ASHE’s 2024 International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction, or PDC Summit, will feature significantly expanded content offerings. The summit takes place March 17-20 in San Diego, California. For more details or full session programming information, visit ashe.org/education/pdc-summit.
New this year, and presented by The Center for Health Design, is topic category: Research, Design and Outcomes. The new category will also include a session from the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers.
Research, Design and Outcomes Sessions include:
Sessions by The Center for Health Design
- Evidence-Based Design Fundamentals – Using Research to Maximize Outcomes
- How Design Standards Drive Innovation, Reduce Costs and Future-Proof Project Plans
- Everybody Hurts Sometime: How Trauma-Informed Design Can Ease Past Pains
- Men, Women & Exam Room Design: How Differing Perceptions Impact the Patient Experience
- Where’s the Evidence? Lessons in Finding, Evaluating and Using Research to Inform Design Decisions
- ICU Design Strategies that Foster Improved Nursing Staff Teamwork and Patient Care
- Design Research Resources and a Rapid-Fire Review of What’s New
- Step by Step: Creating a Functional Program to Meet FGI Guideline Requirements
- Insights and Innovations in Children’s Hospital Design
- The Building as a Medical Instrument: New Research Connects Building Design with Patient Outcomes
- Actionable Strategies for Overcoming Staff Burnout and Chronic Stress
- The Next Generation of Evidence-based Healthcare Design for Care at the Patient Side
Session by the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers:
- Surface Material Failures: Let’s Talk Pain Points and Solutions