Insights & Solutions

Isolation or Interaction: Healthcare Provider Experience of Design Change

April 2020 ∘ Slidecast ∘
Van Heuvelen, J.S. (2019). Isolation or Interaction: Healthcare Provider Experience of Design Change. Sociology of Health & Illness, 41(4), 692-708. While the role of the built environment is often overlooked in sociology, van Heuvelen examined the role of the environment as a mediator of organizational culture. This ethnographic study draws on sociology and an "inhabited institutionalist" theoretical framework to assess the staff experience of adjusting to the move from an open-bay to a single family room NICU. Findings show moving to the new SFR unit resulted in less time for discussion and personal support, resulting in a higher reliance on individual assessment skills. This was felt to undermine the culture of collaboration, but in other instances, the prior collaborative culture was transposed.

Webinar

Behavioral Health Behind Closed Doors

December 2018 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar explores how MedStar Health is using fast-track design to help catalyze a new model of behavioral health, using the reduction of barriers, small house concepts and interior design strategies to create positive environments where patients are positively impacted.

Interview

The Design of a Psychiatric Clinic in Borås Sweden Strives to Create a "Healing" Environment, an interview with Stefan Lundin and Cristiana Caira

February 2018 ∘ Interview ∘
Learn about how the design of a new psychiatric facility strives to normalize mental illness through carefully chosen materials with the goal of creating a “homey,” non-institutional setting, why private patient rooms will be included in the new final building as an important part of the design concept, and how research helped shape the architects’ beliefs that the built environment should support patients’ dignity and independence as part of the recovery process.

Issue Brief

Design for Behavioral and Mental Health: More Than Just Safety

February 2018 ∘ Issue Brief ∘
As part of the Behavioral & Mental Health toolbox, in this issue brief you will learn about the prevalence of behavioral and mental health conditions as comorbidities; design strategies for promoting psychological wellness; and a systematic benefit analysis approach to meet the psychological needs of all.

EBD Journal Club

Does Space Matter? An Exploratory Study for a Child–Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit

August 2017 ∘ EBD Journal Club ∘

Trzpuc, S. J., Wendt, K. A., Heitzman, S. C., Skemp, S., Thomas, D., & Dahl, R. (2016). Does space matter? An exploratory study for a child–adolescent mental health inpatient unit. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 10(1), 23-44.

Tool

Ambulatory Care Center Design Tool

December 2015 ∘ Tool ∘
This Ambulatory Care Center Design Tool (ACCDT), developed by Dr. Anjali Joseph and Dr. Zahra Zamani from Clemson University in collaboration with The Center for Health Design (CHD), builds upon a series of papers, best practice case studies and in-depth literature reviews conducted by CHD as well as CHD's Clinic Design Post-Occupancy Evaluation Toolkit – Tool 2 Audit of Physical Environment with additions from a thesis by Crews (2013). The tool supports design teams in making key design decisions about ambulatory care centers linked to evidence based design goals and principles.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Children's Pavilion at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA

March 2020 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
To provide an “oasis” for patients and their families with an emphasis on wellness, safety and security while being warm, inviting, and comforting. To build the operating delivery model, partnering with other community providers, focusing on a “full service” outpatient continuum of care across sites (physician office, emergency room, hospital ambulatory, hospital inpatient, home care, community ambulatory care) and across levels of service (primary care management, specialty consultation and treatment and chronic care management).

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Animal Humane Society, Golden Valley, MN

March 2020 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
To create a research study similar to those used in healthcare settings to evaluate the impact of the new canine housing habitat model. To understand the impact of the designed environment on staff, volunteers and the dogs who are housed there.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

The Emerson Resort & SPA, Mount Tremper, New York

March 2020 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal was to embellish nature’s restorative qualities with the benefits of this resort’s spa, both in the services provided and in the designed environment in which these services are delivered.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center, Nashville Zoo, Nashville, TN

March 2020 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The mission of the Zoo’s veterinary center is: “we are a window for the world to witness compassionate veterinary care and collaborative research to conserve all species." In order to achieve this, the goal was to meld the natural world with the manmade world.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Kentucky Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky Healthcare, Lexington, KY

March 2020 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The project reimagines how a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) can function in the future to achieve better outcomes.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Children's Hospital of Orange County, Thompson Autism Center, Orange, CA

February 2020 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal of the Thompson Autism Center at CHOC is to bring leading-edge, evidence-based design practices to clinical and research spaces to ensure children with ASD receive the best care possible throughout their youth and into early adulthood.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

William T. Evjue Clinic - Access Community Health Centers, Madison, WI

February 2020 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘

The goals were to: improve operational efficiency via flow and collaboration between the two existing levels; facilitate team-based care; improve patient safety and satisfaction; and improve wayfinding.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Cherokee Indian Hospital, Cherokee, NC

January 2020 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal of the art program was to respect and visually reflect modernday life as an EBCI member while celebrating the unique Cherokee culture through original, multimedia artwork created by tribal members.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Spero Academy, Minneapolis, MN

December 2019 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The primary goal of this project was to apply the evidence-based design process to inform the design of the new school building. The transdisciplinary team evaluated current research pertaining to the student population, conducted focus groups with staff, and planned a formal study to test hypothesized outcomes in the new space compared to the old space.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

New Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX

February 2019 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘

The design vision statement expressed that the new Parkland Hospital be a safe, welcoming, patient-centered healing environment that serves as a sustainable community resource for Dallas County. It would promote excellence in clinical care, teaching, and research in a technologically advanced, easily accessible environment.

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Isolation or Interaction: Healthcare Provider Experience of Design Change

Behavioral Health Behind Closed Doors

The Design of a Psychiatric Clinic in Borås Sweden Strives to Create a "Healing" Environment, an interview with Stefan Lundin and Cristiana Caira

Design for Behavioral and Mental Health: More Than Just Safety

Does Space Matter? An Exploratory Study for a Child–Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit

Ambulatory Care Center Design Tool

Children's Pavilion at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA

Animal Humane Society, Golden Valley, MN

The Emerson Resort & SPA, Mount Tremper, New York

HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center, Nashville Zoo, Nashville, TN

Kentucky Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky Healthcare, Lexington, KY

Children's Hospital of Orange County, Thompson Autism Center, Orange, CA

William T. Evjue Clinic - Access Community Health Centers, Madison, WI

Cherokee Indian Hospital, Cherokee, NC

Spero Academy, Minneapolis, MN

New Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX

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