Presentations

Healthcare Architecture: A Moral Imperative

January 31, 2020 / Dochitect / Health Design & Ethics

Presentations

Event: Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics – Seminar Series
Title: Healthcare Architecture: A Moral Imperative
Date: January 31, 2020

There is increasing recognition and understanding of the impact built space has on people.

Healthcare architecture has strongly advocated for patient-centered design, but can the resulting concealment of clinical spaces devalue the role of medical professionals? With a recent paradigm shift towards design quality measurement, has the social responsibility of health architects changed?

Obligations to develop an ethically-based framework to structure design decisions and allocation discussions in healthcare architecture are explored.

Keynote Presentations, Lectures

Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 Podcast

November 11, 2019 / Dochitect / Design for Clinical Staff, Evidence-Based Design, Health Design & Ethics, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Podcast: Healthcare Interior Design 2.0
Date: November 11, 2019

Dochitect is featured on the Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 Podcast!
Listen to @dochitect discuss the idea of what is the moral imperative of the architect to communicate research to clients and discuss potential benefits and harms of design. “Architects are sometimes torn between thinking about the state of healthcare outside of their individual project to a client,” Diana shares. “And I think we often have reservations about measuring design quality.” This and more on the changing face of the healthcare design from a “dochitect’s” perspective.

Click HERE to listen to the full podcast!

Podcasts

Habitats for Healers: Architectural Design for Clinicians

October 28, 2019 / Dochitect / Design for Clinical Staff

Presentations

Event: CENTILE (Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education)
Title: Habitats for Healers: Architectural Design for Clinicians
Location: Georgetown University
Date: October 28, 2019

Evidence-based design has focused on the patient experience, but what is the impact of architecture on those delivering care?

This Plenary presentation by Dr. Anderson focuses on aspects of healthcare architecture which impact the experience of delivering care and clinician well-being. Can space design help address some aspects of the burnout and moral distress experienced by providers of care? What is the role of the clinician in the healthcare architecture process?

Clinicians are increasingly asking to acquire new skill-sets and knowledge in design thinking to develop novel modes of practice and models of care. Dr. Anderson explores how cross-disciplinary collaboration between the architect and the clinician provides a mechanism for positive change in healthcare.

Keynote Presentations

GeriPal Podcast: Architecture and Medicine

October 17, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Podcast: GeriPal Podcast
Title: Architecture and Medicine Podcast with Diana Anderson and Emi Kiyota
Date: October 17, 2019

Dochitect is featured on the Geripal Podcast!

Alex: What do you get when you mix a doctor and an architect?

Eric: An Archidoc?

Alex: No a Dochitect. What do you get when you mix a gerontologist with an architect?

Eric: A gerontolitect?

Alex: No an environmental gerontologist.

Re-designed spaces also have the potential to improve outcomes for older adults and people with serious illness. Further, redesigned spaces can improve quality of life for healthcare providers, and those benefits may be passed on to our patients.

Listen to the podcast with Dochitect Diana Anderson, MD, M. Arch (UCSF geriatrics fellow) and Emi Kiyota, PhD, environmental gerontologist.

Click HERE to listen to the full podcast!

Podcasts

The Journal of Health Design Podcast – Dochitect

September 4, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Podcast: The Journal of Health Design
Title: Diana Anderson: “Dochitect” who combines medicine and architecture
Date: September 4, 2019

Dochitect is featured on The Journal of Health Design Podcast!

The Health Design Podcast · Diana Anderson, “dochitect”, combines medicine and architecture.

Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, is a healthcare architect and a board-certified internist. She completed her medical residency training at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center in the United States. As a “dochitect,” Dr. Anderson combines educational and professional experience in both medicine and architecture. She has worked on hospital design projects globally and is widely published in both architectural and medical journals, books and the popular press. She speaks frequently about the impacts of healthcare design on patient outcomes, staff satisfaction and related topics. She is co-founder of the Clinicians for Design Group, an international network of leaders that seeks to inspire and accelerate the design of environments and systems. Dr. Anderson was recognized for her contributions to the field by the American Institute of Architects’ Academy of Architecture for Health U40 List of Healthcare Design’s Best under 40. As an immediate past Fellow at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, she explores space design and ethics. She is currently a geriatric medicine fellow at the University of California, San Francisco.

