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pieces like hospitals, medical office buildings,
or ambulatory centers. The idea is to create that
live/work/play urban environment that's so desirable today and to do so in a setting that's driven
by wellness.
Eight years ago, Florida Hospital began to look
closely at land it had acquired over time, determining that an idea to develop a health community
with a hospital center was worth exploring, says
Jody Barry, administrative director of strategic
development for Florida Hospital and Adventist
Health System's Florida Division (Orlando).
For inspiration, the provider turned to its own
history. Parent organization Adventist Health was
founded on the belief that a healthy diet, a sensible
amount of exercise, and good relationships with
friends and family translate to a healthy life. "Here
we are 100-some years later, and science says
healthy lifestyle is the best way to a healthy and

fulfilled life," Barry says. So when identifying design
drivers for an integrated community development,
Florida Hospital homed in on such components as a
pedestrian-friendly environment, parks and recreational spaces, and plenty of healthy eating options.
"What we think we can do is create a panache and
magnetism, a reason to engage in healthy activities
when you're healthy," Barry says. "There are a lot
of things we can do. We can have healthy cooking
classes, we can have stop-smoking seminars, we
can have fun walks, and we can provide gyms."
While its planning came well ahead of healthcare
reform, Florida Hospital Health Village, about 40
percent complete today, brings with it a fitting model
for modern healthcare. "We're financially incentivized
to reduce utilization, and the only way to do that is
to elevate the health of the community so they don't
need you as much. The big trick is to figure out how
to be paid to elevate people's health," Barry says.
Indeed, at the heart of these developments are
financial drivers, too. In the case of Florida Hospital,
the organization is partnering with developers that
have expertise in myriad niches (from residential
housing to biomedical research) and purchase land
from the hospital to build village components that fall
within the overall direction created for the community.
Likewise, the planned Union Village in Henderson, Nev., is on its way to becoming reality thanks
to a provider signing on to build a 214-bed hospital,
which subsequently sparked interest from hotel,
office, housing, and senior living providers seeing a
reason to be there, too, says Rex Carpenter, associate principal and senior vice president at HKS (Denver), which has spent the past three years master
planning the project.

CLEVELAND CLINIC (HEALTH FAIR); EDUARD HUEBER (JOHNS HOPKINS)

Above: In an effort to open
its facilities to community
health programs, Cleveland
Clinic hosts a Minority Men's
Health Fair at its main campus
in downtown Cleveland that
offers free screenings and
information on health issues
such as diabetes, cholesterol,
heart disease, lung health, and
cancer. Below: The design
of the massive 1.6 millionsquare-foot academic medical
center for Johns Hopkins
Hospital reflects the client's
mission to better engage its
underserved neighbors in
East Baltimore, including the
integration of several public
healing gardens.

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