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Rethinking the Design of our Healthcare Facilities in Light of COVID-19

• • Dr. Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, AGSF, Director of Geriatrics Sinai Health System and the University Health Network, Director of Health Policy Research, National Institute on Ageing at Ryerson University

Dr. Sinha will review the COVID-19 data in LTC across Canada and share design considerations to improve safety and wellness.

Emergency Response in LTC

• • Dr. Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, AGSF, Director of Geriatrics Sinai Health System and the University Health Network, Director of Health Policy Research, National Institute on Ageing at Ryerson University

Highlights of evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes for older adults in long-term care and community settings, including key design and care considerations during emergencies (e.g., environmental incidents, outbreaks).

LTC Panel – Where do we go from here?

• • Ed Applebaum, Director and Principal, Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc.,
  • Matt Galvin, Partner, G Architects, ON,
  • Mandy Deeves, IPAC Specialist, Public Health Ontario
  • Susan Griffin Thomas, Interim Director, Long Term Care, Health Services, Regional Municipality of Peel, ON
  • Dr. Paula Rochon, Senior Scientist Research, Women’s College Hospital
  • Dan Levitt, Executive Director, Tabor Village, BC

Lessons learned from COVID-19 emphasize the need to go beyond standard design guidelines by creating environments that both reduce infection risks and maintain a home-like setting. This approach supports a shift toward a new paradigm of care focused on improving resident outcomes while balancing safety, comfort, and quality of life.

LTC Interiors & Renos

• • Lucinda Harp, Lucinda Harp Design, ON
  • Mary Chernoff, In-House Design BC
  • Meghan McBride, Vice President, Strategic Accounts – Healthcare, Education & Government, Tarkett, ON

Interior designers draw on their experience in seniors and healthcare settings to present current solutions for creating safer environments for vulnerable populations. They share perspectives on improving living environments in seniors’ facilities, informed by stringent hospital standards, design guidelines, and current product innovations.

Isolation Room Panel

• Sandra Dunford, Infection Prevention and Control Consultant for the Cowichan District Hospital Replace, Vancouver Island, BC
• Craig Doerksen, Divisional Director, Facility Management, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MAN
• Scott Patterson, Senior Director, Facilities Planning and Development, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON
• Robin Snell, Principal, Parkin  Architects Limited, ON
• Nick Stark, Vice-President Knowledge Management, H.H. Angus & Associates Limited Consulting Engineers, ON
• Jessica Fullerton, Infection Prevention and Control, The Ottawa Hospital, ON
• Gordon Burrill, President Teegor Consulting & CCHF Board of Director’s President, NB
• Moderator: Rita Mezei, Founding Director and Executive Director, CCHF

As a  follow-up to the March session on Isolation Room Design CCHF is bringing together a multi-disciplinary panel to share their insights and answer your questions, in this very special 1.15 minute session. The panel will share their experiences and will take questions from the audience to answer some issues particularly brought to light during this pandemic related to design, architecture, auditing of current rooms, maintenance and operations applicable standards considerations. Please bring your details questions to share as we want to hear about your concerns and issues.

COVID Response and Key learnings in Facilities Real Time

• • Mary Flesher, BSN, RD, MA, PMP, Director, Clinical Planning and Capital Projects, Burnaby Hospital Redevelopment, BC

  • Tom Alston, Senior Project Director, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Hospital Project Lead AB

  • Lori Marshall, CEO, Chatham Kent Health Alliance, ON

  • Michael Keen, Vice-President, Planning & Facilities, Chief Planning Officer at Unity Health Toronto, ON

  • Pierre Marc Legris, Director, Technical Services, McGill Health University Health Centre, QC

  • Debbie Walsh, Vice President, Clinical Services, Eastern Health, NFLD

  • Paul E. Frank, Senior Healthcare Architect, Nova Scotia Lands, Cape Breton Redevelopment Project NS

  • Moderator, Gordon Burrill, President Teegor Consulting & CCHF Board of Director’s President, NB

Using Simulation to Optimize Return on Investment for Quality and Patient Safety

• • Jonas Shultz, MSc EDAC. Human Factors Specialist, HQCA -and- Adjunct Lecturer, Anesthesia, University of Calgary

Learn about recently released, award winning strategy from the Health Quality Council of Alberta which make recommendations to optimize ROI when evaluating healthcare facility designs for quality and patient safety. Specifically, the guidelines describe how to choose between simple, detailed, and virtual reality mock-ups for a simulation-based mock-up evaluation. These guidelines can help decision makers determine the costs for projects that best meet their needs.

