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The Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures Collection includes the publication series Healthy Futures, the CIHF Video Collection, and will soon include CIHF Student Works.
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Item Exploring Ideas from Hospitality, Health Management, and Design for Senior Housing and Care: Insights from 2016 CIHF Senior Living RoundtableNegrea, Sherrie (2016-07-01)The first Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF) roundtable, held in April 2016, brought together senior-level executives, educators, and leaders in senior housing and care to share experiences and exchange ideas. CIHF roundtables are purposely limited to approximately 25 to 30 participants “at the table” to foster discussion on a more intimate basis than traditional conferences. In addition to the formal participants, students, faculty, and guests observed and interacted during the event and attended a separate panel discussion, and reception the evening before. Students, faculty, and industry leaders also met together at a working luncheon session to brainstorm ideas for recruiting and training young talent for careers in the senior housing and care industry.Item Annual Report 2017: Innovating across Health, Hospitality, and DesignCornell Institute for Healthy Futures (2017-08-01)We are pleased to present the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures’ second Annual Report. The 2016-17 academic year was an exciting and busy one as we hosted the first Cornell Hospitality, Health and Design Symposium—In Search of a Healthy Future, our second Roundtable—Innovating Across Senior Living and Care and numerous panels, seminars, and workshops. We saw our network of collaborators grow to 50 Faculty Fellows, 11 Industry Scholars, 33 Academic Scholars, and two Visiting Scholars. We now have 30 videos accessible through our website. We are pleased to have seen the number of our member organizations grow to 19 and are grateful for the new and continued support. The School of Hotel Administration in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and the College of Human Ecology have continued to provide support for this exciting new endeavor. In addition to serving as the Executive Director of CIHF, Rohit Verma took on a new role as the Dean of External Relations of the newly formed SC Johnson College of Business. Mardelle Shepley accepted the nomination to be Department Chair of the College of Human Ecology’s Department of Design and Environmental Analysis and began serving in this capacity July 1, 2017, in addition to continuing as Associate Director of CIHF. Our new Program Assistant, Pamela Lafayette, is overseeing the development and release of our first monthly newsletter. Through the support of an Engaged Cornell Curriculum Development grant, Hessam Sadatsafavi will serve as Coordinator for CIHF’s proposed minor in Health, Hospitality, and Design, and its related internships. As always, we continue to utilize the creativity and talent of Cornell University students in managing our website, social media, speaker seminar series, video series, and graphic design, and are grateful to our Program Manager, Elizabeth Hays, for keeping us all together. Going forward, we hope for even further engaged and active collaboration between industry and academia in search of a prosperous and healthy future!Item Innovating Across Senior Living and Care: Insights from 2017 CIHF Senior Living RoundtableNegrea, Sherrie (2017-07-01)The second Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF) roundtable, held in March 2017, brought together senior-level executives, educators, and leaders in senior housing and care to share experiences and exchange ideas. CIHF roundtables are purposely limited to approximately 25 to 30 participants “at the table” to foster discussion on a more intimate basis than traditional conferences. In addition to the formal participants, students, faculty, and guests observed and interacted during the event and attended a separate panel discussion and reception the evening before. Students, faculty, and industry leaders also met together at a working luncheon session to brainstorm ideas for recruiting and training young talent for careers in the senior housing and care industry.Item Patient Experience Rx: Healing the Whole Human Insights from the 2018 CIHF Mini-SymposiumNegrea, Sherrie (2018-07-01)[Excerpt] The Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF) sponsored a mini-symposium on April 12 and 13 that explored the shift toward a consumer-centered approach in healthcare. Nearly 100 industry experts, scholars, hospital and senior living administrators, physicians, nurses, architects, and students attended the conference at Cornell’s Statler Hotel. The symposium opened with a discussion of the current state of the patient experience and the barriers standing in the way of a patient-centered healthcare system. The conference then examined the needs of patients and the innovations healthcare facilities are developing to improve patient outcomes. It concluded with a look at the way technology is changing the delivery of care and how healthcare facilities are identifying different segments of the patient population to offer new levels of service in addressing their medical needs.Item Nature, Health, and Wellbeing: Insights from 2019 CIHF RoundtableNegrea, Sherrie (2019-08-01)[Excerpt] Taking a walk in the woods or even viewing nature through a window can improve our health and wellbeing in countless ways. It can reduce stress in our daily lives, help us recover from surgery, lower our blood pressure, and boost our memory. As the benefits of spending time in nature have been increasingly recognized, green spaces now play a critical role in how many communities are designed, how schools are structured, and how patients are treated at healthcare facilities. The Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF) sponsored a roundtable on April 26 that explored the impact nature can have on individuals in a variety of settings including: communities, schools, senior living, and healthcare facilities. Nearly 50 industry leaders, researchers, healthcare professionals, government representatives, and administrators of nonprofit organizations attended the conference at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The Nature, Health, and Wellbeing roundtable opened with a “State of the Science” overview of the research exploring the intersection of nature and health on issues ranging from the impact gardens have on people with autism to the effect green space has on crime in urban neighborhoods. The “State of the Practice” discussions then examined strategies to integrate therapeutic environments into architectural design, city planning, recreational areas, and park systems. The roundtable concluded with a series of working groups that discussed identifying areas for future study, translating research into practice, and establishing a business case for the benefits of interacting with nature.Item Mental & Behavioral Health Design: Insights from 2017 CIHF RoundtableNegrea, Sherrie (2017-12-01)The effect of design on mental and behavioral health programs and facilities was explored at a roundtable sponsored by the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF) from October 16 to 17 at Cornell University. The roundtable was led by 21 panel members who work in the mental and