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Supersized Healthcare: Creating Healing Environments for Obese Patients
*Due to popular demand, this is a pre-recorded replay of this Audio Conference. If you have any questions after the conference, you may contact the presenter directly.
May 1, 2008
1:30 - 3:00 PM Eastern Time
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Rising obesity has significant clinical, legal, cost and reimbursement implications for healthcare facilities. We will focus on hospital accommodation of obese patients, both in general and in bariatric surgery programs. This session will focus on the definition of obesity, incidence rates and how they are changing, as well as what hospitals are doing to meet the needs of these patients and the staff taking care of them.
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Learning Objectives:
- Describe the magnitude and implications of the obesity trend in terms of American health and cost to our healthcare system.
- Recognize the steps healthcare providers are taking (programs, staffing, and equipment) in response to the increasing obesity trend.
- List the important programming and design factors in supporting a hospital bariatric surgery program.
- Describe the issues and sensitive solutions related to physical accommodation of severely obese patients in the healthcare setting.
- Access various resources, including bariatric program support/creation and equipment manufacturers related to accommodating this patient population.
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Who should attend this event:
- Facility Owners
- Administrators
- Operations Management
- COO
- Purchasers
- Architects
- Facility Managers
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Presenters and Panelists
Teri Oelrich
Principal, NBBJ
Teri Oelrich approaches health planning and architecture with a business perspective coupled with a clinical nursing background from a variety of settings, including nursing homes, orthopedics, medical-surgical units, bone marrow transplant, and adult and pediatric intensive care units. Her clinical experience provides a unique perspective to integrate the needs of the client with those of the consultants and architects. Her background includes facility utilization planning, financial feasibility and cost analysis, operations analysis, and program planning with HMOs, universities, hospitals, and freestanding clinics.
Sarah Markovitz,
AIA Senior Associate, NBBJ
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AudioConference Only: $199.00
*AudioConference + CD: $269.00
*CD Only: $199.00
*All CD orders will be assessed a $20 Shipping & Handling Fee for CD and Conference Materials.
Questions About this AudioConference CD? Call 1-800-431-7571
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