Insights & Solutions

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.

Interview

Incorporating Social Connectivity Into the Built Environment to Accommodate Aging Populations, an interview with Charlotte Yeh, M.D.

December 2016 ∘ Interview ∘
Learn about: the need for current healthcare systems to accommodate a growing number of older Americans, how healthcare needs change as people age, design features that can help older patients feel more at home in an inpatient setting, and how home design can contribute to personal health and satisfaction over time.

EBD Journal Club

The Role of Flooring as a Design Element Affecting Patient and Healthcare Worker Safety

October 2014 ∘ EBD Journal Club ∘
Harris, D. D., Detke, L. A. (2013). The role of flooring as a design element affecting patient and healthcare worker safety. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 6(3), 95-119.

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.

Tool

Population Health Clinic Evaluation Tool - (PDF Version)

March 2017 ∘ Tool ∘

Built environment strategies can help healthcare organizations and communities promote healthy living, reduce obesity, and prevent chronic disease. Given the increasing focus on community health and preventive medicine, it is important that healthcare organizations and the communities they serve incorporate built environment strategies that result in healthy behavior. With support from the Kresge Foundation, The Center for Health Design has developed a standardized Community Health Center Facility Evaluation tool that supports design for population health. The tool is intended to support both design and post-occupancy evaluation of built projects with respect to population health goals.

Tool

Clinic Design Post-Occupancy Evaluation Toolkit (PDF version)

November 2015 ∘ Tool ∘
This Clinic Design Post Occupancy Evaluation Toolkit is self-administered and provides a way to collect a variety of data on the physical enviornment, subjective perception of users, and objective healthcare outcomes.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Benjamin & Marian Schuster Heart Hospital, Kettering, OH

September 2015 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal for this project was to change a patient’s hospital experience through specific environmental design features aimed at reducing stress.

Tool

Patient Room Design Checklist and Evaluation Tool

August 2015 ∘ Tool ∘
Developed through extensive review of research, surveys, site tests, and review and validation by expert advisory council members, this standard set of evidence-based design checklists and post-occupancy evaluation (POE) tools can be used by interior designers to apply research to healthcare design projects and to conduct post-occupancy evaluations of three types of hospital patient rooms: adult medical-surgical, adult intensive care, and maternity care.

Interview

Patient Safety - a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

November 2014 ∘ Interview ∘

Interview

Research , Learn, Share, an Interview with Barry Rabner

November 2014 ∘ Interview ∘

Interview

The Importance of Facility Management, an Interview with Todd Wilkening, CHFM, CHST

November 2014 ∘ Interview ∘

Webinar

Designing the Future of Integrated Behavioral Health

August 2014 ∘ Webinar ∘
Behavioral health settings guided by strict safety design measures often result in spaces that are stark, plain, and isolated - potentially exacerbating environmental stressors and escalating already difficult patient situations. Acute care emergency settings have a particular set of challenges as EDs are predicting increased visits from behavioral health patients. Faced with the challenge of designing a behavioral health care setting in the Emergency Department at UnityPoint Health in Rock Island, IL, the project team hypothesized that the creation of a Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) with a “Living Room Concept” would provide a higher quality of care to patients while assisting in the staff’s ability to quickly consult and treat a diverse set of patients entering the ED.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Dedicated Service Corridor in an Adult Cardiac ICU, A Medical Center in the North Central United States

September 2012 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal of this project was to reduce noise and distractions in the patient care environment in the design of a new adult cardiac ICU.

Design for Behavioral and Mental Health: More Than Just Safety

Incorporating Social Connectivity Into the Built Environment to Accommodate Aging Populations, an interview with Charlotte Yeh, M.D.

The Role of Flooring as a Design Element Affecting Patient and Healthcare Worker Safety

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

Population Health Clinic Evaluation Tool - (PDF Version)

Clinic Design Post-Occupancy Evaluation Toolkit (PDF version)

Benjamin & Marian Schuster Heart Hospital, Kettering, OH

Patient Room Design Checklist and Evaluation Tool

Patient Safety - a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

Research , Learn, Share, an Interview with Barry Rabner

The Importance of Facility Management, an Interview with Todd Wilkening, CHFM, CHST

Designing the Future of Integrated Behavioral Health

Dedicated Service Corridor in an Adult Cardiac ICU, A Medical Center in the North Central United States

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