RDG Out & About: Healthcare Design Conference + Expo
RDG’s Will Downing joins a panel at this year’s Healthcare Design Conference to discuss how early collaboration and integrated planning can create more efficient, high-performing outpatient surgery centers.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, October 20: 8:15 - 9:15 a.m.
Location: Room 219, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
Who’s at Your Table, When & Why?
Like the surgical table, the planning table for an outpatient surgery center requires the right people at the right time. Designing for maximum efficiency & safety for the medical specialties involved is critical.
Hear from the architect, owner/operator and medical equipment planning team behind the new Steindler Surgery Center — designed for an optimized experience for both orthopedic surgical patients and providers. Hear how the project team aligned around clinical priorities, with clinical decision-makers and equipment specialists involved from the start. The team anticipated the required mix of procedures, equipment and instrument flow, sterile processing capacity, patient pathways, clean/dirty separation, and the absence of bottlenecks.
As a result, there were no equipment or construction change orders, and the facility opened 8 weeks earlier than anticipated. Speakers will share how their integrated planning from day one through construction, commissioning and occupancy resulted in a right-sized, high-performance surgery center capable of supporting higher throughput, safer operations and a markedly improved experience for patients and staff.
Speakers
Will Downing, AIA, ACHA
Senior Partner, Certified Healthcare Architect
RDG Planning & Design
Kathy Hotz
Director of Ambulatory Surgery Center
Steindler Orthopedic Clinic
Carrie Condry
Senior Medical Equipment Planner
Anchor Planning
Richard Cooley, ST
Project Design Manager
STERIS
Learn more and register for the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo.