Fifth Annual Design & Health Symposium | Enhancing the Cancer Care Journey: Architectural Strategies for Cancer Care Environments
Online Symposium
Presented by the Master of Healthcare Design Program at Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2023 , 4:00 - 7:00 pm US Eastern
Registration Fee: $60 for individuals; $120 for groups (up to 3); Free to CAED faculty and students
Registration and Payment Link: https://commerce.cashnet.com/caeda
CEUs Available: AIA, EDAC
Questions? Contact Sara Bayramzadeh, Master of Healthcare Design Coordinator and Elliot Professor
According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), approximately 2.0 million people in 2023 are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in the United States. This substantial number, coupled with advancements in technology, underscores the importance of designing healthcare facilities that can accommodate patients and evolving treatments. With these new advancements, cancer care is undergoing a significant shift as novel therapies replace conventional treatments. Therefore, the design of cancer facilities must prioritize not only clinical necessities such as diagnosis and treatment but also patient well-being, thoughtful spatial planning, and improved outcomes. Designing these facilities entails considerations of advancements in diagnosis and treatment (e.g., telemedicine, Artificial Intelligence), the needs of specific patient populations (children vs. adults), and future adaptability and expansion. This symposium intends to provide architects, designers, and healthcare decision-makers with insights into the most effective approaches for developing cancer facilities.
Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the cancer facilities and users
- Recognize the role of the design in supporting or hindering therapeutic experience and treatment within the cancer care facilities
- Recognize the advancements in cancer treatment and the need to support them through the design of the physical environment
- Identify design solutions to overcome challenges in cancer care facilities along with challenges to their implementation
- Identify the current evidence-based design practices and recommendations for cancer care facilities
SPEAKERS
Teresa Endres, AIA, ACAH, EDAC, AAH: Senior Associate, Medical Planning Director at Taylor Design
Bio: Teresa believes design can empower physicians to heal, scientists to discover, and healthcare leaders to innovate. She has designed over 30 million square feet of healthcare facilities, totaling over $27 billion. Teresa has planned every modality and department in a hospital, outpatient facility and skilled nursing facility; experience which led to OSHPD leadership to invite her to serve as an OSHPD Emergency Design Task Force team leader. Teresa serves on the board of the California Department of Health Care Access and Information’s Hospital Building Safety Board and her healthcare planning philosophy integrates Lean principles and evidence-based design to create highly efficient healthcare facilities with exceptional patient experience and staff satisfaction.
Title of Presentation: The Ideal Cancer Center: Designing Cancer Care Environments from the Perspective of a Cancer Patient
Presentation Abtract: In the 1990’s, the survival rates for cancer patients were lower than modern survival rates. Survival rates for cancer improved, and 20 years ago Teresa designed her first infusion center. Since then, she has designed dozens of cancer institutes. Teresa then gained an expertise in cancer care environments in a way that no one wants to become an expert. She got cancer. In 2021, Teresa was diagnosed and treated for cancer. Her experience with diagnosis, treatment, and recovery is the inspiration and catalyst for an innovative case study developed by Teresa and her Taylor Design associates, on how to design the Ideal Cancer Center, a patient-centered facility designed to provide the highest quality of personalized care.
Due to the high variability of cancers, each patient requires a personalized approach to their diagnosis and treatment. The Ideal Cancer Center provides a personalized, patient-centered approach with clinical efficiency by leveraging evidence-based design, Lean principles, and the advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, while offering patients control over their environment.
This presentation on designing the Ideal Cancer Center explores the challenges and solutions to provide the flexibility necessary in the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of cancer in a state-of-the-art environment that delivers the most innovative and progressive care, while providing the ability to adapt as the advancement of cancer care continues to evolve. This includes a much-missed aspect of cancer care, the recovery process. The result is a patient-centered design informed by research, evidence-based design principles, advancements in technology, and the lived experience of the case study creators.
Angela Mazzi, AIA, FACHA, EDAC: Principal, GBBN
Bio: Angela’s research on salutogenesis, equity, and socio-cultural contexts provides perspective on how culture impacts user experience. Angela is Past President of the American College of Healthcare Architects and Past President of AIA Cincinnati. She founded Architecting, a community consisting of a podcast, online learning, and weekly clubhouse room “Architects as Healers: Buildings as Medicine.” Her research linking wellness to equitable design has been published in many healthcare journals and presented at national and international conferences. She is a peer reviewer for Health Environment Research and Design (HERD) Journal and Academy of Architecture for Health Journal and 2022 recipient of the HCD10 Top Architect Award.
Title of Presentation: What’s Next in Cancer Care: a deep dive into design, planning and programming
Presentation Abstract: Cancer care involves a spectrum of services. It’s a service line that must screen people who are well, treat people who are diagnosed, and manage survivorship. Cancer is a disease with rapidly advancing treatments and protocols and an increasing multi-disciplinary and transdisciplinary focus. It is also a particularly stressful environment for staff who experience emotional highs and lows along with patients and their families. This challenges architects to design spaces that are versatile yet salutogenic and life-affirming. In this talk, you’ll learn about the spectrum of cancer services, platform-based care, diagnostic, treatment and care management trends.
Mark Witte: Vice President, Clinical Service Lines | Cancer & Blood Institute, Heart & Vascular Institute, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology
Title of presentation: Humans Matter: a strategy for design in a cancer care delivery system
Bio: Mark Witte is the Vice President of Clinical Service Lines at TriHealth in Cincinnati, OH. In his twelve years as the administrative leader of the Cancer and Blood Institute he was worked with physicians, nurses, and other leaders in developing a comprehensive delivery system that provides the care patients want and deserve.
Presentation Abstract: In 2017, the TriHealth Cancer Institute developed a strategy on building new ambulatory facilities to meet the needs of patients with a diagnosis of cancer or a blood disorder in the changing dynamic of cancer care. These facilities are built around the experience of people and their needs in navigating their cancer diagnosis and treatment and on the needs of providers in developing a comprehensive approach to cancer care.
HOST & ORGANIZER
Sara Bayramzadeh, PH.D., M.ARCH : Healthcare Design Program Coordinator and Elliot Professor
Bio: Dr. Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., M.Arch. is the Coordinator and Elliot Professor in the Master of Healthcare Design program at Kent State University. Dr. Bayramzadeh’s research focuses on interdisciplinary efforts to enhance healthcare outcomes through effective environmental design. She has extensive experience with complex healthcare environments such as psychiatric units, operating rooms design, and trauma room designs. Safety and efficiency are the primary healthcare outcomes she investigates. Her research also looks at opportunities to bridge academia and practice for design solutions derived from research and actively looks for ways to promote research in the design practice.