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The Role of the Physical Environment in the Hospital of the 21st Century: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity (Abstracts Table Supplement)

Author(s): Ulrich, R. S., Zimring, C., Quan, X., Joseph, A., Choudhary, R.
Added December 2022

Telemedicine room design

Author(s): Major, J.
Added January 2020

The health effects of waste incinerators

Author(s): Thompson, J., Anthony, H.
Added February 2019

Deliberate Perioperative Systems Design Improves Operating Room Throughput

Author(s): Sandberg, W. S., Daily, B., Egan, M., Stahl, J. E., Goldman, J. M., Wiklund, R. A., Rattner, D.
Operating rooms (ORs) are complex and sensitive environments that are typically expensive to operate and maintain. Minimally invasive surgical procedures are becoming increasingly more prevalent in many OR environments, while the costs of operating and maintaining OR environments are simultaneously increasing.
Key Point Summary
Added November 2018

Enhancing the therapeutic potential of hospital environments by increasing the personal control and emotional comfort of hospitalized patients

Author(s): Williams, A. M., Irurita, V. F.
Added September 2018

Prevention and control of health care-associated waterborne infections in health care facilities

Author(s): Exner, M., Kramer, A., Lajoie, L., Gebel, J., Engelhart, S., Hartemann, P.
Added July 2018

Healthy nutrition environments: concepts and measures

Author(s): Glanz, K., Sallis, J. F., Saelens, B. E., Frank, L. D.
Added August 2016

The Creation of a Behavioral Health Unit as Part of the Emergency Department: One Community Hospital's Two-Year Experience

Author(s): Lewis, C., Sierzega, G., Haines, D.
Added July 2016

Characteristics Associated with Low Food and Fluid Intake in Long-Term Care Residents with Dementia

Author(s): Reed, P.S., Zimmerman, S., Sloane, P.D, Williams, C. S., Boustani, M.
Research conducted on residents of different nursing homes shows that the older people who had been suffering with impaired mobility and cognition face serious malnutrition resulting from insufficient food intake and dehydration problems due to less consumption of fluid intake. The resident characteristics that contribute to food and fluid intake include cognitive status, ability to drink independently, and physical limitations such as difficulty swallowing.
Key Point Summary
Added January 2016

Artifacts and collaborative work in healthcare: methodological, theoretical, and technological implications of the tangible

Author(s): Xiao, Y.
Added November 2015

Does privacy matter? Former patients discuss their perceptions of privacy in shared hospital rooms

Author(s): Malcolm, H. A.
According to the author, protection of patient privacy is a new legislation in New Zealand. The author indicates that anecdotal evidence suggests that the legislation was not well understood either by healthcare professionals or by patients.
Key Point Summary
Added March 2015

Does patient-centered design guarantee patient safety?: Using human factors engineering to find a balance between provider and patient needs

Author(s): France, D. J., Throop, P., Walczyk, B., Allen, L., Parekh, A. D., Parsons, A., Rickard, D., Deshpande, J. K.
According to the authors, “human factors engineering is the study of human beings and their interaction with products, environment, and equipment”, and that over the years it has evolved from systems- centered to user-centered to socially-centered care.
Key Point Summary
Added December 2014

Effect of timed bright light treatment for rest-activity disruption in institutionalized patients with Alzheimer's disease

Author(s): Dowling, G. A., Mastick, J., Hubbard, E. M., Luxenberg, J. S., Burr, R. L.
Added December 2014

Infection control: the environment and service organisation

Author(s): Gould, Dinah J
Added October 2014

Effect of morning bright light treatment for rest-activity disruption in institutionalized patients with severe alzheimer's disease

Author(s): Dowling, G. A., Hubbard, E. M., Mastick, J., Luxenberg, J. S., Burr, R. L., Van Someren, E. J. W.
Studies suggest that exposure to light of adequate intensity and duration at the proper time of day can be associated with a positive improvement in the quality and duration of sleep. Since institutional environments tend to have very low light levels, residents may not be exposed to enough bright light to entrain the circadian clock to the 24-hour day. In particular, bright light treatment has been shown to improve sleep–wake cycle disturbances in some Alzheimer’s disease (AD) subjects.
Key Point Summary
Added September 2014

Dimensions of quality in long-term care facilities in Taiwan

Author(s): Chao, S. Y., Roth, P.
Added September 2014

Incidence and Consequence of Falls in Inpatient Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients

Author(s): Suzuki, T., Sonoda, S., Misawa, K., Saitoh, E., Shimizu, Y., Kotake, T.
Added September 2014

Legionnaires' Disease in Long-Term Care Facilities: Overview and Proposed Solutions

Author(s): Seenivasan, M. H., Yu, V. L., Muder, R. R.
Legionnaires’ disease is a notable problem in acute care settings. Legionnaires’ disease has been shown to be an important cause of community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia. In hospitals with Legionella colonization of the water systems, hospital-acquired legionellosis is frequently endemic, accounting for 10% to 40% of hospital-acquired pneumonias. Legionnaires’ disease also accounts for 2% to 15% of community-acquired pneumonia. In contrast, the incidence of Legionnaires’ disease in long-term care residents is not clearly delineated.
Key Point Summary
Added July 2014

Intra-unit patient transports: time, motion, and cost impact on hospital efficiency

Author(s): Hendrich, A. L., Lee, N.
Transferring patients can be stressful and confusing for patients and their families. In addition, risks to the patient increase during transfers. Thus, many healthcare facilities are trying to reduce patient transfers by providing more flexible patient rooms.
Key Point Summary
Added May 2014

Effectiveness of overhead lifting devices in reducing the risk of injury to care staff in extended care facilities

Author(s): Engst, C., Chhokar, R. , Miller, A., Tate, R. B., Yassi, A.
Healthcare facilities often install mechanical lifts to help staff avoid injuries from patient handling. However, some mechanical lifts require more time and space and are not always as comfortable, safe, and secure as manual patient handling. Few studies have used a prospective controlled design to evaluate the effectiveness of ceiling lifts in reducing risk of musculoskeletal injury to care staff; increasing staff satisfaction; and assessing preferred methods of lifting, transferring, and repositioning residents.
Key Point Summary
Added April 2014