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April 2008
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESEARCH-BASED DESIGN AND EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN? Watch Jain Malkin answer this question and more as she talks about her new book, A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design on the CHD YouTube channel. Want to know what this book is about? Read the executive summary about this valuable resource. Order your copy of Jain's new book now. CHD BOARD MEMBER LEN BERRY HONORED Congratulations to CHD Board Member and Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Len Berry who has been named a Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence by Texas A&M University. Dr. Berry will formally receive his award at May's Business School commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 10th. ENTER YOUR PROJECT IN THE HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT AWARDS Sponsored by Contract magazine in conjunction with The Center and Vendome Group, LLC, this competition recognizes excellence in new or
renovated healthcare facility design. HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR HEALTHCARE DESIGN.08 YET? HEALTHCARE DESIGN 08 is the premier conference devoted to how the DESIGN of responsible built environments directly impact the safety, operation, clinical outcomes, and financial success of healthcare facilities now and into the future. This is the industry's best-attended and most well-respected conference on evidence-based design for healthcare. The conference is designed for all professionals involved in the design, build, and operation of healthcare facilities, including top administrators and operations executives, architects, interior designers; facility managers, and design/build professionals, as well as researchers, students, and educators. November 8-11, 2008, The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington D.C AHRQ RELEASES 2008 BENCHMARKING DATA ON SAFETY CULTURE The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released the patient safety culture survey data from more than 519 hospitals
representing 160,000 hospital staff. This information can be used by hospitals to benchmark their data with results from other hospitals as
they monitor their efforts to establish, improve, and maintain their patient safety culture. HEALING ENVIRONMENT OR HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT? CHD Executive Vice President Sara Marberry wonders why the tagline of the CleanMed conference is "creating healing environments." Read her blog post. EDAC NEWS Interested in learning more about EDAC? Sign up for the EDAC newsletter to receive in-depth updates about the program and get some quick Evidence-based Design tips and nuggets. STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR MAY 1st WEBINAR The Design Characteristics Of A Successful Adaptable Inpatient Unit What you will learn: Understand the role of flexibility in promoting efficiency in patient care. CHD WELCOMES NEW PEBBLE PARTNER We are pleased to welcome a new Pebble Partner: ABOUT US The Center for Health Design is a nonprofit 501c(3) research and advocacy organization whose mission is to transform healthcare settings into healing environments that improve outcomes through the creative use of evidence-based design. Looking for ways to support our work?
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