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.
Read MoreReflecting on Our Roots.
As we reflect on our roots as an organization, our collective goal hasn’t changed - to impact collaborative and multi-disciplinary relationships by facilitating trust, respect and shared goals for improved clinical work environments and ultimately patient outcomes.
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 MoreNIHD Presents: Designing Post-Pandemic Hospice Care Facilities
Join our webinar on March 2! This session will present the design requirements related to providing a supportive environment for patients, their family members, and healthcare providers.
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 our 2023 Board of Directors!
The NIHD board has a bench of experienced members and two new board members who will lead us through 2023!
Read MoreNIHD Presents “I Can’t Work Another Minute”: A Study of Nursing Resiliency.
Join our webinar on January 19! This presentation will review current research into the utilization of two types of resilience rooms, dedicated to helping nursing staff cope with on-the-job work stress. This research seeks to link staff satisfaction and retention to the institution of these rooms by expanding their usage throughout the acute care hospital environment.
Read MoreFrom Nurses Cap to Hard Hat: How Nurses Impact Design.
NIHD Member Maggie Duplantis RN, MHA, shares her career path into Design and Construction! She submits that everything done in her 20 years in the clinical space contributed to her success today as Director of Clinical Planning and Design of Houston Methodist.
Read MoreSpeaking A Different Language – The Nurse ‘Interpreter’
How do we ensure that what we are designing actually meets the needs of the clinicians that will be using the space – use an ‘interpreter’. These individuals may be part of a design firm, a consulting group, or even independent contract support.
Read MoreNIHD Presents Caregiver Wellness: Supporting Clinicians through Evidence-based Design
Join our webinar on December 1! Presenters will discuss current research exploring the built environment’s impact on the wellbeing of healthcare professionals, and how design and healthcare professionals can leverage research to improve their work environment.
Read MoreCollaborative Environments for Caregivers: a Non-Negotiable Space.
NIHD Board Member Kate Newcomb-DeSanto MSN, RN, MSW, EDAC suggests that attention to the built environment might be a significant key to combating caregiver burnout, and that negotiating the wellness of the caregiver is negotiating the wellness and welfare of the patients they care for.
Read MoreThe Future of Hospital Design with the move to Outpatient.
As we see so many organizations transitioning to a more outpatient focused model of care, what is happening to the acute care facilities that once housed the only sites of care? Where do you see the shift in care affecting design for acute care centers? At NIHD, we engage our members and the industry to shape the future of healthcare environments through clinical and inter-professional leadership.
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 MorePreview NIHD's Sponsored Clinical Track at HCD.
The Clinical Perspectives Track is carefully curated by NIHD members to offer programs that focus on clinical perspectives and knowledge as they relate to healthcare design. These programs are the only sessions that are CE-certified for nursing clinicians, but also applicable to all attendees. Register for these tracks through your HCD registration.
Read MoreLessons Learned from a Travel Aficionado.
After facing more delays and changes in travel plans over the last twelve weeks than she had experienced in the last 30 years in the industry, NIHD President Kelly Guzman has embraced Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' grieving steps, moving from denial and anger to acceptance. As many of us prepare to travel next month to the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo in Long Beach, CA, and the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo in San Antonio, TX, she wanted to share some of the tips that have helped her survive.
Read MoreEvery Nurse is a Project Manager!
NIHD Board Member Kristina Krail, RN, MPH, FACHE, PMP, EDAC, submits that every nurse has had project management responsibilities within their role although it may not have been thought of as such. If you are serious about becoming a clinical design project manager, give consideration to a formal certification or academic program. The credential will prove invaluable.
Read MoreNIHD Presents: Level I Trauma Room Design: Research-Based Strategies for Improved Outcomes
Join our webinar on September 1! This webinar will present the findings from a vigorous research project on Level I trauma room design, titled “Toward a Model of Safety and Care for Trauma Room Design.”
Read MoreNIHD Presents: Understanding Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities
Join our webinar on August 18! This webinar will cover standard and transmission based precautious, take you through the most common types of HAI’s and then aim to connect the dots to show how appropriate flooring selections can help support an Infection Prevention and Control program in a healthcare facility.
Read MoreThe power of asking, "Why Not Me?"
After completing a diploma program, and then earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Teri Lura Bennett’s first career was as a registered nurse. She decided after working 12 years at the bedside that someone should be designing the spaces who knew what it was like to work in them! She thought, “Why not me?”
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.
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