Katheryn Fricke, AIA, LEED AP is the Director of Planning at FreemanWhite. Katie leads the planning, programming and benchmarking efforts for the firm. Katie is highly efficient in defining and prioritizing clinical objectives derived from client interaction, input, and data and is skilled in implementing strategic direction in diverse planning scenarios. With both macro and micro organization expertise she manages large projects and the big picture, as well as the small but crucial details inherent in the patient flow through a department.
Today, the ongoing Ebola crisis in West Africa is turning attention to the strategies hospitals use to contain infectious diseases. How do emergency departments serve and treat highly contagious patients while keeping other patients, clinicians, and the community at large safe? Are U.S. hospitals prepared for outbreaks of highly contagious diseases? Many of the answers […]