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Demonstrating The Effect Of The Built Environment On Staff Health-Related Quality Of Life In Ambulatory Care Environments

December 2015 ∘ EBD Journal Club ∘

Wingler, D., & Hector, R. (2015). Demonstrating the effect of the built environment on staff health-related quality of life in ambulatory care environments. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 8(4), 25-40.

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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.

Tool	My Safety Net Clinic March 2011 ∘ Tool ∘ Overview My Safety Net Clinic (MySNC) was developed by Dr. Larry Mallak and Wasif Butt of Western Michigan University in 2011. MySNC was funded by a grant from the California HealthCare Foundation, in conjunction with The Center for Health Design.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Janesville Medical Campus – St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic Janesville East, Janesville, WI

September 2012 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal for this project was to create a warm, inviting, calm and patient-centered environment for patients and staff.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, San Francisco, CA

September 2010 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal for this project was to identify built “centers of excellence” that best represent evidence-based design (EBD) and eco-effective design (EED) innovations.

EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Ft. Belvoir Community Hospital, Ft. Belvoir, VA

September 2010 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal for this project was to have this facility's deisgn include a patient- and family-centered environment, improve the quality and safety of healthcare, enhance care of the whole person by adding contact with nature and positive distractions, and create a positive work environment. The design would also feature maximum standardization and accommodate future flexibility and growth.

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.

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Demonstrating The Effect Of The Built Environment On Staff Health-Related Quality Of Life In Ambulatory Care Environments

Ambulatory Care Center Design Tool

My Safety Net Clinic

Janesville Medical Campus – St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic Janesville East, Janesville, WI

Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, San Francisco, CA

Ft. Belvoir Community Hospital, Ft. Belvoir, VA

Patient Room Design Checklist and Evaluation Tool

Synergy - the Advantages of a Comprehensive Health Campus, an Interview with Barry Rabner

Industry Challenges, an Interview with Todd Wilkening, CHFM, CHST

The Big Picture of Design as a Social Art - an Interview with David Kamp, FASLA, LF, NA

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