Conference By Day

The HFSE 2008 conference program is comprised of over 60 sessions that you can pick and choose from over three days. The sessions are labeled with one or more of the nine focus areas: Master Planning, Design & Construction, Evidence Based Design, Sustainability, Technology, Guest Services, Professional Services, Building Systems and Operations. Use the key below to identify which icons apply to the focus areas.

• Leading by Design: Creating Sustainable Life-Enhancing 'Generative Space' in Healthcare Facilities with Design of the Environment. EVIDENCE

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

Making a Difference: Everyone Can Be a Leader

Dr. Benjamin shares her personal story of making a real difference in the lives of indigent residents in and around Bayou La Batre, Alabama, a small shrimping village on the Gulf of Mexico with a population of 2,500. She gives witness to the dedication of a single change agent, impelled by the mission of Catholic healthcare, to do good and make a difference in the lives of others. Sharing inspirational stories of her patients and examples of community involvement, Dr. Benjamin illustrates how leadership starts with the small things, and how everyone can be a leader.

• Emergency Department Expansion - Building a department around the patient DESIGN

• The Hospital of the Future . . . Isn�t. DESIGN

• Project Success with an Integrated Interdisciplinary Design-Build Team DESIGN

• Process Case Study Building for the Third Century at MGH DESIGN

• Accommodating Obese Patients in an Acute Care Environment DESIGN

• "Standards" don't work! Thinking differently about an Interiors Master Plan DESIGN

• Reinventing Patient-Centered Environments for Mental Heath in Dubai DESIGN

• How to Jump Start Your Stalled Project OPS

• Still Striving for the Perfect Cancer Center: Re-designing the Wheel Again. DESIGN

• Patient Safety, Liability and Best Practices for MRI Suite Designs DESIGN

• The Hospital of the Future: Reflections & Projections for a 30yr Case Study DESIGN

• The Phasing Challenge, Kingston General Hospital Redevelopment DESIGN

• Urban, Multi-Story Triumphs for Small House & Culture Change DESIGN

• Here Comes the Sun DESIGN

• Mitigating Risk, Maximizing Return: Strategies for Successful Facilities DESIGN

• A New Approach to Mold Remediation Utilizing Chlorine Dioxide Gas DESIGN

• An Integrative Design Approach for Integrative Medicine DESIGN

• �A Journey on the Gurney�: Designing the Patient Experience DESIGN

• An Uncertain Future: Emergency Services with a Decreased Capital Budget DESIGN

• A New, Fresh Look At the Inpatient Room: More Than Just a Place To Sleep DESIGN

• Moving from ICRA to PCRA and Beyond DESIGN

• Out of Space & Money? Creative Tools to Solve Your Facility Expansion Needs DESIGN

• The Use of Technology to Create the Optimum Patient Environment DESIGN

• Floor Vibration Considerations for Healthcare Design DESIGN

• Designing for a New Care Paradigm - A Concierge Emergency Medicine Facility DESIGN

• Comprehensive Medical Technology Planning - Bridging the Design Gap DESIGN

• Wellness Centers as Community Partnerships DESIGN

• Collaborative Performance-Based Planning Design & Construction Process DESIGN

• Trains, Plans and Intangibles DESIGN

• Brain & Spine Institute: Designing for Diverse Specialist Collaboration DESIGN

• 10 Healthcare Design Innovations that Have Failed in Hospitals DESIGN

• The Importance of First Impressions: Closing the "Say-Do" Gap DESIGN

• Benchmarking Healthcare Facility Project Performance DESIGN

• Firestopping in Existing Healthcare Facilities DESIGN

• Acoustic Design Case Study: Yale University Health Services Center DESIGN

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

Creating the World�s Tallest Children�s Hospital

Chicago, the host City for the Healthcare Facilities Symposium, is also the site of the newest and tallest children�s hospital project in the world. 22 stories, 1.25 million square feet, built on a 1.8 acre site, create unique challenges and opportunities.
Learn of the experiences and lesson�s learned from the CEO, COO and project executive. Specifics will include: the challenges of site selection, developing an exterior design that resonates with all constituencies, the development of a major capital campaign that resulted in the largest single gift to a children�s hospital and the value of transition planning at the start of a project.

• Chicago Healthcare Facilities LEEDing the Way DESIGN

• How to Implement and Sustain a Wayfinding Program DESIGN

• Prove It: Evidence-Based Design Criteria for Healthcare Design

• Leading the Incredible Journey from Vision to Occupancy DESIGN

• St. Vincent�s University Hospital Redevelopment - Inception to Completion DESIGN

• RxDesign (Prescriptive Design) Post Occupancy Evaluations of ICU Designs DESIGN

• Case Study: Designing a Critical Care Tower using Simulation DESIGN

• Cardiac Diagnostic and Interventional Unit, Sick Kids, Toronto DESIGN

• Toward improving Women's Health: New Prentice Women's Hospital DESIGN

• Birds and Butterflies: Organic Hospital Plans that Maximize Efficiency and Caregiver Accessibility DESIGN

• Bringing the Operating Room into the 21st Century: The Optimus ISE DESIGN

• Going, Going, Gone Green: Dell Children�s Medical Center of Central Texas DESIGN

• Patient-Centered From Inside Out: Setting New Standards in One Community DESIGN

• Healthcare's Lighting Evolution DESIGN

• CASE STUDY: Loyola University Health System � The Collaborative Development of a Major Academic Medical Center Expansion DESIGN

• Effect of Art on Pediatric Patients� Perceived Stress and Anxiety DESIGN

• Delivery of Seamless Healthcare through Collaboration and Design DESIGN

• Using 3D and 4D Technology to Deliver Successful Healthcare Projects DESIGN

• The Flexible Hospital: Planning and Design with Modularity DESIGN

• Building Sustainable Healthcare On Time with BIM and STEEL! DESIGN

• A New Paradigm in New Facility Activation: No Major Issues! DESIGN

• �Infant versus Parent� � Exploring the Paradigm of NICU Single Room Design DESIGN

• Successful Implementing of Valet Parking & Shuttles in a Hospital Campus GUEST

• Facilities Capital Management: Joint Commission Readiness & Beyond OPS

• Design-Led, Design-Build "A Better Way To Build" RCA Cardiology Clinic DESIGN

• What Does It REALLY Cost: Budgeting and Estimating DESIGN

• Care, Treatment and Design for an Increasing Bariatric Patient Population DESIGN

• Developing Ambulatory Care Alternatives-Knowing your Market DESIGN

• New Forces Driving the Explosion of Behavioral Healthcare Construction DESIGN

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

The Future of Healthcare in America: A Convergence of Undeniable Trends

�How will this year�s Presidential Election impact the future of healthcare?
�Just how does America�s Healthcare compare to the rest of the World?
�Why is our infant mortality rate an embarrassment to every American?
�Do you know why most hospitals will never make money in OB?
�How much will aging baby boomers increase hospital admissions?
�What is the real impact of the uninsured on America�s hospitals and healthcare costs?
�Which new healthcare roles will fill the gap from nursing and physician shortages?
�Why will reimbursement and hospital margins remain under pressure over the next five years?
Healthcare providers lament that no one has any idea where healthcare is going over the next five to ten years. But there are answers! The future of healthcare has been framed by mega-trends, solidifying direction and limiting potential outcomes. Marc Sauv� uncovers the facts about the looming healthcare crisis in America and provides guidelines for surviving the next 5-10 years.