Tech Vitals - An SSR Podcast
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -As healthcare is changing, it's important for technology and care delivery to align. How does one blend the built environment with fundamental human interaction needs? TechVitals is a discussion of that question. Hosted by Dr. Debbie Gregory and Zac Hillyard, this podcast explores how to mix the human interaction perspective and the technical perspective to build the "future roadmap" for health. Dr. Debbie Gregory is a national leader in healthcare design, innovation, and transformation. As a nurse executive and interior designer, she is passionate about “intentional design” that aligns people, place, process, and technology. Currently, Debbie serves as Senior Clinical Consultant for SSR's Technology Planning Group. In her role, Debbie creates and transforms environments into functional ecosystems using complex systems science, strategic design, and innovation thinking to improve clinical workflow, patient experience, and, ultimately, patient outcomes. She has a doctorate in Nursing Practice in Health Innovation and Leadership and has several university adjunct appointments. Zac Hillyard has a rich background in dynamic design and construction management and the interconnected digital ecosystem is his passion. His experience represents a unique perspective on the common challenges and opportunities that exist within the design and construction process that goes beyond the healthcare market. Through streamlined operations and integrated building solutions, Zac applies technology insights and a combination of intentional design and facility planning to best serve the ROI of customers’ goals and current technology challenges. He has a Bachelor of Science in Building and Construction Management from the School of Technology at Purdue University.
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Intelligent Lighting in Healthcare Facilities
June 09, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBIntelligent lighting is now quickly becoming a versatile design component in healthcare facilities, capable to transform several clinical programs and connected built environments. Innovations in lighting design and technology unlock many benefits for building operations, faculty, and the daily customers that experience the value of smart healthcare facilities. Listen to Abby Lipperman, PE, LEED AP, Manager of Engineering Infrastructure at Children's Health in Texas, and Todd Herrmann, PE, ...
Futures and the A/E/C Industry
April 14, 2022 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBWithout having a crystal ball to disclose what’s coming, how do design professionals address the future demands of built environments? Well, to learn more on this question, we were happy to sit down with Mark Bryan & Jonathan Wilch of M+A Architects to hear how they address these design challenges. Mark is the Director of Innovation + Research, a Sr. Interior Designer, Certified Futurist, and foresight practice leader. Jonathan is the Director of the Healthcare and Higher Education stud...
The Pavilion at The University of Pennsylvania Medicine
March 10, 2022 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBOpened to serve the greater Philadelphia area just a few months ago, the state-of-the-art Pavilion at The University of Pennsylvania Medicine is one of the largest hospital projects in the US in recent years . In this episode of Tech Vitals, Zac and Debbie chat with Sean Sarles and Kate Desanto-Newcomb, two of the first nurses involved with this mega project. Over the seven-year journey, Sean and Kate steered and guided the transformational vision for this innovative facility. Now – we ha...
The Pavilion at The University of Pennsylvania Medicine
March 10, 2022 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBOpened to serve the greater Philadelphia area just a few months ago, the state-of-the-art Pavilion at The University of Pennsylvania Medicine is one of the largest hospital projects in the US in recent years . In this episode of Tech Vitals, Zac and Debbie chat with Sean Sarles and Kate Desanto-Newcomb, two of the first nurses involved with this mega project. Over the seven-year journey, Sean and Kate steered and guided the transformational vision for this innovative facility. Now – we ha...
SCRUM & LEAN for AEC (part 2)
February 10, 2022 09:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBWe are excited to share part 2 of our Tech Vitals podcast on how SCRUM applies to the AEC community. Felipe Engineer-Manriquez continues the conversation discussing the application of SCRUM, LEAN, and OODA Loop to improve teamwork. Co-host Zac Hillyard was so inspired after our last episode that he committed to becoming SCRUM certified. He has since taken Felipe’s SCRUM course and is now SCRUM Certified. Zac now sees everything through this lens. If you haven't already, be sure to give p...
SCRUM & LEAN for AEC
December 09, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBHave you heard the terms LEAN or SCRUM and question just how they correlate to the AEC industry? Today’s Tech Vitals guest is a recognized LEAN & SCRUM champion Felipe Engineer-Manriquez. Felipe is a Registered Scrum Trainer™ (RST), Registered Scrum Master™ (RSM), Registered Product Owner™ (RPO), and Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner™ (RS@SP). The Lean Construction Institute awarded him the Chairman’s Award for his contributions to the industry. He is an author, international keynote sp...
