The Architecture of Healing

Designing Safer Hospitals Before They're Built, How Simulation Can Transform Healthcare Design

What if we could identify hospital safety risks before the walls are ever built? In this episode of The Architecture of Healing, Chase Miller talks with Dr. Nora Colema

Architecture as Advocacy: Designing for Wellbeing, Experience, and Better Outcomes

What if healthcare architecture could support healing, shape behavior, and give patients and staff greater dignity and control? Chase Miller speaks with Angela Mazzi, a

The COO's Playbook for People-Centered Healthcare Operations

How do healthcare leaders turn strategy into meaningful action across a complex academic medical center? In this episode of The Architecture of Healing, Chase Miller sp

Beyond the Birth Plan: Resilience in Healthcare's Most Human Moments

What does healthcare feel like from the perspective of the birth partner? In this deeply personal episode of The Architecture of Healing, Adrian Erdman flips the script

The Universal Patient Room: Designing for Acuity, Agility, and the Future of Care Delivery

In this episode of The Architecture of Healing, we explore the evolution of the hospital patient room, from early communal wards to today's highly specialized environment

Rethinking Healthcare Foodservice: From Cost Center to Strategic Asset

In this episode of The Architecture of Healing, host Chase Miller sits down with Scott Reitano, founder of Reitano Design Group, to explore the often-overlooked world of

From Benchmarks to Better Decisions: The Evolution of SpaceMed

In this episode of The Architecture of Healing, Chase Miller sits down with healthcare planning pioneer Cynthia Hayward to explore how data-driven planning, operational s

5 Must-Haves of a Successful Strategic Healthcare Master Plan

What if the greatest risk in your next master plan isn't cost overruns, but strategic drift? In this episode, we challenge the conventional approach to healthcare maste

Experience ≠ Outcome: Rethinking Birth through Space, Systems, and Research

In this deeply personal and thought-provoking conversation, Adrienne Erdman shares her journey from biomedical engineering and human factors into architecture and healthc

The EmPATH Unit: Rethinking Crisis Care in the Emergency Department

Behavioral health crises are overwhelming emergency departments across the country. In this episode of The Architecture of Healing, Chase Miller sits down with Dr. Scot

Designing for the Shift: ASCs, Policy, and the End of the Inpatient-Only List

In this episode of The Architecture of Healing, Chase shares the "why" behind the podcast and explores one of the most significant shifts in healthcare today: the rise of

Capital Strategy in Healthcare: Solving the Right Problem

Healthcare organizations spend millions—sometimes billions—on capital projects intended to improve care. Yet too often, those investments address symptoms rather than roo

Designing for the Possible: Human Factors, Innovation, and Data

Healthcare innovation is moving faster than ever, but speed doesn't always equal progress. In this episode, Chase Miller sits down with Erica Parker, a human factors lead

Designing for Our Future Selves: If You Value It - You Evaluate It

In this thought-provoking episode, host Chase Miller welcomes Dr. Addie Abushousheh, a designer, researcher, and environmental gerontologist whose research sits at the in

When Mission Meets Margin: Rethinking Healthcare Strategy

Show Notes – Michelle Mader In this episode of The Architecture of Healing, host Chase Miller sits down with Michelle Mader Managing Director of Healthcare Strategic Ad

Designing Dignity: Pattie Moore on Aging, Empathy, and the ADA

Show Notes In this powerful conversation, host Chase Miller sits down with designer and gerontologist Pattie Moore, a pioneer whose groundbreaking work forever changed

Healthcare Technology, The Patient Experience, and...Airports

In this episode of The Architecture of Healing, host Chase Miller sits down with Corey Gaarde, Principal at IMEG, to discuss how thoughtful integration of technology can

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The Architecture of Healing explores how healthcare strategy, design, and clinical experience come together to shape the future of care. Hosted by Chase Miller, this podc