Welcome to episode 4 of Constructing with Care, a Podcast for healthcare executives to discuss topics affecting capital projects today. Today, you are listening to part 2 of a series addressing the new capital balance of healthcare.

Kirsten Waltz, Senior Director of Facilities Architecture + Planning for Johns Hopkins Health System, and Kevin Matuszewski, Healthcare Strategist at DPR Construction, join your host, Leslie Tullio. In the first part, they discussed planning in a volatile market, effectively balancing rising costs, and the growing importance of health equity, telehealth and environmental issues when it comes to healthcare construction. In this episode, they talk about how healthcare organizations can be more resilient, evolving partnerships between the construction and healthcare industries, and the 5-10 year outlook, and the crucial importance of taking part in the mission and partnership and go beyond the building environment.

Key Takeaways:

[4:18] Kevin talks about his perspective about the changes that will drive to a new state of the industry.

[6:00] What is DPR doing to address equity in the construction space?

[7:40] Kirsten talks about the importance of being a partner in more than just the building environment.

[12:15] Kevin speaks of the changes he would like to see in the next ten years in the healthcare industry.

[14:45] Kevin talks about the anticipated growth of home care services.

[16:08] Kirsten highlights the value of investing in respite areas for staff.

[16:40] Kevin and Kirsten share their advice with healthcare leaders.

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Tweetables and Quotes:

Kevin:

“We need to think about how construction and healthcare are providing a partnership via mission rather than a partnership of project”. Kevin Matuszewski, Healthcare Strategist for DPR Construction

Kirsten:

When starting a capital project it’s important to engage your local energy partners. We're finding, at times, that if we tried to comply with the codes that are being suggested a hospital campus wouldn’t even have the electrical energy capacity it would take”. Kristen Waltz, Senior Director of Facilities Architecture + Planning for Johns Hopkins Health System