PART 1

On Part 1 of today’s episode, Cheryl interviews Michael Lied, Principal & Director of Healthcare at GBBN. Cheryl and Michael had an honest and meaningful conversation about the challenges in healthcare today and what designers and architects in the industry can do to innovate. Cheryl asks Michael the question, “It’s been a long year and a half since COVID first came on the scene in this country. What have been some of the most profound changes in GBBN’s work of designing healthcare facilities that you have seen?”  Michael shares, “One of the biggest changes has been the impact to our healthcare workforce and our care providers. Seeing that 25% of our care providers, in a recent survey, are considering leaving the profession is really tough.” This, and so much more on the changing face of healthcare design and architecture post COVID with Michael Lied, Principal & Director of Healthcare at GBBN, on today’s episode.

Learn more about Michael Lied and GBBN by visiting https://www.gbbn.com/.

In Cheryl’s conversation with Michael Lied, they discuss:

• It’s been a long year and a half since COVID first came on the scene in this country. What have been some of the most profound changes at GBBN that Michael has seen?
• Why are 25% of our care providers considering leaving the profession and what can the healthcare design community do about it?
• What is one of the silver linings of the pandemic?
• Why has healthcare been way behind at innovating from its own industry and how can this change?
• Why is this an exciting time in healthcare?
• How can the healthcare design community help manage burnout among caregivers?
• Is there a new product typology in healthcare?
• How can architecture respond to patients and their family’s arrival to the hospital and their navigation throughout the building to help reduce stress and anxiety?
• Learn more about GBBN’s project, Novak Center, a pediatric center in Louisville, Kentucky that brings together the entrypoint and exit, and celebrates children.
• What does Michael mean when he says “It is time to stop copying other industries and it is time to start pulling our resources together and understanding the uniqueness of healthcare and how environments should operate?”
• Why is a waiting room always the same across the country and not purpose built? Why is it not designed for the demographic of the area? And, what barriers is this creating?
• How can stairs be built so more people will choose them over an elevator?
• How did Michael get into healthcare?
• What will hospitals look like in 30 years?

The world is changing quickly. The Center for Health Design is committed to providing the healthcare design and senior living design industries with the latest research, best practices and innovations. The Center can help you solve today’s biggest healthcare challenges and make a difference in care, safety, medical outcomes, and the bottom line.  Find out more at healthdesign.org.

Additional support for this podcast comes from our industry partners:

• The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers
• The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design

Learn more about how to become a Certified Healthcare Interior Designer®  by visiting the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers at: https://aahid.org/.

Connect to a community interested in supporting clinician involvement in design and construction of the built environment by visiting The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design at https://www.nursingihd.com/

Thank you for listening to today’s episode of Healthcare Interior Design 2.0. If you enjoyed any part of Cheryl’s conversation today with Michael Lied, LEED AP Principal & Director of Healthcare at GBBN, please help our podcast grow by spreading the good word on social media and with your online community. Stay safe and be well. For the full roster of shows, visit: http://healthcareidpodcast.com.

On part 2 of today’s episode, Cheryl interviews Angela Mazzi, FAIA, FACHA, EDAC and Principal at GBBN. Cheryl asks Angela the question, “What is Salutogenesis and how does it apply to healthcare?”  Angela answers, “This is a term coined by medical sociologist Aaron Antonovsky. It has latin roots–saluto meaning health and genesis meaning generating. We’re all familiar with pathogenetic or disease causing, and this sort of the opposite. What Aaron Antonovsky had noticed was that the resources people had to cope in an environment affected their outcomes. Essentially the amount of stressors in their environment and the way that they could deal with things could make a difference whether they had better healing or less beneficial healing.” Learn more about how Angela and her team at GBBN apply salutogenesis and the positive outcomes that result. This and so much more on the changing face of healthcare design on today’s episode of the podcast with Angela Mazzi.

Learn more about Angela Mazzi and GBBN by visiting https://www.gbbn.com/.

RESOURCES referenced in this episode:

1. High Volume ED paper: https://healtharchitects.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/High-Volume-ED-Final.pdf
2. HERD Journal Article on Salutogenesis : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1937586720967347
3. GBBN Salutogenesis insight : https://www.gbbn.com/insights/have-you-herd-angela-mazzi-published-in-health-environments-research-design-journal/
4. Angela talks about the importance of a variety of milieu in this article in Healthcare Design Magazine: https://healthcaredesignmagazine.com/trends/architecture/answering-call-behavioral-healthcare-pediatric-facilities/?hilite=%27Angela%27%2C%27Mazzi%27#
5. GBBN Milieu Insight: https://www.gbbn.com/insights/milieu-creating-restorative-environments-in-behavioral-health/

In Cheryl’s conversation with Angela Mazzi, they discuss:

• In November, 2020, The American College of Healthcare Architects elected Angela as their president of the Board of Regents. What does this new position mean for Angela and her career to assume this new role?
• Angela co-authored the white paper, “High Volume Healthcare as a Livable Environment: Strategies from the ED” and in it she shares evidence-based strategies to improve the patient experience of high volume chaotic ED’s by promoting flow, quality of care, safety and security. Hear Angela unpack this with Cheryl.
• How have things changed in the ED post COVID?
• What is Salutogenesis and how does it apply to healthcare?
• How does Angela apply the ancient art and science of Feng Shui to her healthcare projects?
• What are Angela’s current projects at GBBN?
• How did Angela arrive at Healthcare?
• Angela hosts a weekly show on Clubhouse on Monday mornings called, “Architects as Healers, Building as Medicine” at 9am EST, and “Critical Conversations” on Sundays at 2pm EST. Angela talks in more detail about these shows.
• In Angela’s opinion, what will hospitals look like in 20 to 30 years?
• For interior design, architecture and feng shui students who might be interested in moving into healthcare as a specialization, but are a bit afraid of it, Angela has some interesting advice for you.

The world is changing quickly. The Center for Health Design is committed to providing the healthcare design and senior living design industries with the latest research, best practices and innovations. The Center can help you solve today’s biggest healthcare challenges and make a difference in care, safety, medical outcomes, and the bottom line.  Find out more at healthdesign.org.

Additional support for this podcast comes from our industry partners:

• The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers
• The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design

Learn more about how to become a Certified Healthcare Interior Designer®  by visiting the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers at: https://aahid.org/.

Connect to a community interested in supporting clinician involvement in design and construction of the built environment by visiting The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design at https://www.nursingihd.com/.