Monday, March 5, 2012
7:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Keynote: The Healing of America: The Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
T. R. Reid, Correspondent and Reporter for NPR and PBS; author of The Healing of America
T.R. Reid has become one of the nation's best-known reporters through his coverage of global affairs for The Washington Post, his commentaries on National Public Radio, and two PBS Frontline documentaries. In this keynote session, Reid will dispel common fears about “socialized medicine” and share evidence from doctors, government officials, health care experts, and patients around the world that supports the finding that foreign health care systems often provide more choice and shorter waiting times than the U.S. system. This session will enable you to:
- Identify the myths behind the term “socialized medicine.”
- Discuss why other industrialized countries have been able to deliver better, more affordable, fairer health care.
- Discuss whether health care is a “human right.”
- Identify ways the United States can apply ideas from international models to provide health care for everyone.
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Hospital and Care Systems of the Future
Maulik Joshi, Senior Vice President of Research, American Hospital Association; Ian Morrison, PhD, Author, Consultant, and Futurist
In the current economic environment, hospitals need to focus on performance initiatives that will remain crucial in the long term. To address this need, the American Hospital Association (AHA) Board Committee on Performance Improvement has studied the role of the “hospital of the future.” Their ground-breaking report, “Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future,” details actionable strategies and core competencies for hospitals to pursue as the health care segment of the economy transforms from a volume-based to a value-based market. This session will enable you to:
- Discuss the 10 must-do strategies each hospital must implement
- Describe the core organizational competencies that will be critical for hospitals to master to survive in the movement to a value-based market.
- Describe the key transitional steps hospitals can take to move from first-curve to second-curve organizations and cultures.
- Explain the second-curve metrics that will be used to measure a hospital’s success in changing its culture.
10:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Exhibit Hall and Gallery of Architecture for Health
Lunch served in exhibit hall
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.
Disaster Readiness: Restoring the Joplin/Mercy Health Care Campus
Moderator: Ken Cates, SASHE, Principal, Northstar Management Panelists: Dottie Bringle, RN, CNO/COO, Joplin/Mercy Hospital; John Farnen, Executive Director-PDC; Kevin Wagner, Regional Manager-PDC; and Bob Norton, Vice President of Facilities from Mercy Health Care System
The Mercy hospital and clinics in Joplin, Missouri, took a direct hit from an F5 tornado on May 22, 2011. Hear the story of this disastrous event and lessons learned from those directly involved during and immediately after the building was rendered uninhabitable. This is the incredible story of how a health system evacuated and subsequently secured its facilities, erected a temporary field hospital and then an interim hospital, and now is planning a replacement facility. This session will enable you to:
- Discuss the lessons Mercy learned about disaster preparedness when it faced the complete destruction of its hospital.
- Describe the major components of a hospital campus stabilization effort, including securing the entire campus and setting temporary hospitals.
- Explain which elements in the process of coordinating the expectations and efforts of local, state, and federal government agencies are most important to support a hospital recovering from a natural disaster.
- Apply the practical lessons learned in Joplin to planning for future disasters at other health care facilities.
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Ergonomics and Health Care Technology
Alan Hedge, PhD, CPE, FHFES, FIEHF, FIEA, AFBPsS, Director, Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory, Cornell University
Our increasing dependence on information technology has changed the manner in which patient care is provided. Discover the link between caregiver comfort and the patient experience and how to leverage that connection. Professor Hedge will explore solutions to the unique ergonomic challenges of incorporating technology into the provision of patient care, including intensive work in digital imaging, use of computers and workstations on wheels (COWs and WOWs), and accessing medical records at nursing stations. This session will enable you to:
- Identify driving factors to be considered when planning and designing technology-intense patient care settings.
- Implement ideas from the examples given to successfully integrate technology into the patient care setting.
- Discuss the ergonomic impact on caregiver health and well-being from increased use of information technology in patient care.
- Apply various evaluation techniques, based on a review of lessons learned, to assess solutions to caregiver comfort.
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Better Project Delivery: A New Approach to Facility Design and Construction
Zachary Zapack, Senior Vice President, Facilities Management Group, and Tim Ledgerwood, AVP-Project Management, from Carolinas HealthCare System; Jeff Fox, Project Manager, Robins & Morton
This presentation will offer a point-counterpoint discussion of an innovative approach to design and construction used on an active project from the owner's perspective with additional insight from the construction project manager. The presenters will identify the strengths and weaknesses of different project delivery methods from a variety of perspectives, review lessons learned from the new project delivery approach used by the Carolinas HealthCare System, and share examples of how building information modeling (BIM) can be optimized to shorten the project schedule and enhance team communications. This session will enable you to:
- Describe ways, as demonstrated in the examples given, to avoid the pitfalls and barriers to success of engaging in integrated project delivery (IPD) as it is commonly practiced.
- Discuss the benefits of combining familiar contracts and relationships with the possibilities offered by incorporating BIM technology into project delivery.
- Define the objectives a project delivery model must meet to be considered successful.
- Apply lessons learned from the examples given to streamline your project schedule and team communications using building information modeling.
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
ACHA Masters Series: The Next Generation of Patient Room
Sheila Cahnman AIA, ACHA, LEED AP, Group Vice President / Regional Leader Healthcare, HOK; Eileen M. Dwyer RN, MS, Director, Office of Transformation, Rush University Medical Center; David Printz, Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Central DuPage Hospital
Looming changes to the structure of health care delivery in the U.S. will significantly affect inpatient care. This masters-level session will present theories on how future trends may change how acute care inpatient rooms are designed. In addition, research results and best practices in patient room design will be presented. Attendee participation will be encouraged. This session will enable you to:
- Discuss research results regarding issues such as Lean operation efficiencies, patient safety, infection prevention, and patient room design.
- Assess potential future changes in technology and systems that will affect the patient room.
- Examine effective inpatient room configuration and size for different acuity levels bridging 23-hour or less stays to the most critical of care.
- Discuss how Accountable Care Organizations, and a decline in inpatient reimbursement, will change the inpatient setting.
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Exhibit Hall and Gallery of Architecture for Health Reception
Demonstrating value through integrated teamwork