behavioral health fields, including researchers, architects, designers, healthcare planners, and providers.Item Dining and Service Innovations Across the Health Care Continuum: Insights from 2018 CIHF RoundtableNegrea, Sherrie (2018-12-01)[Excerpt] Hospitals, college campuses, and retirement communities all serve different populations, but they have one feature in common: the experience of the people they serve is significantly impacted by what hospitals sometimes call “hotel functions,” including dining, housekeeping, maintenence, and other support functions. Anecdotal evidence suggests that these services can both enhance the experience, and even potentially improve the outcomes of care, in healthcare and senior living settings. The Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF) sponsored a roundtable on October 9 and 10 that explored the trends in food and other services across a range of organizational settings. Nearly 60 industry leaders in health care, higher education, senior living, financial services, and wellness attended the conference at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The roundtable opened with an overview of the emerging trends in dining services at senior living facilities, college campuses, hospitals, and spas. The conference then explored the innovations institutions have launched in other services, including housekeeping, maintenance, guest relations, and patient services. The roundtable concluded with a discussion on the need to integrate a culture of hospitality at their organizations so that they can better serve the needs of their patients, clients, and residents.Item Annual Report 2018: Innovating across Health, Hospitality, and DesignCornell Institute for Healthy Futures (2018-01-01)[Excerpt] Some wise person once said that “time flies when you are having fun." This has definitely been the case for me serving as the Executive Director of Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures since July 2015 (with the institute being formally inaugurated in November 2015). With generous support from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and College of Human Ecology, we started our institute with a bold vision and some inspirational ideas to bring together the concepts, experiences, challenges, and thought and industry leaders in health, wellness, hospitality, and senior living. It has been an exciting journey, and I am extremely proud of what we have achieved. Please allow me to list some of our major accomplishments: We now have a corporate advisory board comprising a prominent group of senior executives from 26 different global organizations. Thanks to their support, the institute is in excellent financial health. We currently have 50 faculty fellows from different colleges across Cornell, 39 academic scholars from some of the leading universities around the world, and 21 industry scholars. The institute is also the home base for both undergraduate and graduate student clubs. During the last three years we have organized a major conference, roundtables focused on senior living, mental and behavioral health, hospitality and healthcare interface, and most recently, a symposium on patient experience. We have hosted at least 75 industry speakers on campus either as part of panels or as guest lecturers during our classes. Many of their inspiring videos have been archived by CornellCast and are regularly used in classes. We have an active series of ongoing research projects, and soon we will start producing reports that highlight key insights. Last but not the least, we have initiated several educational initiatives, including launching a new minor on healthy futures; a new summer course; and started preparing two online certifications for Senior Living and Healthcare (to be launched later this year).Item Proceedings: Cornell Symposium: Hospitality, Health & Design HHDS2016 In Search of a Healthy FutureVerma, Rohit; Shepley, Mardelle; Hollis, Brooke (2016-01-01)[Excerpt] The purpose of this conference therefore is to bring together academic scholars and industry leaders who have interest in exploring the rapidly evolving dynamics of hospitality and healthcare industries. Furthermore, we believe that design thinking provides an effective approach for exploring this exciting topic from both academic and practitioners’ perspectives.Item 2019 Annual Report: Innovating Across Health, Hospitality and DesignCornell Institute for Healthy Futures (2019-01-01)[Excerpt] We are pleased to present the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures' fourth Annual Report. The 2018-2019 academic year ushered in many exciting changes for us, including: • CIHF Leadership Changes Brooke Hollis (Professor of the Practice in Policy Analysis and Management and Associate Director of Sloan Program in Health Administration) served his first full year as Executive Director. Heather Kolakowski (Lecturer in Food & Beverage Management in School of Hotel Administration) joined us as Associate Director. Nikki Cerra and Ellie Valenzuela-Menodoza joined the Institute as Program Manager and Program Assistant, respectively. • In 2018, we officially launched our new summer course, DEA 1110 Making a Difference by Design: Tackling Hospitality & Healthcare Challenges. It was a very successful class, enrolling over 40 students. • We started creating our new on-line certificate programs through eCornell, with the expectation of officially launching these in 2020. • Our Healthy Futures undergraduate minor was officially launched in the Department of Design & Environmental Analysis and Alexina Federhen graduated as our first minor in May 2019! • In May, we co-hosted a Thought Leadership Forum "Service Imperative for Health, Hospitality, and Design," which will result in a special issue of Journal of Service Management publishing papers from the nine themes of the conference. Over 65 academics and industry leaders participated in the forum. • This year saw many new student-industry collaborative research projects, including: Hilton Wellness Project, Digital Transformation Hackathon, Pacific Life Design Engagement Project and Keeping People 60 and Better at their Best research project with Meredith Oppenheim. With these new changes, we also continued our essential work through growing the Institute. Our corporate advisory board composed of senior-level leaders from 26 different global organizations, continued to help guide our work and bridge the fields of hospitality, design and health management/policy. We continued to grow our community of affiliates, so we currently have 54 faculty fellows from different colleges across Cornell, 45 academic scholars from leading universities A YEAR OF EXCITING CHANGES AT CIHF. and 29 industry scholars. Over 110 industry leaders, academics, researchers, students, healthcare professionals, government representatives and nonprofit administrators participated in our fall and spring Roundtables: "Dining and Service Innovations Across the Health Care Continuum," and "Nature, Health and Wellbeing." As we settle into our new and continuing roles this coming year, we will harness the energy from this past years' changes to further engage our community, inspire students to look through the different lenses simultaneously, and maximize our resources to innovate across health, hospitality and design. We could not do this important work without your support and participation and we look forward to further building our community!