Gensler Design Exchange

When strategic healthcare planning and design thinking intersect, healthcare organizations are setting the framework for success in community caregiving, according to Tim Chafin, Chief Strategy Officer at Legacy New Ventures Consulting. Ultimately, the ability to execute on an organization's long-term strategic vision comes down to fundamental issues related to organizational culture, and provider...

"Sick care" refers to the emphasis that health care has traditionally focused on treating symptoms and illnesses instead of promoting whole patient care, including preventative care and expanding access to health care for at-risk patients. Paula Widerlite, Chief Strategy Officer at the Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC), is today's guest on the Gensler Design Exchange, and she talks with Gensler F...

In the latest episode of the Gensler Design Exchange, Tama Duffy Day, Gensler's Firmwide Health & Wellness Practice Area Leader, talks to Dr. Mark Rowe, an Irish physician, educator, thought-leader, and author of "A Prescription for Happiness." Mark's three pillars for effective health care center around designing safer, quality experiences for patients, creating generative spaces where people can...

In the latest episode of the Gensler Design Exchange, Tama Duffy Day invites Franziska Moeckel, an Assistant Vice President at the Inova Center for Personalized Health in Falls Church, Virginia, into the studio to talk about the future of the health care industry. The two talk about Inova's forward-thinking philosophy on service delivery and proactive patient-care, including Franziska's specialize...

In this second episode of the Gensler Design Exchange, Tama Duffy Day, Gensler's Firmwide Health & Wellness Practice Area Leader, speaks to Unity Health Care Chief of Staff, Michael Crawford, about setting new standards for comprehensive health care, patient-centered design and community wellbeing. Unity uses a different model than many traditional health systems, with the majority of its 25 "one-...

For the Gensler Design Exchange podcast's inaugural episode, Tama Duffy Day (Gensler's Firmwide Health & Wellness Practice Area Leader) interviews Lehigh Valley Health Network's (LVHN) Director of Planning and Interiors, Jennifer Fink, and explores how great design is impacting today's healthcare industry. Tama and Jennifer discuss LHVN's approach to issues like community health and land acquisiti...