Designing a Sustainable Hospital of the Future

Sustainability in healthcare design typically revolves around optimizing traditional buildings within established health systems. But what if we embraced a broader perspective, considering sustainability at the system level? Imagine if we redesigned service delivery and infrastructure to not only combat climate change but also to improve community health outcomes. Could such innovations also address the industry's financial, staffing, and equity challenges?

Join a diverse team as they present a thought-provoking proposal: an integrated ecosystem that reimagines the distribution of healthcare, social services, and community support. Their vision aims to conserve valuable resources—both financial and environmental—while simultaneously enriching the human experiences, advancing health equity, and leveraging cutting-edge advancements in science and technology. This session will explore:
· The importance of environmental health in improving social determinates of health.
· Cooperative competition fostering alliances that combine resources for mutual gain.
· Mass timber in hospital construction.

The session will review the ecosystem’s components and impacts, which includes a redistribution of care into the home, community health hubs, advanced ambulatory care centers, and a critical-care community hospital, followed by a deep dive into the carbon-neutral design strategies for the community hospital of the future.

Approximately 1 hour. Delivered via webinar or face-to-face presentation. Available sessions shown below.

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