Healthcare Facilities Committee: The High-Performance Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit (Virtual)

Event Description

For more than a century, the Henry Ford Hospital has been Detroit’s safety net hospital for emergency medicine. Today, a new Henry Ford Hospital and ED is under construction adjacent to the legacy hospital. This new Emergency Department, double the size of the existing, with 100 patient spaces, is designed to streamline front-end operations and reduce the length of stay while standing ready to respond to pandemics and mass casualty events.

We will discuss the integrated planning process and the complex group of stakeholders, recognizing the limitations and challenges of this process. We will define the components of a large urban ED and key adjacencies and then dig into the operational strategies that drove the design at HFH. We will study the complex patient flows, patient acuity and diverse patient types that present at the ED. Central to the design is an inherent flexibility of space and clinical operations to adjust to the dynamic ever changing and unpredictable patient load. This is summarized into three stages of operation: 1. Normal 2. Surging 3. Over Capacity. We will discuss how this concept of transformation has changed the operational staffing and flow and how the design will accommodate this. We will review the special components such as the behavioral health unit, Trauma, Special Pathogen unit, and how their design evolved.

Presenters

Stan Poreda, AIA

Tsoi Kobus Design | DLR Group

Stan is an architect with rich expertise in healthcare facility design. His experience encompasses the entire design process, from early conceptual studies to solving design challenges during construction. Recently, Stan led the planning and design of the Henry Ford Hospital emergency department. Stan brings an enthusiasm to collaborate stakeholder involvement in healthcare planning.

CY Ren, Healthcare Planner / Designer

Tsoi Kobus Design | DLR Group

CY is a designer with experience planning and designing many healthcare projects on different scales. CY has an expertise with both interior design and architecture, bringing a thoughtful coherence to each project. She is passionate about how people experience space and has a commitment to integrating thoughtful human centered design solutions.

Mark J. Terra-Salomão, AIA

Tsoi Kobus Design | DLR Group

Mark is an accomplished architect and planner. Mark’s portfolio spans projects ranging from healthcare to education and housing. Recently, He led the planning and design of diagnostic and Imaging departments at the Henry Ford Hospital including the emergency department. As a healthcare designer, Mark has an expertise in successfully melding the technical complexity of major modality spaces with the needs of both patients and clinicians.