Immersive Design and Collaboration: The Future of Design
October 14, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBIn this episode of Tech Vitals, Debbie and Zac sit down with Gabe Paez, founder and CEO of The Wild. The Wild is an immersive collaborative platform for designers, engineers, and everyone in the AEC lifecycle, offering effective collaboration on projects at one-to-one scale. Listen as Gabe, Debbie, and Zac discuss Gabe's background and path to founding The Wild, the impact of immersive technology on design, and the value of a digital twin. The Wild What Do You Do With an Idea?
Emerging Technology for Nurses: Implications for Practice
September 16, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this episode of Tech Vitals, Debbie and Zac sit down with Whende Carroll, founder of Nurse Evolution. Nurse Evolution is an 'information hub' for nursing informaticists established to further the nursing specialty and learn more broadly about topics such as health tech, data analytics, and most certainly new technologies and innovation. With Nurse Evolution, Wende strives to help nurses evolve their nursing practice through advanced knowledge in emerging healthcare technologies, advanced...
The New Compass of Healthcare - Patient Experience Design
July 15, 2021 07:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBIn this episode of Tech Vitals, Zac and Debbie explore the New Compass of Healthcare - Patient Experience Design. To help us understand how the industry is pushing the boundaries of the patient experience, Zac and Debbie are joined by a panel of three guests, all of whom are innovators and designers in this field: Matt Kelly is a Business Designer and Partner at DoTank, a human centered design consultancy based in Chicago, IL. Terrell Smith is a registered Nurse and the Senior Director...
Michelle Field and the Different Applications of GIS
June 17, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode of Tech Vitals, guest host Blake Mohler sits down with SSR colleague Michelle Fields to discuss her passion around GIS — Geographic Information Science. This is the scientific discipline of using location intelligence to explore spatial patters and relationships to help you answer questions and solve problems relating to a variety of different topics. Michelle talks with Blake about the different applications of GIS, our growing UAV program, and her passion for Earth scien...
Highlighting Nurses with Oriana Beaudet of the American Nursing Association
May 13, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBEvery year, from May 6-12, the American Nurses Association celebrates Nurses Week. At SSR, we are always grateful and appreciative of the dedication and hard work nurses give day in and day out. This year especially, we wanted to extend a happy Nurses Week and a very big THANK YOU to all the incredible nursing professionals and friends. To celebrate the essential healthcare innovations engineered by the nursing profession, we were both delighted and inspired by our wonderful conversation w...
Season 1 Retrospective
April 08, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBFor this episode of Tech Vitals, Zac and Debbie have the tables turned on them! Guest host, and fellow SSR colleague, Blake Mohler interviews Zac and Debbie about the highlights of season's 1 and reflects on the shows most popular guests. From the first episode discussing how technology is revolutionizing every industry to focused conversations around technological transformations in healthcare, sports, and sustainability, Zac and Debbie fondly look back on the highs of Tech Vitals. When r...
Smart Restrooms with Bhavik Patel of TOTO USA Plumbing and Tim Morales of Tim Morales & Associates
March 11, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBWhat’s the 1st place you go after waking up? What’s the last stop before you shut your eyes and fall asleep? Facility designers recognize the essential value of a functional restroom program, as well as its critical importance in the longevity of a building. At SSR, our plumbing team has recognized an emergence of smart equipment. This crossover between plumbing and technology led us to sit down with Bhavik Patel & Tim Morales to learn about TOTO USA’s ‘clean-o-vation’ and how digitally co...
Josh Linenberger, Acuity Brands on RTLS (Part 2)
February 25, 2021 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBToday's episode features Debbie and Zac speaking with Josh Linenberger, VP of Applied Solutions at Acuity Brands. This is a continuation of the earlier conversation with Josh in which they outlined several industry applications and use cases that fuel customer ROIs leveraging Atrius RTLS lighting technology implementations. On today’s episode the three of them address several trending design innovation topics such as design planning for contact tracing, intelligent public and patient saf...
Josh Linenberger, Acuity Brands on RTLS
February 11, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBEver shop with your smartphone at Target, Macys, Walmart, Home Depot, or Best Buy? How do these monster merchants keep tabs on all the retail activities and consumer experiences happening both inside and outside of their stores? What might it take to modify your workplace with similar real-time analytics on your known customers, colleagues, and essential equipment across every SF of your organization? How might this intel transform your line of business? In this episode, Zac and Debbie ...
