversified her tool belt when working with clients.
Read MoreFebruary Clinician's Lounge | Coffee Series with NIHD members serving on the 2026 HGRC.
Fill your cup of coffee or tea and join your NIHD colleagues who are serving on the Health Guidelines Revision Committee (HGRC). The Health Guidelines Revision Committee (HGRC) is a select multidisciplinary consensus body of about 140 clinicians, administrators, architects, engineers, and representatives from authorities having jurisdiction that is convened to revise and update the FGI Guidelines documents.
Read MoreAnnouncing the Recipients of NIHD Member 2022 HCD Scholarship!
NIHD is happy to announce the recipients of the 5th annual HCD Scholarship for our members for the 2022 HCD Conference + Expo. This scholarship is made possible and funded by the NIHD Foundation.
Read MoreSeptember Clinician's Lounge | Coffee Series to discuss Surface Selection and Infection Prevention.
Fill your cup of coffee or tea and join NIHD Partner Porcelanosa. Andy Pennington, National Sales and Marketing Director, and David Carmona, National Sales Director, will lead a lively discussion on Surface Selection and Infection Prevention.
Read MoreNIHD Member Scholarship Announced to attend HCD 2022 in San Antonio!
NIHD is happy to announce the 5th annual HCD Scholarship for our members for the 2022 HCD Conference + Expo. The scholarship was created to allow for NIHD members to become more engaged within the organization by attending our annual meeting and activities at HCD.
Read MoreJuly Clinician's Lounge | Coffee Series to discuss NIHD at HCD
Fill your cup of coffee or tea and join NIHD Executive Director Angela Boyle for a discussion on NIHD events at Healthcare Design Conference + Expo.
Read MoreMarch Clinician's Lounge | Coffee Series to discuss The Role of the Nurse Consultant
Fill your cup of coffee or tea and join NIHD members Terri Zborowsky, PhD, RN, EDAC, CPXP, Design Researcher at HGA and Jan Stichler DNS, RN, NEA-BCr, EDAC, FACHE, FAAN, NIHD Fellow for a discussion on The Role of the Nurse Consultant.
Read MoreTop 5 things You Should Know About Pursuing a Nursing Career in the Planning, Design, and Construction.
Meet Joyce Durham RN, AIA, EDAC, Director Facilities Strategic Planning. Learn the 5 things that she would tell someone interested in pursuing a nursing career in the planning, design, and construction of new healthcare facilities.
Read MoreInterested in a Career as a Healthcare Clinical Specialist?
Meet Erin Clark RN, MS, EDAC, Clinical Operations Specialist. A nurse consultant in healthcare design is a unique role and we are fortunate to have industry leaders who have paved the way for us as we continue to provide the clinical voice in healthcare design!
Read MoreMarch Clinician's Lounge | Coffee Series to discuss The Impact of the Healthcare Environment on People Living with Dementia.
Fill your cup of coffee or tea and join NIHD member Jan Dougherty, MS, RN, FAAN, Dementia Care Consultant for a discussion on The Impact of the Healthcare Environment on People Living with Dementia.
Read MoreAnnouncing the Recipients of NIHD Member HCD Scholarship!
NIHD is happy to announce the recipients of the 4th annual HCD Scholarship for our members for the 2021 HCD Expo + Conference.
Read MoreNIHD Presents: Communication, Design and COVID: Evidence Based Applications
This NIHD hosted webinar will explore communication and evidence-based design research, theory, and practice applicable to COVID and other pandemics.
Read MoreAnnouncing our first Clinician's Lounge | Coffee Series!
Fill your cup of coffee or tea and join NIHD members for a discussion on The Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE), led by the planning team of our HCD Pre-Conference workshop!
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