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Reducing Staff Stress and Increasing Effectiveness

Issue Paper #4

Sound Control for Improved Outcomes in Healthcare Settings - January 2007

This paper examines how different aspects of sound—noise, speech privacy, speech intelligibility, and music—impact patient and staff outcomes in healthcare settings and the specific environmental design strategies that can be used to improve the acoustical environment of healthcare settings.

Issue Paper #3

The Role of the Physical and Social Environment in Promoting Health, Safety and Effectiveness in the Healthcare Workplace - November 2006

The physical environment plays an important role in improving the health and safety for staff, increasing effectiveness in providing care, reducing errors, and increasing job satisfaction. Proper design of healthcare settings, along with the culture that prioritizes the health and safety of the care team through its policies and values, can reduce the risk of disease and injury to hospital staff and provide the necessary support to perform critical tasks.