Financial uncertainty continues to be the number one driver when it comes to the planning and design of healthcare projects. Last season, we focused on how to address uncertainty when a project is already underway. This season, we’re looking at how organizations can tackle this issue before a project begins—through facility master plans, evaluating real estate, operational change and flexible design. To discuss, we’re joined by Cindy Hecker, CEO of the University of Washington Medical Center and...
May 16, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 5
The healthcare industry is no stranger to technology. As we advance toward a digital future, wearable devices, AI, new imaging technologies, and advancements in telehealth and home healthcare are changing the way we design healthcare environments. Further, disruptors such as Amazon, Walmart and others are entering the game, further altering the healthcare landscape. On this episode, we're joined by Dr. Paul Barach, MD, a pioneering physician and digital health specialist who helps hospitals inte...
Feb 29, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Covid-19 is the most significant global health event to take place in our lifetime. While the emergency and public health declarations officially expired in 2023, healthcare organizations still contend with the pandemic’s fallout: seasonal spikes in transmission, financial pressures and staffing shortages. What’s more, large pandemics are statistically more likely to occur than we once thought. But there is a hopeful path forward—lessons learned since 2020 inform how to better design hospitals t...
Jan 16, 2024•32 min•Season 2Ep. 3
It could be a loved one, a coworker, an acquaintance, or maybe even you. Whether directly or indirectly, we’re all touched by the behavioral health epidemic. Fortunately, new treatment approaches that decrease stigma, coupled with a growing realization that buildings themselves can be part of the healing process, are paving the way for what a new model of adult mental health treatment can look like. On this episode, we speak with Dr. Mark Rapaport, CEO of the University of Utah Huntsman Mental H...
Nov 13, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Hospitals and healthcare buildings are some of the most resource-intensive on the planet. On average, they use twice the energy of most other building types. Luckily, energy-efficient design strategies paired with legislation regulating carbon emissions are helping hospitals lower their energy use, without compromising patient care or experience. On this episode, we're joined by Dr. Jonathan Slutzman, MD, Medical Director for Environmental Sustainability at Massachusetts General Hospital, and NB...
Oct 17, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Uplift is an interview-style podcast from architecture and design firm NBBJ about the transformative power of design. Hosted by Daphne Corona and Andy Snyder, our second season explores critical issues in the healthcare industry and how design can help create healing, high-performing healthcare environments. On each episode, we’ll engage with executives, physicians, journalists and experts on topics from net zero hospitals, to preparing for the next pandemic, to how technology is impacting the h...
Oct 17, 2023•1 min
On this episode, we're joined by Jeff Schroder, Assistant Vice President of Planning, Design and Construction at Atrium Health, and Ed Trotter, Senior Project Manager, Design & Construction at Oregon Health and Science University to discuss strategies to reduce costs in healthcare construction.
Apr 26, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 6
On this episode, we're joined by Antwanette Lyons, Community Health Advocacy Manager at the Odessa Brown Children's Clinic in Seattle, WA, and Foxy Davison, a member of the Odessa Brown community. We'll discuss the widening gap in health outcomes between underrepresented communities and more affluent populations, seek to better understand the causes of health inequity, and dive into solutions for programs and healthcare spaces that address social determinants of health.
Mar 30, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On this episode, we're joined by Karen Grimley, Chief Nursing Executive at UCLA Health in Los Angeles, CA, and Dr. Steven Bird, Chief Experience Officer at UMass Memorial Healthcare in Worcester, MA, as well as NBBJ's Teri Oelrich, who is also a nurse. We discuss the causes of burnout among healthcare workers, its impact, and how buildings can be designed to better focus on caregiver well-being.
Feb 28, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 4
On this episode, we're joined by Dianna Jacob, Chief Operating Officer, and Dan Collins, Facility Manager, at NYC Health + Hospitals' South Brooklyn Health—one of the hardest-hit areas during Superstorm Sandy—to discuss how resiliency informs the design of new healthcare facilities. We'll also talk about the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital in South Brooklyn, which is part of a major hospital campus renovation funded by FEMA to repair buildings flooded by Sandy.
Jan 25, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 3
On this episode, we talk with Mara Bloom, Vice President of the Mass General Cancer Center in Boston, MA, about new developments in cancer treatment and how design can help hospitals provide a more robust continuum of care. We’ll also discuss the new Mass General Cambridge Street Project, a 450-bed clinical facility focused on cancer and cardiac care.
Dec 07, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 2
On this episode, we are joined by child and adolescent mental health expert Dr. Susan Swick, Executive Director of the Ohana Center in Monterey, CA, and Ed Cheshire, Facilities Leader at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion in Columbus, OH, to discuss how health systems are tackling the escalating need for pediatric behavioral healthcare and how the design of treatment environments can impact the health and well-being of patients, families and staff.
Nov 09, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Introducing Uplift, a new interview-style podcast from architecture and design firm NBBJ about the transformative power of design. Hosted by Dr. Heena Santry, our first season centers on pressing issues facing the healthcare industry today, such as provider burnout, our national mental health crisis and barriers to health equity that we face. Join us as we talk to frontline workers, healthcare leaders and community members to explore the root causes of these critical issues as well as design sol...
Nov 01, 2022•1 min
