Patty Looker and Lauren Andrysiak

Patty Looker, Assoc. AIA, FACHE, EDAC, Principal/Healthcare Director, VOA Associates Incorporated

Ms. Looker has led VOA’s Healthcare Practice Group for ten years. She is responsible for executive management, oversight of all healthcare projects and business development. She is a Principal and Partner at VOA, as well as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and certified in Evidence-based Design (EDAC). Patty has led over 100 hospitals nationwide to achieve market leadership, improve healing environments and increase revenue margins. Prior to joining VOA, she spent 15 years as a consultant to hospitals nationwide and provided strategy and governance expertise to 50 nonprofit health and human service organizations in metropolitan Chicago. Her knowledge of the healthcare sector and public health spans nearly 35 years, with a special emphasis on women’s health.

Lauren Andrysiak, BA, Senior Associate/Designer, VOA Associates Incorporated

Ms. Andrysiak serves as a designer focused on interiors for VOA healthcare projects. Responsibilities include close interface with clients and users, improvement of healthcare interiors, and incorporation of sustainable design principles. She also develops built environment solutions that accommodate code and regulatory requirements and that translate the vision of VOA’s clients into more efficient and effective healing environments.

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It’s a Footrace: Acute Care Design Trends

March 26, 2013

Fast Feet. Tired Feet. Healthcare Feet. Perhaps there is no more important place where flooring has impact than in the healthcare environment. It is the source of noise, falls, staff efficiency and the “pathway” to more attention to patients at… Continue reading »