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Tool

A Healthcare Reform Primer Tool

August 2015 ∘ Tool

This tool outlines the relationships between design, measures, healthcare reform topics, and the legislation.
Executive Summary

Design for Aging: Psychological Health Among Older Adults
March 2015 ∘ Executive Summary

Learn about: definitions of psychological concepts related to the designed environment, functions of personalization, privacy, wayfinding, and access to nature in meeting psychological needs, and design implications of personalization, privacy, wayfinding, and access to nature.
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Housing and Residential Care for Older Adults
March 2015 ∘ Executive Summary

Learn about: activities necessary for independent living, the range of residential options for older adults, and the culture change movement that is transforming care environments for the aging population.
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Designing for Age-Related Changes Among Older Adults
March 2015 ∘ Executive Summary

Learn about: common age-related changes in physical abilities, frequently occurring age-related sensory changes, and supportive adjustments to the physical environment that compensate for functional loss.
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Executive Summary

Going Quiet: Best Practices
March 2014 ∘ Executive Summary

Learn about: how excessive noise can negatively impact patients and staff in hospital environments, the various ways to improve patients’ perception of sound, and the specific low cost, medium cost, and high cost design strategies that can reduce noise. 
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Interview

Strategic Design Can Improve Patient Perception of Cleanliness and Quality, an interview with Jaynelle F. Stichler, DNS, RN, EDAC, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN
January 2016 ∘ Interview

Learn about: what patients really judge when evaluating a facility’s cleanliness, why patient perceptions of cleanliness directly impact reimbursements, and ways hospitals can improve patients’ views of cleanliness, quality, and safety. 
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Dedicated Service Corridor in an Adult Cardiac ICU, A Medical Center in the North Central United States
September 2012 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project

The goal of this project was to reduce noise and distractions in the patient care environment in the design of a new adult cardiac ICU. 
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Monroe Clinic – Lean Design for Surgery, Monroe, WI
September 2012 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project

The goal of this project was to improve patients’ overall outpatient surgery experience by reducing wait times, reducing the number of transfers/handoffs for each patient, and increasing on-time starts for surgical procedures.
EDAC Advocate Firm Project

Standard Process Handwashing System in Patient Rooms; All new patient care units
September 2012 ∘ EDAC Advocate Firm Project

The goal for this project was to create a standard process that facilitates appropriate hand washing practice prior to caregiver interaction with the patient.
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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.