Sextant Foundation Presents 4th Clinicians + Designers Workshop

Participate in the definitive assembly of NICU clinicians and healthcare designers to Reimagine the NICU and help inform future fundamental guidelines. This two-part workshop series will be held virtually, from Read More …

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FGI Recognizes Outstanding Leaders with Pioneer Award

The Pioneer Award of the Facility Guidelines Institute honors select individuals and organizations of outstanding character who influence or create the future of health and residential care facility design and construction through their contributions and support of the mission and vision of Read More …

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Telemedicine Issue Brief Now Available

A new issue brief, “Virtual Care: Guidance for Healthcare Settings,” is now available. A result of a long-standing collaboration with the Facility Guidelines Institute and The Center for Health Design, the brief explores the origins and expanding use of telemedicine for virtual care, the Read More …

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Get Ready: Changes are Coming to the 2022 FGI Guidelines

The next edition of the Facility Guidelines Institute’s Guidelines documents will be released in early 2022. Written as minimum standards, the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals; Guidelines for Design and Construction of Outpatient Facilities; and Read More …

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Reimagining Healthcare Design via Design Thinking

We’ve all experienced that “ah-hah” moment when you recognize something could be better, and imagine it being better. For patients and clinicians, it’s often when they are in a hospital care space – the expectant mother in the middle of labor wishing she wasn’t staring at a painfully slow-moving clock on the wall; the Read More …

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Industry Experts Join Facility Guidelines Institute

Isabelle Arnold and Tina Duncan recently joined Facility Guidelines Institute. Arnold, a project architect with Array Architects, has been invited to join FGI’s Biocontainment Unit Task Group. Duncan, AIA, ACHA, CBO, has been appointed to FGI’s board of directors. Read More …

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AORN, Sextant Facilitate ‘Reimagining the OR’ Workshop

The AORN Foundation, in partnership with the Sextant Foundation, will be offering a two-day hands-on workshop experience — “Reimagining the OR” — as a pre-conference program at AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo 2020, located in Anaheim, California. The workshop will be held March 26-27. Read More …

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New Guidance on Patient Handling and Mobility Released by FGI

The Facility Guidelines Institute has released the second edition of the Patient Handling and Mobility Assessments white paper. The first edition white paper was published nearly a decade ago as a complement to the 2010 FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities. Read More …

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FGI Appoints James R. ‘Skip’ Gregory to Board of Directors

James R. “Skip” Gregory, NCARB, has been appointed by the Facility Guidelines Institute to its board of directors. Gregory is president of Health Facility Consulting, LLC, in Tallahassee, Florida, where he specializes in healthcare code consulting and provides training seminars and presentations for healthcare Read More …

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