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Tool

Safety Modules
February 2017 ∘ Tool

These modules consist of Issue Briefs, Backgrounders, and Top Design Strategies, and were created as a supplement to the Safety Risk Assessment toolkit.
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Webinar

Mental and Behavioral Health Facilities: Critical Design Issues
February 2017 ∘ Webinar

This webinar describes a study that identified features in the physical environment that impact staff and patients in psychiatric environments and a research tool that was developed to evaluate the design of mental and behavioral health facilities. Pursuant to a broad literature review, researchers conducted 19 interviews with psychiatric staff, facility administrators and architects. Interview data was analyzed using a highly structured qualitative data analysis process. 
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, GA
November 2016 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project

The goal of this project was to combine two sometimes-competing objectives: to offer positive distraction for patients with proven EBD principles, while honoring the mandates of the U.S. Military’s visual culture.
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Cama Healing Touch Collection – Family Bed Chair, Thomasville, NC
November 2016 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project

The goal of this project was to harness the healing power of touch between a bed-ridden patient and a concerned loved one in order to promote healing.
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

East Morgan County Hospital Kitchen and Dining, Brush, Colorado
November 2016 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project

The goal of this project was to create a dining area that would serve as a hub in the local community, with an adjoining kitchen designed for peak efficiency.
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Akron Children’s Hospital, Kay Jewelers Pavilion, NICU, Akron, Ohio
November 2016 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project

The goal of this project was to implement all-private patient room units (with the exception of enlarged rooms for twins/multiples); provide clear visibility and direct line of sight to all patients; increase privacy and offer greater support for mothers to nurse and have “kangaroo care” time with their newborns; improve family and nurse/physician communication; and reduce overall noise levels on the units.
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

St. Louis Children's Specialty Care Center, Town and Country, MO
February 2017 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project

The goal of this project was to address the need for outpatient pediatric services and to continue the brand of an integrated experience on the main hospital campus as a convenient alternative to the disparate outpatient locations available to parents.
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
November 2016 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project

The goal of this project was to enhance staff efficiency, delivery of care, and the patient experience by leveraging both Lean and EBD processes in a medical-surgical unit.
Project Brief

How the Physical Environment in a Special Care Unit Impacts Dementia Patients’ Quality of Life

February 2017 ∘ Project Brief

Learn about: how the physical setting of a special care unit for dementia patients can affect their behavior in both positive and negative ways, design features that may help engage residents and foster socialization, and strategic choices of flooring surfaces, flooring transitions, and wayfinding that can help create a safer environment.
Interview

Designing to Sustain Energy & Ability Throughout Aging: Strategic Implications and Opportunities, an interview with Lorraine Hiatt, PhD
February 2017 ∘ Interview

Learn about: why the imagined and built environment needs to take a broader, more deliberate role in supporting aging patients, the tools that designers and providers must use to create supportive physical and social spaces, and information that visionaries, collaborators, and patients can share to streamline the design process.