Aspects of these human factors guidelines will be included in a document being developed by the World Health Organization on Patient Safety.

LTC Design Guidelines in BC and Alberta – Changes resulting COVID and Design Progress

• • Ralph Hubele, Senior Manager of Health and Housing Initiatives, Continuing Care Capital Programs, Health Facilities Planning Branch, with Alberta Health
  • Keith McBain, Executive Director – Long Term Care, Residential Care &Seniors, Coastal / Lions Gate Hospital Redevelopment at Vancouver Coastal Health, BC
  • Jo-Ann Tait, MScN, BHSc, RPN – Executive Director, Regional Long Term Care, Assisted Living and Supported Housing, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)

Cross Country COVID Facilities Leaders Conversation

Climate Change Symposiums: Getting to Net Zero

• • Richard Darch, CEO, Archus, UK
  • Doug Webber, Principal, Purpose Building, ON
  • Ryan Galloway, Energy Manager, Provincial Health Services Authority – BC
  • Sonja Janousek, Environmental Sustainability Manager, Facilities Management, Vancouver Coastal Health
  • Kurt Monteiro, Principal, Smith + Andersen
  • Lyle Scott, Managing Partner, Footprint
  • Robin Snell, Director, Parkin Architects Limited (Moderator)

Strategies for Decarbonizing Healthcare – September 2022

• • Infrastructure Ontario’s Project review for sustainable options and progress (40 min)

    Alice Dixon, MSc. Planning and Environment, Energy Specialist, Environmental Management, Infrastructure Ontario
    David Steiner, OAA, Director, Healthcare Portfolio – Project Delivery, Infrastructure Ontario
    Alice and David will share how IO is progressing to incorporate sustainability in projects through the delivery process.

• • Design of Swedish Health, Washington, for New and Retrofit Facilities to drive to zero carbon by 2030 (40 min)
    
    Marie Henson, EDAC, LEAN Black Belt, LEED AP ID+C, Associate Principal, Perkin&Will, Seattle
    Brad Hinthorne, AIA, Principal, Perkins&Will, Seattle
    Diego Mandelbaum, Vice President, Development, Creative Energy, Toronto
    Swedish Health is modernizing every building system and implementing a district energy strategy to meet strategic, operational and clinical goals, creating the first carbon negative healthcare campus in the US by 2030. Learn from representatives of key groups involved in delivering on the project the key goals and targets being met.
  • Retrofits to decarbonize and meet your facilities budget for the biggest impact (40 min)

    Mike Durtnall, MSc., Senior Project Manager, Associate, ARUP, United Kingdom
    Tom Randall, MEng(Hons) MSc MProf CEng FCIBSE CIWFM CMVP , Associate Director, Building Performance, ARUP, United Kingdom
    Katie Wood, Director, ARUP, Peru
    Case studies in the context of existing healthcare estates for building envelopes and building services efficiency and controls, in the UK will help to illuminate practical advice to the health sector in the short, medium and longer term.

• • The Design and Operations of the First Passive House Hospital Neubau Klinikum Frankfurt Höchst (40 min)

    Bjoern Bischoff, Managing Partner, wörner traxler richter, Germany
    Michael Mertens, Consultant – Construction Project, Fankfurt Hoechst
    When it comes to implementing the Passive House concept, a few special aspects of hospitals must be taken into consideration, including areas with sensitive hygiene requirements, elevated comfort requirements for recovering patients and the elderly, the wide range of various energy applications, and processes that give off great amounts of waste heat within the given area. Completed in June 2022, Bjorn and leader builder, Michael will share how the passive house hospital in Frankfurt design challenges were met in addition to operations and costs.

    Michael will discuss the structural condition of the existing building, the difficult thermal simulation for planning and the information required from the users, as well as the challenges for operation (complexity of the installations, training of the operating team, etc.). Rounded off with the expectations for comfort and energy costs for the operator.

    Panel – Rapid fire Q&A (20 min)
    Selected Presenters hosted by Robin Snell, Director, Parkin Architects Limited