Insights & Solutions

The Need for Infection Control Specialists and Designers to Build on Common Ground, an interview with Jesse Thomas Jacob, MD

August 2015 ∘ Interview ∘

Learn about: the three main ways pathogens are spread in a healthcare facility, why infection control specialists and designers need to work as a team for best results and why more research is needed to determine the impact of specific design features on infection control.

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Interview

How Evidence-Based Design Can Support Communication to Ensure Patient Safety, an interview with Jaynelle F. Stichler, DNS, RN, EDAC, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN

August 2015 ∘ Interview ∘
Learn about: how communication plays a vital role in nurses’ daily responsibilities, which evidence-based design features support effective communication efforts and why improving communication can lead to best outcomes and impact a facility’s bottom line.

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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.

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Interview

Good Technology Combines People, Place, and Price, an Interview with Gloria Cascarino

May 2016 ∘ Interview ∘

Learn about: the importance of cultural fit in choosing technology, the ways equipment and operational conversations go hand-in-hand, and planning for today while looking toward the future.

Interview

Patient Safety - Next Steps for the Industry, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

November 2014 ∘ Interview ∘

Interview

Patient Safety - Five Category Ergonomics and Design Classification System an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

November 2014 ∘ Interview ∘

Interview

Patient Safety - a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

November 2014 ∘ Interview ∘

Interview

Patient Safety- Key Issues, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

November 2014 ∘ Interview ∘

Interview

Patient Safety and Comfort, Part 2, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc CCMM, OT,

November 2014 ∘ Interview ∘

Interview

Patient Safety, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

November 2014 ∘ Interview ∘

Slidecast

Isolation or Interaction: Healthcare Provider Experience of Design Change

April 2020 ∘ Slidecast ∘
Van Heuvelen, J.S. (2019). Isolation or Interaction: Healthcare Provider Experience of Design Change. Sociology of Health & Illness, 41(4), 692-708. While the role of the built environment is often overlooked in sociology, van Heuvelen examined the role of the environment as a mediator of organizational culture. This ethnographic study draws on sociology and an "inhabited institutionalist" theoretical framework to assess the staff experience of adjusting to the move from an open-bay to a single family room NICU. Findings show moving to the new SFR unit resulted in less time for discussion and personal support, resulting in a higher reliance on individual assessment skills. This was felt to undermine the culture of collaboration, but in other instances, the prior collaborative culture was transposed.

Webinar

Behavioral Health Behind Closed Doors

December 2018 ∘ Webinar ∘
This webinar explores how MedStar Health is using fast-track design to help catalyze a new model of behavioral health, using the reduction of barriers, small house concepts and interior design strategies to create positive environments where patients are positively impacted.

Interview

The Design of a Psychiatric Clinic in Borås Sweden Strives to Create a "Healing" Environment, an interview with Stefan Lundin and Cristiana Caira

February 2018 ∘ Interview ∘
Learn about how the design of a new psychiatric facility strives to normalize mental illness through carefully chosen materials with the goal of creating a “homey,” non-institutional setting, why private patient rooms will be included in the new final building as an important part of the design concept, and how research helped shape the architects’ beliefs that the built environment should support patients’ dignity and independence as part of the recovery process.

Issue Brief

Design for Behavioral and Mental Health: More Than Just Safety

February 2018 ∘ Issue Brief ∘
As part of the Behavioral & Mental Health toolbox, in this issue brief you will learn about the prevalence of behavioral and mental health conditions as comorbidities; design strategies for promoting psychological wellness; and a systematic benefit analysis approach to meet the psychological needs of all.

EBD Journal Club

Does Space Matter? An Exploratory Study for a Child–Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit

August 2017 ∘ EBD Journal Club ∘

Trzpuc, S. J., Wendt, K. A., Heitzman, S. C., Skemp, S., Thomas, D., & Dahl, R. (2016). Does space matter? An exploratory study for a child–adolescent mental health inpatient unit. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 10(1), 23-44.

Tool

Ambulatory Care Center Design Tool

December 2015 ∘ Tool ∘
This Ambulatory Care Center Design Tool (ACCDT), developed by Dr. Anjali Joseph and Dr. Zahra Zamani from Clemson University in collaboration with The Center for Health Design (CHD), builds upon a series of papers, best practice case studies and in-depth literature reviews conducted by CHD as well as CHD's Clinic Design Post-Occupancy Evaluation Toolkit – Tool 2 Audit of Physical Environment with additions from a thesis by Crews (2013). The tool supports design teams in making key design decisions about ambulatory care centers linked to evidence based design goals and principles.

The Need for Infection Control Specialists and Designers to Build on Common Ground, an interview with Jesse Thomas Jacob, MD

How Evidence-Based Design Can Support Communication to Ensure Patient Safety, an interview with Jaynelle F. Stichler, DNS, RN, EDAC, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN

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

Good Technology Combines People, Place, and Price, an Interview with Gloria Cascarino

Patient Safety - Next Steps for the Industry, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

Patient Safety - Five Category Ergonomics and Design Classification System an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

Patient Safety - a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

Patient Safety- Key Issues, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

Patient Safety and Comfort, Part 2, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc CCMM, OT,

Patient Safety, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

Isolation or Interaction: Healthcare Provider Experience of Design Change

Behavioral Health Behind Closed Doors

The Design of a Psychiatric Clinic in Borås Sweden Strives to Create a "Healing" Environment, an interview with Stefan Lundin and Cristiana Caira

Design for Behavioral and Mental Health: More Than Just Safety

Does Space Matter? An Exploratory Study for a Child–Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit

Ambulatory Care Center Design Tool

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