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Project Brief

Design Solutions to Improve Healthcare Access and Outcomes - Kaiser Permanente Antelope Valley Medical Offices
March 2017 ∘ Project Brief

Learn about: how innovative design can be achieved at the same or similar cost, how design can result in a well-regarded community landmark, and how community-based care improves patient use and compliance with regimens.
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Tool

Ideas to Improve Nurse-Patient Communication
August 2015 ∘ Tool

This tool provides healthcare designers and professionals with ideas on how to improve nurse-patient communication through facility design.
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. 
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Design Strategies

Design Strategies — Noise
May 2014 ∘ Design Strategies
Overview

HCAHPS scores related to noise in the hospital environment are typically among the lowest. Acoustic intervention packages implemented by healthcare organizations are often a combination of built environment and operational measures.  

 
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Tool

Ideas to Reduce Noise
September 2015 ∘ Tool

This tool provides healthcare designers and professionals with ideas on how to address the issue of noise in facility design.
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Project Brief

Acoustical Wall Treatment Helps Improve HCAHPS Scores for Patient Satisfaction in ED Pilot
August 2015 ∘ Project Brief

Learn about: how one hospital’s emergency room pilot project increased patient satisfaction, the standards developed post-pilot to decrease noise transfer to other areas of the hospital, and why having design changes on paper may not be enough.
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Interview

Treating Noise at the Source, an interview with Ken Roy, PhD
October 2014 ∘ Interview

Learn about: the key noise issues facing the industry today, design strategies that can be implemented to mitigate noise, the problems with spaces that are too quiet.