Designing a Surgery Suite That Protects Your Patients and Your Bottom Line

Surgery suite design is being influenced by factors in healthcare that haven’t even been determined yet, factors like a potential public option, technology, and the growing U.S. population.

With all of the new choices and trends emerging, how can you design your surgery suites to stand up to the unknown demands they will face years down the road without major reinvestment?

How will you protect patient privacy? Plan for emergencies? Encourage smooth staff interaction? Accommodate new technologies? Is bigger always better when it comes to efficiency and ROI? (Not necessarily—anecdotal evidence provides a dizzying array of variables.)

You have questions. Douglas Gordon, Senior Medical Planner and Surgical and Interventional Suites Design Specialist, has surprising answers. In this revealing and accredited healthcare facility training, find out several of the key factors that have had the greatest impact on surgery suite design, including the shift from separate pre-op and PACU units to a merged environment, interventional practices and patient-staff interaction.

Gain the knowledge you need to make informed decisions for your own facility. Join Douglas as he focuses on the challenges of designing for an environment that you know is going to change. Using real-life examples, together you will explore what is driving the changes in modern surgical suite design, as well as the potential future evolution of design.

This accredited surgical suite design training is one of the best ways you can make informed decisions that will get your facility ready for tomorrow—and protect your investment while providing the absolute best care for your patients.

Learning Objectives:

• How does past design still influence current practices in the layout of the overall surgical suite?
• What are the different perspectives on patient privacy and staff interaction during the prep and recovery stages that impact the design of the surgery suite?
• What is the latest in major technology that is being added to the surgical environment? What are the best options for incorporating these technologies?
• How does merging the surgical and interventional suites impact design? What are the implications to patient care?
• How do you evaluate the many different design approaches for merging surgical and interventional suites, from side-by-side approaches to fully integrating suites? Explore your design options, from different rooms for different purposes to a standardized surgical/interventional procedure room.

Presented by:

Douglas Gordon is the Senior Medical Planner and firm-wide specialist in the design of Surgical and Interventional Suites for KMD Architects. Mr. Gordon's current major surgical/interventional suite projects include Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, CA; Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, CA; El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA; and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, CA. His prior major surgical suite projects include The Hospital for Special Surgery and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, as well as the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD.

Who would benefit from this program:

• Facility Managers
• Facility Directors
• Architects
• Designers

Continuing Education:

• This program meets the requirements for CHFM and CHSP Continuing Education Credits.

Product Options:

Audio Conference Formats Explained

• Audio Conference CD Only: $109.00(includes S&H)

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

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