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EBD Journal Club

Fall Prevention for Inpatient Oncology Using Lean and Rapid Improvement Techniques
April 2015 ∘ EBD Journal Club

Wolf, L., Costantinou, E., Limbaugh, C., Rensing, K., Gabbart, P., & Matt, P. (2013). Fall prevention for inpatient oncology using lean and rapid improvement event techniques. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 7(1), 85–101.

 
EBD Journal Club

An Empirical Examination of the Impacts of Decentralized Nursing Unit Design
September 2015 ∘ EBD Journal Club

Pati, D., Harvey, T., Redden, P., & Summers, B. (2015). An empirical examination of the impacts of decentralized nursing unit design. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 8(2), 56-70
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Designing Clinical Space for the Delivery of Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care
June 2016 ∘ EBD Journal Club

Gunn, R., Davis, M. M., Hall, J., Heintzman, J., Muench, J., Smeds, B., ... & Brown, J. (2015). Designing clinical space for the delivery of integrated behavioral health and primary care. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 28(Supplement 1), S52-S62.
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Webinar

High-Consequence Infectious Disease: 10 Ideas to Improve Safety in Patient Care
June 2016 ∘ Webinar

In this webinar presenters identify the risks in healthcare settings and how to reduce them – beyond what’s currently seen in the ER intake and biocontainment patient suites – by applying fundamental facility design principles related to biocontainment. 
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Design Strategies

Design Strategies — Technology
June 2016 ∘ Design Strategies

Technology is one of the most challenging issues in healthcare. The current combination of recent health reform laws, federal stimulus funds, and the ongoing wave of new healthcare technology can be described as a “tsunami” of sorts. Healthcare leaders are overwhelmed, as planning for the future of technology stands to transform many current care practices.  Successfully integrating technology means planning for today as well as anticipating future needs, and directly impacts the programming, planning, and design of all healthcare settings. 
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Issue Brief

Medical Technology: A Built Environment Overview
June 2016 ∘ Issue Brief

As part of the technology toolbox, in this issue brief you will learn about why systems approach is needed to successfully integrate technology into the built environment, implications of the socio-technical system framework on planning and design around medical technology, and the impact of current and future technology on the continuum of care. 
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Tool

Technology Evaluation Considerations
June 2016 ∘ Tool

This tool provides healthcare designers and professionals with technology principles/goals and how environmental, operational, and people measures can be implemented to achieve said goal.
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Executive Summary

Medical Technology: A Built Environment Overview
June 2016 ∘ Executive Summary

Learn about: why a systems approach is needed to successfully integrate technology into the built environment, implications of the socio-technical system framework on planning and design around medical technology, and the impact of current and future technology on the continuum of care. 
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Related Resource

Technology Related Resources

June 2016 ∘ Related Resource

This list of resources is made of up of articles, books, policies, organizations, and more, related to technology. Use this list to learn more about this topic.
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Project Brief

Collaboration Plays a Key Role in Creating a New Hybrid Operating Room
April 2016 ∘ Project Brief

Learn about: Geisinger Health System’s efforts to create a new Hybrid Operating Room that flexes to accommodate different surgical setups and storage needs, how vendors working closely together around common goals can improve efficiency and maximize results, and the need to maintain flexibility in the built environment to allow designs to meet changing circumstances and incorporate improved technologies.