Features

Farewell from the 2004 President
John R. Pangrazio, FAIA, FACHA, looks back on a great year.

AAH Foundation Report
Merlin Lickhalter, FAIA, FACHA, presents a new mission statement for the foundation and gives a preview of plans for 2005.

2004 AAH Fall Conference Report
John D. Blignaut, AIA, ACHA, and others review the programs and events held during the AAH fall conference, The Interdisciplinary Healthcare Enterprise—Weaving Design Through the Fabric of Research, Education, and Patient Care. Coverage includes an update on the 2004 edition of The Academy Journal (released online during the conference); the 2004 ACHA Lifetime Achievement Award to Armand Burgun, FAIA, FACHA; and the 2004 Herman Miller Scholars.

Therapeutic Environments Forum
Ron Smith, AIA, ACHA, reports the presentations for this year's forum, focusing on the theme, "Translating Research Into Practice."

Forum on Health Environments Research
At the forum's first meeting, Tib Tusler, FAIA, FACHA, presented the findings of studies completed by the Coalition for Health Environments Research (CHER). The goal of the forum is to encourage office-based research, postoccupancy evaluations and results reporting, and new research for the CHER agenda.

ACHA Workshop—A Participant's Overview
Bill Sheely, AIA, ACHA, summarizes each session of the workshop on health facility planning and programming presented by the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA). Sessions focused on the initial and critical phases of a healthcare project, with particular attention to strategic planning and workload analysis; a functional space programming process; a nurse's perspective of the planning process; bridging between the strategic plan/program/operational workflow and the design; and a budgets and schedules overview.  

News

AAH-Sponsored Facility Tours During the PDC Conference
The Academy is sponsoring tours of four Nashville healthcare facilities during the 2005 International Conference and Exhibition on Health Facility Planning Design and Construction (PDC), to be held March 6-9 at the Nashville Convention Center. Here's a preview.

Issue

Farewell from the 2004 President
AAH Foundation Report
2004 AAH Fall Conference Report
Therapeutic Environments Forum
Forum on Health Environments Research
ACHA Workshop Overview
AAH-Sponsored Tours During the PDC