Digital Transformation
January 14, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBIn December of 2020, Zac and Debbie connected with John Henderson, VP & CIO at CHOC Children’s. Children’s Hospital of Orange County is a UC Irvine affiliated pediatric care campus located in Southern California and has long been admired for their unwavering mission—to nurture, advance, and protect the health and well-being of children. John shares insights for both inpatient and outpatient digital transformation, how CHOC customers consume their health data, building an agile digital exp...
Inspiren
December 10, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBIn this episode of Tech Vitals, Debbie and Zac talk with with Dr. Paul Coyne and Jeff Morelli, co-founders of Inspiren, an innovative and award-winning healthcare technology solution. Listed as one of TIME magazine’s "Best Innovations," Inspiren’s technology solution is a powerful headwall mounted device within the inpatient room. Leveraging AI and a series of integral sensors, the technology can intentionally monitor patient’s safety, monitor care giver interaction with each patient, and...
Wellness Forward Design Panel
November 12, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBOn this month’s episode of Tech Vitals, we are so thankful to catch up with a passionate trio of ACE healthy building experts: Maria Parker, LEED AP, WELL AP, Project Architect at ESa; Alex Henry, LEED AP, Senior Project Manager at DPR Construction; and Hannah Walter, LEED AP ID+C, WELL AP, Building Performance Engineer at SSR. Having these sustainability pros share their knowledge on emerging technologies within building and construction, we learned how they design, construct, and deliv...
Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal
October 08, 2020 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBToday's episode explores voice assisted technologies in healthcare with Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal, assistant professor of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatric Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville, TN. Dr. Kumah Crystal’s research focuses on communication and documentation to develop strategies for improving workflow and patient care delivery. We truly enjoyed our conversation about ‘VEVA’, the Vanderbilt EHR Voice Assistant (VEVA), recently highlighted in her TED t...
Technology Transforming Sports
September 10, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBAs we enter the 2nd half of a very interesting 2020, there is a collective excitement for the return of professional sports. A few months back, our Tech Vitals team welcomed Scott Terry & Josh Gregory to discuss some key technology design criteria that is transforming the sports and entertainment industry. Being a licensed engineer in several states, Scott Terry is a Principal consultant for Sports & Entertainment projects at SSR. Scott addressed some elements of the unique fan experienc...
COVID-19 Roundtable
June 16, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBListen in as Tech Vitals's hosts Debbie Gregory and Zac Hillyard talk with three industry experts about their personal and professional experiences regarding lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. They share challenges, opportunities, and solutions their teams have experienced with the outbreak response efforts. Patrick Casey, AIA, Vice President - Facilities Operations and Planning, University of Miami Health System Hiyam Nadel, Director, Center of Innovations in Care Delivery, Massachusetts...
Alan Whorton, Part 2
May 05, 2020 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBThe conversation continues with Dr. Alan Whorton. Debbie and Zac interview Alan about the recent Covid-19 outbreak and how Jvion has been stepping up to the front lines to use their AI to inform the public regarding high risk areas. Alan explains how data is aggregated from millions of data points to inform and create decision enhancing information for clinicians.
Alan Whorton, Part 1
April 07, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBWe are excited to introduce our next guest, Alan Whorton, Vice President of Business Development with Jvion. Jvion’s primary AI machine is known for saving lives and reducing avoidable negative patient outcomes. Debbie and Zac interview Alan about the recent Covid-19 outbreak and how Jvion has been stepping up to the front lines to use their AI to inform the public regarding high risk areas. Alan explains how data is aggregated from millions of data points to inform and create decision enha...
Dr. Trent Rosenbloom
March 03, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this episode of Tech Vitals, Zac and Debbie sit down with Dr. Trent Rosenbloom, Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and an Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University. He has appointments in Medicine, Pediatrics, and the School of Nursing at Vanderbilt University. Listen as Dr. Rosenbloom describes his role and day to day activities.
Technology & the AEC Industry: Embracing the Revolution
January 08, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBZac and Debbie sit down with Geoffrey King, SSR Principal and Technology Practice Leader, as he describes his vision for how the AEC industry is changing and how SSR is morphing to meet these emerging demands. Geoffrey discusses how technology is revolutionizing every industry, but more is not always better. How can AEC firms incorporate a practical, tactical, and purposeful approach to technology planning? One example that is changing rapidly is the sports and entertainment industry. The di...