Healthy Built Environment Linkages: A Toolkit for Design - Planning - Health
2014
PHSA Population & Public Health team under the leadership of the Healthy Built Environment Alliance (HBEA)
Report
Author(s): Provincial Health Services Authority
Added August 2016
Integration of primary health services: being put together does not mean they will work together
2014
BMC Research Notes
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 7
Pages 1-10
Author(s): Lawn, S., Lloyd, A., King, A., Sweet, L., Gum, L.
Added July 2016
Integrating ergonomics into engineering design: The role of objects
2014
Applied Ergonomics
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 45
Pages 647-654
Author(s): Hall-Andersen, L. B., Broberg, O.
Added June 2016
Wayfinding in Hospital: A Case Study
2014
Design, User Experience, and Usability. User Experience Design for Everyday Life Applications and Services
Book Section
Author(s): Martins, L. B., de Melo, H. F. V.
Added May 2016
Intensive care unit design and mortality in trauma patients
2014
Journal of Surgical Research
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 190
Pages 640-646
Author(s): Pettit, N. R., Wood, T., Lieber, M., O'Mara, M. S.
A primary concern for many patient care units is the question of where to place more seriously ill patients within the space that is available. Questions regarding the impact of architectural features, such as the availability of natural lighting, or adjacency to nurse stations on patient health outcomes should be further explored so that increasingly effective healthcare environments can be established. Currently, no data exist demonstrating whether trauma patients receiving treatment in intensive care unit (ICU) beds with poor visibility from a central nursing station experience health outcomes different from those in rooms that may be more visible from the nursing station.
Added December 2015
Using Lean-Based Systems Engineering to Increase Capacity in the Emergency Department
2014
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 15
Pages 770-776
Author(s): White, B., Chang, Y., Grabowski, B., Brown, D.
Emergency department (ED) crowding is a widespread issue that causes a multitude of negative effects on patient care quality, safety, and efficiency. Lean-based systems engineering, which is often used for industrial manufacturing, is a method for eliminating all forms of waste (including wasted time and other resources) to optimize productivity. Recent studies have begun to demonstrate the use of systems engineering and improvement science on streamlining processes and improving throughput in different medical capacities, but an opportunity remains to refine the application of these tools within EDs in particular.
Added December 2015
Innovative designs for the smart ICU: Part 2: The ICU
2014
Chest
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 145
Pages 646-658
Author(s): Halpern, N. A.
Added June 2015
Hospital Factors Impact Variation in Emergency Department Length of Stay more than Physician Factors
2014
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 15
Pages 158-164
Author(s): Krall, S. P., Cornelius, A. P., Addison, J. B.
Added March 2015
When infrastructure transition and work practice redesign collide
2014
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 27
Pages 955-972
Author(s): Tucker, D. A., Hendy, J., Barlow, J.
Added December 2014
Comprehensibility of universal healthcare symbols for wayfinding in healthcare facilities
2014
Applied Ergonomics
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 45
Pages 878-885
Author(s): Lee, S., Dazkir, S. S., Paik, H. S., Coskun, A.
In today’s globalized medical industry, patients might travel to foreign countries to receive higher quality or more affordable forms of healthcare. This modern trend has emphasized the need to develop graphic symbols used in hospitals that allow people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds to more easily navigate their way around foreign hospitals.
Added November 2014
Taking ergonomics to the bedside – A multi-disciplinary approach to designing safer healthcare
2014
Applied Ergonomics
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 45
Pages 629-638
Author(s): Norris, B., West, J., Anderson, O., Davey, G., Brodie, A.
Added November 2014
Wayfinding in Healthcare Facilities: Contributions from Environmental Psychology
2014
Behavioral Sciences
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 4
Pages 423-436
Author(s): Devlin, A. S.
Added November 2014