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Neighborhood watch
New events take a close look at healthcare design
issues and projects in your own backyard
By Kristin D. Zeit
We can take a broad view of our industry, analyzing the political climate
and cataloging trends and shifting consumer attitudes. And we can
take a micro view, delving deep into very specific projects or the mind of
one architect or facility planner or engineer. As we at Healthcare Design
put together articles and conference sessions, we aim to do both, in
order to cover as much ground as possible so our audience gets the full
picture.
Considering regional issues adds another layer of perspective, and
it's an approach we're embracing in 2014. Last year, we held our first
Healthcare Design Academy in Dallas, calling upon high-level speakers
and facilities in and around Texas for a day and a half of peer-to-peer
education. All the sessions had a communal quality, with a more conversational, casual, back-and-forth quality than you typically might see. We
toured the massive Parkland Hospital facility under construction, where
the design team answered countless questions and we all snapped
photos every few feet.
It went so well that this August we're heading back to Dallas-around
the time that Parkland's construction will be nearing completion. And
we've added two more regional events to the calendar so that other
areas of the country can experience the Academy's unique vibe in their
own backyards.
The first one is coming up soon: From Feb. 27-March 1, healthcare
design professionals in the Washington, D.C., area will convene at the
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in North Bethesda, Md. Speakers from the Department of Defense, NXT Health, and
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, among others, will share
insight into the Affordable Care Act's effect on new projects, details of
LEED v4, and an inside look at recent military projects.
Next, the Academy will hit Portland, Ore., June 19-20, followed by the
return to Dallas August 7-8. We're still working out the details for these
later events; keep an eye on HCDmagazine.com/hcd-academy as the
year progresses (you can register there, as well). Do you work in one of
these regions? Let us know what facilities and issues you want
to learn more about, and we'll see what we can do. We hope to
see you there. HCD

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EDITORIAL BOARD
Sheila F. Cahnman AECOM, Chicago
Hamilton Espinosa DPR Construction, Phoenix
Thomas Gormley URS Corp., New York
Walter B. Jones Parkland, Dallas
Jain Malkin healthcare designer, La Jolla, Calif.
Andrew S. Quirk Skanska USA Building, Nashville
Kim E. Shinn TLC Engineering, Brentwood, Tenn.
Joseph G. Sprague HKS Inc., Dallas
Roger S. Ulrich Chalmers University of Technology,
Sweden; and Aalborg University, Denmark

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