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The Summer Leadership Summit (SLS) is co-organized by the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health and the American College of Healthcare Architects.
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ACHA partnered with the Veterans Administration Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) Department to improve healthcare delivery to veterans via a yearlong Task Force, composed of six ACHA certificants and VA representatives . The ACHA Task Force recommendations included new healthcare paradigms to improve Veteran access to care and create an equitable system of care. The Task Force proposed a tiered, four-dimensional hub + spoke model that adapts to the veteran’s needs, utilizing high tech/high touch technology to deliver personalized health care services nationwide. The resulting Rapid Deployment Health Utility Base (RD-HUB) is a new strategy for bringing primary care to Veterans in rural and urban areas. The program centers around virtual and mobile technology, providing additional healthcare options for veterans and reducing the real estate footprint of secondary VA facilities.
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The American College of Healthcare Architects has announced the election of Clyde “Ted” Moore III, AIA, ACHA, LEED BD+C of Haskell as the 2023 President of the Board of Regents. Steve assumes this role as of January 1, 2023 and succeeds 2022 President Steve Templet, AIA, ACHA,. Ann Adams, AIA, ACHA of Davis Partnership has been named 2023 President-Elect of the Board of Regents. In addition, Tracy Leigh Bond, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP, and Ryan Turner, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, have joined the Board of Regents.
The College is pleased to announce the newest certificants. You can read more about the Class of 2022 here.
With a “return to normalcy” for many of us, 2022 has been a year full of activity and accomplishment – the ACHA Board have built on last year’s strategic discussions to push forward many new initiatives. As we questioned and studied in 2021 how to best serve our certificants, clients and communities, several one and two-year goals were set this year intended to maximize the effect and growth of the ACHA through targeted actions and accomplishments.
I would like to start with a heartfelt thank you to the many certificants who give their time and energy to the College in committees and task forces for the following efforts. The amount of time and energy given to the College is always a wonderful testament to the passion of our certificants.
The College and our certifications are unique, both here within the national healthcare design industry and across the world. And more than ever we are called to serve as advocates and outspoken leaders working towards environments that support health and wellness. My sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone involved in making this such as successful and productive year for the College.
Steve Templet, AIA, ACHA
2022 ACHA President
Join ACHA for the third Town Hall of 2022! Catch up with colleagues from across the country for a College update and to discuss the latest in healthcare design and planning innovation. There will be meetings on both December 7th and 8th.
The American College of Healthcare Architects has announced the election of Steve Templet, AIA, ACHA of Sizeler Thompson Brown Architects as the 2022 President of the Board of Regents. Steve assumes this role as of January 1, 2022 and succeeds 2021 President Angela Mazzi, FAIA, FACHA. Clyde “Ted” Moore III, AIA, ACHA, LEED BD+C of FreemanWhite (a Haskell Company) has been named 2022 President-Elect of the Board of Regents. In addition, Jocelyn Frederick, FAIA, ACHA. LEED AP, and Deborah Smith, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP BD&C, have joined the Board of Regents.
As we near the end of 2021, we pause, reflect, and celebrate about aspirations and accomplishments. We’ve had a record number of certificants, more engagement from our existing certificants than ever before, more programs and initiatives, and more recognition from outside organizations of our thought leadership. We also used this year to develop a Strategic plan for the next five years and your Board of Regents dreamed big! We’re very excited to see where our reinvigorated committees and new task forces will take us in 2022 and beyond.
One of the most powerful “future looks bright” moments was during our annual luncheon when each of the eight Herman Miller scholars made it a point to express how excited they were to have been invited. These young healthcare architects (and those working toward licensure) are not only aware of our organization but view it as a career milestone to become certified. We cannot lose sight of the value of certification as we wade through the day-to-day experience of our work. It was refreshing to see through new eyes just how esteemed our organization and you, our certificants really are. WE ARE THE GOLD STANDARD. So much so, that our biggest challenge is demystifying the process so it feels accessible.
