The purpose of the AIA/Orlando Healthcare Committee is to support the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health on a local level.

The Academy of Architecture for Health improves the quality of healthcare through design by developing, documenting, and disseminating knowledge; educating healthcare architects and other related constituencies; advancing the practice of healthcare architecture; improving the design of healthcare environments; affiliating and advocating with others that share our vision and promoting research. (http://www.aia.org/aah_default)

Mission Statement:

Our mission is to improve the quality of the healthcare environment by promoting, through our members, excellence in healthcare architecture. 

Our goals are to:

• Identify resources to advance, maintain and disseminate knowledge, and to promote research.
• Create links between all those involved in the building delivery system to achieve quality healthcare architecture.

We believe that:

• The quality of the built environment plays a major role in the quality of healthcare.
• We, as architects and allied professionals, are essential to the development of quality healthcare environments.
  

AAH Healthcare 101 - Programming

June 17, 2008, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. (US Eastern time)
1.5 LUs

Healthcare 101, An Introduction to Architecture for Health, is a series of bimonthly, Web-based seminars sponsored by the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health. Conducted by nationally recognized experts, the content will be tailored to emerging professionals and others who are interested in an introduction to healthcare architecture and planning. In the next Webinar in the series, join Gary Vance and Jim Easter for an introduction to programming for healthcare.

Don’t miss this chance to learn more about this important phase in the pre-design process. This Webinar will provide a complete overview of programming as it relates to healthcare design. This session will seek to answer the following questions:

• What is programming?
• What are the different types of programs and how do they interface with the campus master planning?
• What are the final deliverables from a programming effort?
• What considerations must be addressed prior to programming?

For more information or to register please go to http://www.aia.org/ev_aah_webinar101_prog

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