IFHE NEWS ‘Unleashing innovation’ the theme in Toronto
The Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES) and the IFHE Executive Committee invite all to plan a trip to Toronto in Canada to attend the 27th Congress of the IFHE ‘to share knowledge, learn, and network with colleagues from around the world’ this September. IFHE 1st Vice-President, Steve Rees,
said: “The 27th IFHE Congress will be held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel on the shore of Lake Ontario in downtown Toronto from 17-21 September 2022, and we are extremely excited to welcome you and others from around the world.” He continued: “The congress theme is ‘Unleashing Innovation: Healthcare Engineering Excellence’. The Opening Reception will be at the world-famous Hockey Hall of Fame, and we have two high-profile keynote speakers included in the programme. On Day One we have Hayley Wickenheiser, a four-time Olympic Gold Medallist in Women’s Ice Hockey, and now a physician, while Day Two will see David Williams, a former NASA astronaut, who is also a physician, address the conference. Both are excellent inspirational speakers. We are also very excited to have three tracks of educational presentations planned from speakers from around the globe.
“On the social side, we have the Gala Banquet scheduled for the Monday evening at the Liberty Grand Ballroom located a few minutes from the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. There will also be a Companion Programme, with two great tours planned at Niagara Falls / wine country, and a Toronto Downtown Tour. There is also an optional golf game on the Sunday morning for anyone interested. “On the Wednesday of the Congress,
we have a number of technical tours of healthcare facilities planned. These will include the Hospital For Sick Children – a world-famous facility affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, and the world’s second largest paediatric research hospital. There will also be tours of the Humber River Hospital – known worldwide for its high-tech building systems, Canada’s first Digital Hospital, and one of the world’s most energy-
efficient healthcare facilities, and the Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital – a beautiful new complex care and rehabilitation hospital, and a member of Sinai Health affiliated with the University of Toronto. “We also are very excited to have two major awards that will be presented at the Congress; the inaugural Global Healthcare Energy Awards, and the IFHE International Building Award (the entry deadline for the latter has just been extended to 28 February 2022). Please check our website for more details on how to submit your entry forms.” For more information on the
Toronto event, visit
www.IFHE2022.org, or
www.CHES.org, or
www.ifhe.info for additional information on the Awards and Congress. If you have additional questions, please email Steve Rees at
steve.rees@
ahs.ca, or Jim McArthur at
jmcarthur@albrightcentre.ca
A clear opportunity to build a more sustainable future
Innovation in hospital building management, and conserving energy while keeping patients and healthcare professionals safe, are crucial aspects of building climate-resilient and low-carbon sustainable health systems, writes IFHE President, Daniela Pedrini. She says: “In many countries, governments are modernising hospital buildings and investing in new equipment and technology to improve patient care. At the same time, health services are still facing enormous pressures – including from COVID-19, climate change, and rising costs. It is clear we are approaching the limit in terms of key energy resources being supplied in a sustainable way to healthcare facilities, and that we must manage demand more carefully. “Equally, the construction of new hospitals must harness different approaches to those adopted for previous ‘new’ hospitals: a more ‘collaborative’ approach is needed – starting from the design and development of these ‘hospitals of the future’. “A new hospital is a catalyst for
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changing healthcare delivery, not just within the hospital itself, but also through the regional local systems. The services provided must therefore be effectively integrated both within the local area, and with local primary care. “Hospitals play an incredibly important part in healthcare provision; this must be factored into technologically advanced builds, even if significant elements of care are provided outside the hospital setting. Manufacturing and construction processes
need to be designed from the outset to reap the greatest rewards – not only in construction terms, but also sustainability, reduced waste, and greater safety. “With reducing the impact on climate of increasing importance, new hospitals must be based on efficient and easily- manageable sustainable infrastructure. Healthcare systems must become truly sustainable, achieving Net Zero carbon emissions by 2040 (as required by the NHS in the UK).
“We – engineers, architects, healthcare engineers, and other industry experts at IFHE – need to think about use of
innovative materials, the supply chain, and how hospitals can be built to support low-carbon activities within them. n Digital transformation is a vital element of new construction and its management, as it ensures that new hospital buildings incorporate and support advanced technologies.
n Flexibility is essential, both in the immediate management of COVID-19 and post-pandemic, but also so healthcare systems and buildings are sufficiently flexible to manage future pandemics.
n Accessibility is paramount, exploiting virtual services via digitalisation and new technology.
“The development of new hospitals is a chance to build for the future, and put modern healthcare at the heart of the hospital infrastructure ecosystem. It is now critical to reduce the environmental impact of health systems, as recognised at COP26, where many countries joined the COP26 Health Programme, and committed to building climate-resilient, low-carbon, sustainable health systems. “All IFHE members are ready; now is the time to act.”
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