Improve Patient Care and Reduce Medical Errors with Evidence-Based Design Research

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An Introduction to Evidence-Based Design

Evidence-based Design (EBD) is the process of basing decisions about the built environment on credible research to achieve the best possible outcome.

A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design includes a discussion and definition of EBD and how it dovetails with challenging issues of patient care, quality improvement, patient safety and infection control issues.

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Details About the Book

Written by Jain Malkin, award-winning healthcare interior architect and a leader in the field of Evidence-Based Design, A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design is a defining book in this burgeoning new field of thinking. In the introduction, she writes:

"So consider this a snapshot in time. There is a need at this moment to capture the essence of what is going on around the country as major projects are unfolding and each healthcare organization tries to carry forth its mission in the face of daunting challenges: the rapidly escalating cost of construction, pay for performance, patient safety initiatives, integration of information technology, the re-engineering of patient care delivery, and - not least - figuring out what to build to optimize return on investment and enhance the patient's experience."

Featuring a writing style that is engaging as well as informative, Malkin has traveled across the country to get a first-hand view of some of the latest, most innovative projects that are breaking new ground. Healthcare architects, interior designers, hospital executives, and academics alike will benefit from her exhaustive research.

In this must-have resource you'll find:

  • Extensive research combined with dozens of case studies
  • The best practices available today in patient-centered projects
  • More than 300 full-color annotated project photographs and architectural plans
  • A step-by-step guide to creating a research agenda

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Table of Contents

  1. Evidence-Based Design
  2. Research Methods
  3. Patient Safety and Infection Control
  4. Incorporating Research into Design Features
  5. Designing the Experience: Choreographing the
    Patient/Process Interface
  6. Staff Spaces: Nurturing the Healers
  7. Patient Units: Planning Considerations
  8. Diagnostics: Discovering the Invisible
  9. Procedures: Fear of the Unknown
  10. Cancer Treatment: Touching the Spirit
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About Jain Malkin

Jain Malkin is president of Jain Malkin Inc., a San Diego, California, interior architecture firm specializing in health care facilities. A leader in the field of health care design, Malkin has lectured widely and written numerous articles on the psychological effects of health care environments. She is a former instructor at Harvard University in the Graduate School of Design and is often a keynote speaker at conferences on topics relating to research-based design and creating optimal patient experiences.

Jain is the author of Hospital Interior Architecture and Medical and Dental Space Planning: A Comprehensive Guide to Design, Equipment, and Clinical Procedures, both published by John Wiley & Sons and A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design published by The Center for Health Design. Malkin has been named by California Medicine magazine one of California's 100 most interesting and influential health care leaders and she was awarded the 1997 Hyde Chair of Excellence at the University of Nebraska College of Architecture. She is a board member of The Center for Health Design.

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Jain Discusses the Writing Process on You Tube

Now on The Center for Health Design You tube channel you can see Jain Malkin discuss the journey of writing A Visual Reference For Evidence- Based Design

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