The Evolving Role of FGI: Updates to the 2022 Guidelines

This webinar will feature a brief introduction to FGI and the feature highlights and updates to the FGI 2022 Edition. The Facility Guidelines Institute is an independent 501 c3 not for profit organization that promotes consensus-based guidelines and publications, advised by research, to advance quality health care design. FGI produces three distinct volumes for the planning, design, and construction for 1) Hospitals 2) Outpatient Facilities and 3) Residential Health Care and Support Facilities.  There is a regular review and revision cycle every four years, where consensus methodology is used to produce improved future editions of the Guidelines. FGI 2022, is the latest in the 75-year history of the Guidelines and is an update from the 2018 edition. The 2022 edition of the Guidelines has been updated with a few topics that note the evolving role of FGI in promoting patient centered care, building resiliency during community emergencies, the impact that design can have on palliative and end of life care, flexibility to reduce overcrowding in Emergency Departments, and new design guidelines for behavioral and mental health crisis units. As the needs of planning, design and construction for healthcare facilities evolves, FGI responds with updated editions of the Guidelines.