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Jun 8, 2023 _ news
Angela’s ASHE: Insights Inform Best Practices in A New Guidebook
The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) is the largest association dedicated to professionals who design, build, maintain, and operate hospitals and healthcare facilities. Its members share a passion for optimizing healthcare environments and making them safe and healthy spaces for healing.
As part of this ongoing mission, ASHE introduced The Health Care Facilities Management Handbook Series – nine titles that each take on an issue related to health care construction, management, and operation. The latest in the series, Health Care Project Management, has just been released and provides health care facility managers information on process flow and best practices in planning, design, and construction of facilities. GBBN’s Angela Mazzi, FAIA, FACHA, EDAC was part of the diverse cohort of contributors interviewed for their expertise.
“I think in health care we often suffer from the liability of expertise, whether it’s on the design side, facilities management, or administration,” Angela told the guidebook’s lead author, Dana E. Swenson. “We’ve all been around the block and tend to dismiss things that don’t fit with what we know works. It used to be that teamwork was viewed as everybody in their silo making a defined contribution. Now we’re seeing those silos dissolve. It’s all about listening and appreciating ideas. Even if something sounds crazy, explore it before you dismiss it.”
Whether it’s breaking down silos for better collaboration, using evidence-based design and Lean strategies, or advocating for healthier buildings, Angela is sought out as an experienced medical planner, author, contributor, and speaker. Her work has included convening the Future of Healthcare Task Force for the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA), workshops on quality healthcare milieu spaces for The Center for Health Design, AIA presentations about implementing augmented reality and simulation modeling in healthcare design, and speaking at Healthcare Design Conference and Expo, most recently about transition-proofing facilities. In July, Angela will present her insights on salutogenesis and the built environment to the International Advisory Board and Scientific Board of the Swiss Center for Design and Health in Nidau, Switzerland.
To learn more about The Facility Manager’s Handbook for Health Care Project Management, go here.
Learn more about Angela here.
