Intelligent lighting is now quickly becoming a versatile design component in healthcare facilities, capable to transform several clinical programs and connected built environments. Innovations in lighting design and technology unlock many benefits for building operations, faculty, and the daily customers that experience the value of smart healthcare facilities.

Listen to Abby Lipperman, PE, LEED AP, Manager of Engineering Infrastructure at Children's Health in Texas, and Todd Herrmann, PE, Principal and Electrical Engineer at Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (SSR) in Texas. 

• LinkedIn | Abby Lipperman 
• LinkedIn | Todd Hermann 
• LinkedIn | Children’s Health 
• Acuity Brands Lighting | Atrius

Without having a crystal ball to disclose what’s coming, how do design professionals address the future demands of built environments? Well, to learn more on this question, we were happy to sit down with Mark Bryan & Jonathan Wilch of M+A Architects to hear how they address these design challenges.   

Mark is the Director of Innovation + Research, a Sr. Interior Designer, Certified Futurist, and foresight practice leader.  Jonathan is the Director of the Healthcare and Higher Education studio as well as the Healthcare Practice Leader at M+A Architects. 

Mark and Jonathan describe the roles of a foresight practitioner or futurist and how they apply this technology to the design and construction of a variety of built environments. They highlight a recent project application with The Ohio State University School of Nursing and the correlating signals & drivers to frame respite rooms for clinical staff, designing for experiences, and what the future of architecture might look like in the years ahead. 

• LinkedIn | Mark Bryan 
• LinkedIn | Jonathan Wilch 
• M+A Architects | People – Jonathan Wilch 
• M+A Architects | People – Mark Bryan 
• Institute for the Future 
• M+A Architects  

Opened to serve the greater Philadelphia area just a few months ago, the state-of-the-art  Pavilion at The University of Pennsylvania Medicine  is one of the largest hospital projects in the US in recent years .

In this episode of Tech Vitals, Zac and Debbie chat with Sean Sarles and Kate Desanto-Newcomb, two of the first nurses involved with this mega project. Over the seven-year journey, Sean and Kate steered and guided the transformational vision for this innovative facility. Now – we have the pleasure of talking with them full circle – to see how the project matured and how the initial vision became a reality.

 An MSN Registered Nurse, Sean Sarles is the Associate Director of Clinical Technology at Penn Medicine.  Also, an MSN Registered Nurse, Kate Desanto-Newcomb was the Clinical Liaison lead on the Pavilion project. 
 
Penn Medicine News | The Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Related content: The Right Path The IPD team for Penn Medicine's new Pavilion used an immersive process to identify a design that would best support the 1.5 million-square-foot hospital's program. https://www.nxtbook.com/emerald/healthcaredesign/202203/index.php?utm_source=email&utm_medium=mc&utm_campaign=225543#/p/20

We are excited to share part 2 of our Tech Vitals podcast on how SCRUM applies to the AEC community. Felipe Engineer-Manriquez continues the conversation discussing  the application of SCRUM, LEAN, and OODA Loop to improve teamwork. 

Co-host Zac Hillyard was so inspired after our last episode that he committed to becoming SCRUM certified. He has since taken Felipe’s SCRUM course and is now SCRUM Certified. Zac now sees everything through this lens.

If you haven't already, be sure to give part 1 a listen! Felipe Engineer-Manriquez is a recognized LEAN and SCRUM champion. Felipe leads the Lean Construction program as the National Director at McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.  

Have you heard the terms LEAN or SCRUM and question just how they correlate to the AEC industry? Today’s Tech Vitals guest is a recognized LEAN & SCRUM champion Felipe Engineer-Manriquez. 
 
Felipe is a Registered Scrum Trainer™ (RST), Registered Scrum Master™ (RSM), Registered Product Owner™ (RPO), and Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner™ (RS@SP). The Lean Construction Institute awarded him the Chairman’s Award for his contributions to the industry. He is an author, international keynote speaker, business leader, podcast host, and proven entrepreneur in the construction industry. Felipe has been involved in million to billion dollar-sized projects across the world implementing Lean and Agile practices. 

He is also pioneering the use of Scrum in design and construction. He teaches people how to be better at what they do through blogging, coaching, live streaming, and via his NEW BOOK, Construction Scrum.  Felipe leads the Lean Construction program as the National Director at McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. 

In this episode of Tech Vitals, Debbie and Zac sit down with Gabe Paez, founder and CEO of The Wild. The Wild is an immersive collaborative platform for designers, engineers, and everyone in the AEC lifecycle, offering effective collaboration on projects at one-to-one scale.

Listen as Gabe, Debbie, and Zac discuss Gabe's background and path to founding The Wild, the impact of immersive technology on design, and the value of a digital twin.

The Wild
What Do You Do With an Idea?

In this episode of Tech Vitals, Debbie and Zac sit down with Whende Carroll, founder of Nurse Evolution.  Nurse Evolution is an 'information hub' for nursing informaticists established to further the nursing specialty and learn more broadly about topics such as health tech, data analytics, and most certainly new technologies and innovation. With Nurse Evolution, Wende strives to help nurses evolve their nursing practice through advanced knowledge in emerging healthcare technologies, advanced data analytics, and innovation to improve patient safety and quality outcomes, lower costs, and enhance the patient and nurse experience. 

Listen as Whende, Debbie, and Zac discuss their perspective on the evolution of technology related to nursing care delivery and practice. They also dive into the nurse's role as a catalyst in technology development and innovation.

In addition to her role with Nurse Evolution, Whende is a is a Nurse Informatics Specialist, Nurse Technologist,  and currently the Director of Clinical Optimization at Contigo Health. She is a senior editor with the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics and has recently written an award-winning textbook entitled, Emerging Technologies for Nurses, Implications for Practice. 

Nurse Evolution

Emerging Technologies for Nurses, Implications for Practice

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/nurse-evolution/about/ 

In this episode of Tech Vitals, Zac and Debbie explore the New Compass of Healthcare -  Patient Experience Design.  To help us understand how the industry is pushing the boundaries of the patient experience, Zac and Debbie are joined by a panel of three guests, all of whom are innovators and designers in this field: 

Matt Kelly is a Business Designer and Partner at DoTank, a human centered design consultancy based in Chicago, IL. 

Terrell Smith is a registered Nurse and the Senior Director of Patient & Family Engagement for Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s clinical enterprise located in Nashville, TN. 

Terri Zborowsky is a PhD of Interior Design, registered Nurse, adjunct professor, and Design Researcher at HGA Architects & Engineers out of the St. Paul, MN. 

Enjoy the wonderful conversation on designing success around The New Compass: Patience Experience.