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The Business Case for Building Better Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Journal of Perinatology
2014
Journal Article
Issue 11
Volume 34
Pages 811-815
Author(s): Shepley, M., Smith, J.A., Sadler, B.L. & White, R.D.
There is increasing evidence that the physical environment of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) has a tangible effect on the vulnerable infants who spend the first crucial weeks or months of their life there.
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Destination Bedside

2012
The Journal of Nursing Administration
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 42
Pages 256-265
Author(s): Watkins, N., Kennedy, M., Lee, N., O’Neill, M., Peavey, E., DuCharme, M., & Padula, C.
Patient-centered care (PCC) has been at the core of healthcare reform. Improvements and advancements in Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), Electronic Health Records and inpatient unit layout have been some means that aim to achieve PCC. Also key to PCC is the alleviation of medical errors, which HIT and related technology can help achieve.
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Added January 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.
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Added December 2015

Utilizing Integrated Facility Design to Improve the Quality of a Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery Center

2013
Pediatric Anesthesia
Journal Article
Pages 1-5
Author(s): Pelly, N., Zeallear, B., B., Reed, M., Martin, L.
Integrated Facility Design (IFD) comes from the Toyota 3P (Production, Preparation, Process) program used to reduce initial cost, while accelerating development time.
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Added May 2014

Nurses’ Perception of Single-Occupancy Versus Multioccupancy Rooms in Acute Care Environments: An Exploratory Comparative Assessment

2006
Applied Nursing Research
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 19
Pages 118-125
Author(s): Chaudhury, H., Mahmood, A., Valente, M.
As people are living longer and the baby boomers age, the demand for hospital beds will increase. As new facilities are built to handle this influx of patients, the challenge for hospital designers and administrators is to design patient rooms that promote therapeutic goals, foster positive patient outcomes, and function as intensive care rooms. Recent research suggests that single-occupancy rooms are more suitable for infection control and patient care than multioccupancy rooms. However, no research has been done about nursing staff members’ perception of single-occupancy and multioccupancy patient rooms in acute care settings as it relates to patient care.
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Added April 2014

Designing for Patient Safety: Developing Methods to Integrate Patient Safety Concerns in the Design Process

Report
Author(s): Joseph, A., Taylor, E. M. , Quan, X., Jelen, M.
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Added October 2012

The healing environment in our communities and healthcare settings: research excellence into practice

2005
Clinical Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 5
Pages 296-8
Author(s): Craft, N.
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Added October 2012

The Road Ahead: The Need to Clarify and Re-Conceptualize Healing Environments

2007
Environmental Design Research Association
Conference Proceedings
Volume 38
Pages 197
Author(s): Kuo, N., Hui, C.
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Added October 2012

Transforming care in children's hospitals through environmental design: Literature Review

2008
Evidence for Innovation: Transforming Children's Health Through the Physical Environment
Book Section
Pages 18-47
Author(s): Joseph, A., Keller, A., Kronick, K.
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Added October 2012