Insights & Solutions

Design for Behavioral and Mental Health: A Universal Approach & Benefit Analysis

February 2018 ∘ Tool ∘
Design interventions to improve well-being for patients with behavioral and mental health (BMH) conditions will often have impacts on other populations, as well (e.g., staff, visitors, non-BMH patients who use the same facility). This tool will help you consider those broader impacts and incorporate them into an evidence-based process for a universal design approach.

Interview

Understanding the Unique Design Needs of Behavioral Health Facilities, an interview with James Hunt, AIA, NCARB

February 2018 ∘ Interview ∘
Inside you will learn about: why behavioral health facilities have very different design requirements than general hospitals; how different areas of a behavioral health unit have different safety needs that influence design choices; and which types of safety measures and products should be incorporated into behavioral health units.

EBD Journal Club

Security Implications Of Physical Design Attributes In The Emergency Department

May 2017 ∘ EBD Journal Club ∘

Pati, D., Pati, S., & Harvey Jr, T. E. (2016). Security implications of physical design attributes in the emergency department. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 9(4), 50-63.

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.

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.

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.

Interview

Design for Behavioral and Mental Health: A Universal Approach & Benefit Analysis

Understanding the Unique Design Needs of Behavioral Health Facilities, an interview with James Hunt, AIA, NCARB

Security Implications Of Physical Design Attributes In The Emergency Department

Designing the Future of Integrated Behavioral Health

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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