A few end of year highlights:
It has been an exhilarating year and we know that your incoming Board is going to continue this momentum into 2022. Using the strategic vision discussed this past summer, we feel the College is poised for exciting growth over the next several years as we focus on growing both our candidate program and the value of certification both personally and industry-wide for each of us.
Please take time to reflect on what this year has meant for you and let’s celebrate those accomplishments together! Share your stories on our LinkedIn group page. Please also contact us if you are interested in being more involved in any of our committees or task forces- we welcome your involvement. And looking ahead in the next few months, we can’t wait to see everyone again this year in New Orleans in March for PDC and Chicago in July for SLS. Happy holidays and wishing you an amazing 2022!
Angela Mazzi & Steve Templet
2021 ACHA President & 2022 ACHA President
It’s hard to believe we are most of the way through this year! We are on target with meeting and even exceeding our targets with many of our initiatives. We recently completed our Strategic plan and will be working to begin implementing it through the work of committees and task forces in the coming year. We will celebrate our newest Fellow and new Certificants, as well as our diversity as an organization at our annual luncheon later this month. However, as we look back at Q3, let’s acknowledge the following wins:
• The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) has agreed to publish the first of what we hope will be a series of blog posts written by ACHA on their website and promote them in their publications. The initial article will cover acoustics in healthcare settings. The articles will be attributed to ACHA and be written by groups of individuals to promote the expertise of our organization.
• ACHE was so intrigued by our Future of Healthcare Task Force report that they invited us to do a presentation on a portion of it at their Annual Congress in March. We hope to have this be the first of sessions we present and group them as an Executive Series by ACHA.
• ASHE has formed a joint Task Force with us to write the third edition of our Introduction to Health Care Planning, Design and Construction handbook. This will be the second book in our new nine-book Health Care Facilities Management Handbook Series. Six Certificants will join ASHE and Joint Commission volunteers to complete this effort and will be reviewing chapters based on areas of expertise.
• We had a great introductory call with Dr. Michael D. Brennan, Ph.D., AIA, NCARB the Executive Director, Construction and Facilities Management for the VA. Dr. Brennan is very interested in engaging more clinicians in the design process, getting more of his architectural staff ACHA certified. He’s also interested in incorporating more elements of Lean, Evidence Based Design and Wellness into projects. We will be discussing implementation in future meetings.
• The Masters Series 2.0 has officially launched our first session, Shifting to Comprehensive Care is available for viewing here. Session two, Healthcare’s Response to Health will record in October. The intent is to feature three certificants who specialize in a healthcare area of focus as panelists. Unlike our previous version of the Masters Series which was about providing high level education to our Certificants, 2.0 is outward focused and positions our certificants as the experts.
• A record number of people took and passed the exam this year. Because we are piloting the option to submit the portfolio after testing, we do not yet know the total number of certificants we will gain in 2021, but we anticipate this to be a slightly higher number than last year.
• The Communications Committee has continued to profile certificants so that you can get to know one another better. Please reach out to those profiled to introduce yourself or share a common interest. We also have been regularly sharing accomplishments on our LinkedIn Group and Twitter. Connect with ACHA and join in the discussions!
• The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice (EDI+SJ) task force completed work and the Board approved its recommendations in August. These recommendations will be used as we evaluate award criteria, committee work and initiatives. You can download a copy of the report here.
• Our Third Town hall took place in August. We hope you are enjoying these quarterly virtual news and networking sessions and plan to continue them in 2022.
I would also welcome your feedback on ACHA certification and being a healthcare architect. Please fill out this quick two question poll to share your thoughts.
I hope to see many of you in person in Cleveland. For those who aren’t able to make the trip, look for recorded segments to be available on our website. I also hope that if you are not already involved in committee or task force work that you will consider volunteering next year. We are doing meaningful work that is having an impact and welcome your contribution. As you can see from this letter, we are up to great things as an organization and would love to have you be part of what makes them happen.
