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ED ITO RIAL
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Hank Adams HDR
CHANGE AGENT
Healthcare projects off er an opportunity to assess
how they can deliver wellness to a community, even
outside a building's walls By Jennifer Kovacs Silvis
IT WAS AT least 10 years ago that I heard Abbie
Clary, now of CannonDesign and then of HDR,
share the results of research conducted in an
economically and medically challenged Chicago
neighborhood. Specifically, she discussed how
residents there viewed and even defi ned healthcare,
and it definitely wasn't what I expected at
the time. The results covered issues like childcare,
public transit, jobs, green space, etc.
That session forever shifted my perspective on
what healthcare-or any given hospital or health
system-can contribute to a community to positively infl uence its health
and well-being. The idea of the answer not being medicine was provocative
at the time; now, it's broadly accepted. The embrace of population health
has moved the needle on how healthcare campuses might be planned and
the types of programming they could support to help achieve wellness.
Visioning is the easy part, though. Delivering projects that accomplish
such goals is another story. Even great ideas might not survive budget cuts.
So it's been a pleasure to watch what The MetroHealth System has been
able to achieve in Cleveland, particularly as its new Glick Center replacement
hospital opens as a key piece to a $1 billion plan to revitalize both the
campus and community. You can read much more about that on page 18 in
our cover story.
But for this conversation, I'll point out a few pieces of the plan that
weren't really about the building at all. Over these past several years, MetroHealth's
project has served as a catalyst to breathe new life into a neighborhood
that sorely needed a fresh start. Efforts include more public
transit stops on campus, on-site aff ordable housing, a high school within
hospital walls, and a plan to introduce 25 acres of green space when completed
next year.
Even construction of the hospital was completed with an eye on community
needs. Turner Construction's Chuck Kostrab shared with me the
team's diversity and inclusion plan that resulted in 50 percent of trade
workers hired from the county, with 8 percent of trade workers coming
from the local Hispanic community (surpassing a goal of 5 percent). There
was a Latino construction program that was launched and saw more than
200 participants graduate to pursue careers in the building trades, and
more than 120 fi rst-time apprentices were employed.
I admit the word " transformative " is used a lot on that project, but I can't
think of a better one. Every one of those examples is going to change the
community MetroHealth serves and how residents interact with the organization
and achieve their own health and wellness.
It's time to turn ideas into reality, and this is one project that I'm certain
will inspire some of your own. 
Wayne Barger SMITHGROUP
Carolyn BaRoss PERKINS&WILL
Sam Burnette EARL SWENSSON ASSOCIATES
Sheila F. Cahnman JUMPGARDEN CONSULTING LLC
Thomas W. Chessum CO ARCHITECTS
James Crispino GENSLER
Christine Hester Devens AECOM
Mary Frazier EWINGCOLE
Jocelyn Lum Frederick HC TANGRAM DESIGN
Catherine L. Gow FRANCIS CAUFFMAN
Natalie Miovski Hagerty
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
Suzen L. Heeley
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
Scott Holmes BWBR
Walter Jones METROHEALTH SYSTEM
Randy Keiser TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO.
Julie Kent TRINITY HEALTH
Eric Koffl er NBBJ
Tiana Lemons ORCUTT/WINSLOW
Michael Lied GBBN ARCHITECTS
Mike McKay UW HEALTH
Solvei Neiger ZGF
Kurt Neubek PAGE
Don Orndoff KAISER PERMANENTE
Diane R.K. Osan CANNONDESIGN
Chris Powers BURNS & MCDONNELL
Scott Rawlings HOK
William D. Repichowskyj E4H ARCHITECTURE
Betsy Sanchez HCA HEALTHCARE
Kim Shinn TLC ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS
Janet H. Sisolak UT MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
Kurt Spiering FLAD ARCHITECTS
Steve Stokes GRESHAM SMITH
Jeff rey C. Stouff er HKS INC.
Jocelyn Stroupe CANNONDESIGN
Melanie Taylor BOLDT
Joshua A. Theodore LEO A DALY
Anthony Treu SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL
Travis Tyson CLEVELAND CLINIC
Gary L. Vance VANCE CONSULTING
Roderic Walton MOODY NOLAN
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