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Positive Impacts of a Hospital Garden on Patients, Families and Nurses
March 2019 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar will present an overview of the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center garden research project. For this project, The Center for Health Design awarded Legacy Health and Quatrefoil, Inc. its 2018 Evidence-Based Design Touchstone Award at the highest Platinum Level. Attendees will gain an understanding of the impact of an evidence-based design (EBD) process to create a hospital garden to reduce stress in three different user groups, learn the positive effects of a garden on different hospital populations, and see how the garden is used in daily programming to serve all hospital populations.
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

El Paso Children's Hospital, El Paso, TX
September 2012 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal for this project was to establish the first separately licensed children’s hospital in the community of El Paso, Texas with an interior environment that is patient-centered, family focused, community accessible, culturally compatible and a magnet for the recruitment of pediatric medical staff.  
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Butler County Health Care Center, David City, NE

September 2011 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project ∘
The goal for this project was to improve infection control flow patterns and to reduce surgery room turn around time.
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.
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Designing a New Ambulatory Care Model: A Case Study Look at Ambulatory Design Trends Featuring UW Health – Yahara Clinic
February 2014 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar will guide you through incorporating ambulatory care design trends and evidenced-based design principles when designing for ambulatory facilities. Learn from success stories at the UW Health – Yahara Clinic, an outpatient facility in Monona, Wisconsin. The presentation highlights Yahara Clinic’s operational concept of self-rooming and design for Integrated Care Team space. Post occupancy outcomes will be shared, including an 83% reduction in staff footsteps and 25% improvement in patient satisfaction scores. 
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The Design Impact of the New Bed Tower on Patients and Staff at Central Washington Hospital
January 2014 ∘ Webinar ∘
This session reviews the research and design implemented by HDR at Central Washington and how it integrated lean strategies and all 8 steps of the evidence-based design process to deliver a new patient bed tower. Learn how these strategies have impacted both work processes and employee satisfaction. The presenters will discuss their methodology and results from the research conducted, and how that research impacted the design of the hospital, its occupants, and the efficiency of the building.
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Implementing LEAN strategies and the 8 steps of Evidence Based Design to increase caregiver efficiency at Central Washington Hospital
October 2013 ∘ Webinar ∘
Three units were analyzed including Critical Care, Medical Oncology and Obstetrics in order to track clinical behaviors and to identify opportunities for improvement for the newly designed space. The travel study indicated for all units measured that the time spent on value added care, the time spent on direct care, and the aisle effectiveness all increased from current to future state workflow and generally outperformed the national benchmarks for their corresponding unit types. Additionally, review the process and results of the post-occupancy evaluation.
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Project Brief

Analysis Helps Hospital Move to Center of Excellence Status
August 2015 ∘ Project Brief ∘
Learn about: the ways the hospital and design team involved staff and community resources to gather information, mapping, analysis, and research that informed the official report that drove the project, and an optimal physical setting that became a “Center of Excellence.”