“Listen to @dochitect, who says every room in the #healthcare space deserves equal attention, including corridors. #architecture and #medicine work together to create better spaces and #Health outcomes. #PatientExperience #PatientCare#DesignThinking”

Podcasts

The Intersection Between Design & Wellness: Optimizing the Patient-Provider Experience

May 30, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design

Presentations

Event: Bisnow – National Healthcare New England
Title: The Intersection Between Design & Wellness: Optimizing the Patient-Provider Experience
Date: May 30, 2019

The Intersection Between Design & Wellness: Optimizing the Patient-Provider Experience
• Dr. Diana Anderson, Founder, Dochitect, Fellow, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics
• David Grabowski, PhD, Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy | Harvard Medical School
• John Means, Partner, McKinsey & Company
• David Storto, President, Partners Continuing Care & Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
Moderator: Mark Krejchi, Ph.D., Healthcare Industry Manager, Wilsonart

Habitats for Healers: Architectural Design for Clinicians

April 29, 2019 / Dochitect / Design for Clinical Staff, Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Event: Harvard University Graduate School of Design Lecture Series
Title: Habitats for Healers: Architecture Design for Clinicians
Date: April 29 2019

Dochitect was invited to the Harvard’s Graduate School of Design to discuss design for health providers:

Lectures

“There’s No Ramp Here” How do we cross disciplines?

March 30, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Event: Health Equity and Leadership (HEAL) conference, T.H.Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Title: “There’s No Ramp Here” How do we cross disciplines?
Date: March 30, 2019

Dochitect was invited to participate and run a workshop for the annual HEAL event at the Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health!

CLICK HERE for more information about the event!

Conference Presentations

Design Museum Boston – The Architecture of Health

January 25, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Event: Design Museum Boston
Title: The Architecture of Health
Date: January 25, 2019

Design Museum Mornings with Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, healthcare architect, and a board-certified internist.

Can architecture impact health? Increasingly, clinicians are asking not only for the architect’s perspective, but to develop a skill-set and knowledge-base that will allow them to help shape the future of health. Architects aim to engage clinical professionals in research, education, and practice. For some patients, design can succeed where drugs may fail. For clinicians, the built environment can support and improve efficient care delivery. We all have a shared goal in seeking to enhance health outcomes through innovations in the design of healthcare spaces.

Dochitect speaks at the Design Museum Boston Morning event about The Architecture of Health!

Keynote Presentations, Lectures

IHCD: Architectural Form + Clinical Function: A Design Paradigm Follows

October 9, 2018 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Event: Institute for Human Centered Design, Boston
Title: Architectural Form + Clinical Function: A Design Paradigm Follows
Date: October 9, 2018

Dochitect is invited to speak at the Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD) in Boston as part of their HUBweek 2018 open door event!

“A thought-provoking talk. I also loved your sketches.”

“Diana was amazing! So articulate and thoughtful, we are excited to see what you do next!”

“‘Design matters & design can prevent disease’ – Dr. Diana Anderson @dochitect – on #ethics in architecture & design for healthcare – speaking at @IHCDesign for #HUBweek #architecture #designmatters”

Lecture overview: The delivery and design of healthcare today is rapidly changing, and increasingly complex. How are we closing the gap between designer intent and user experience? Increasingly, clinicians are asking not only for the architect’s perspective, but to develop a skill-set and knowledge-base that will allow them to help shape the future of health. Architects aim to engage clinical professionals within research, education and practice. We all have a shared goal in seeking to enhance health outcomes through innovations in the design of healthcare spaces, technologies, care delivery systems and policies. Specialized experts who can offer unique perspectives and hybrid models in problem-solving of complex systems are increasingly seen. Through combined thinking, research-based design has expanded to understand and improve the experience within healthcare spaces.

For some patients, design can succeed where drugs may fail. For clinicians, the built environment can support and improve efficient care delivery. Current trends, ideas and next steps for design to enrich our healthcare interface are presented, including an overview of:

(1) the infrequent historical intersection and recent convergence of medicine and design;
(2) the impact of architecture on health for preventative care;
(3) the future of health with an emphasis on multidisciplinary collaborative space, technology, and health spaces within our homes.

Conference Presentations, Lectures

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