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The Knowledge Repository is a complete, user-friendly database of healthcare design research references that continues to grow with the latest peer-reviewed publications. Start with our Knowledge Repository for all of your searches for articles and research citations on healthcare design topics. Access full texts through the source link, read key point summaries, or watch slidecasts. Expand your search and find project briefs, interviews, and other relevant resources by visiting our Insights & Solutions page.

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Guiding design of dementia friendly environments in residential care settings: Considering the living experiences

Author(s): Davis, S., Byers, S., Nay, R., Koch, S.
Added November 2018

Perspectives of patients with disabilities on the accessibility of medical equipment: Examination tables, imaging equipment, medical chairs, and weight scales

Author(s): Story, M. F., Schwier, E., Kailes, J. I.
Added October 2018

Healthcare Facility Benchmarking

Author(s): Mulva, S. P., Dai, J.
Added August 2018

Incentivizing the Daylit Hospital: The Green Guide for Health Care Approach

Author(s): Pradinuk, R.
Added August 2018

Building Connections: A Clinical Operations View of Activation Planning

Author(s): Cuddeback, K. T., Redden, P.
Added August 2018

Evaluation of the Walkable Neighborhoods for Seniors Project in Sacramento County

Author(s): Hooker, S. P., Cirill, L. A., Geraghty, A.
Added October 2016

Guesting Area: An Alternative for Boarding Mental Health Patients Seen in Emergency Departments

Author(s): Winokur, E. J., Senteno, J. M.
Added July 2016

Demystifying First-Cost Green Building Premiums in Healthcare

Author(s): Houghton, A., Vittori, G., Guenther, R.
Added June 2015

Planning a Cardiovascular Hybrid Operating Room: the Technical Point of View

Author(s): Nollert, G., Wich, S.
The authors allude to the growing trend of using hybrid operating rooms (ORs) for a wide range of cardiac surgeries and interventions. Given the complexity of the work environment, the authors emphasize the need for integrating clinical, technical, and architectural knowledge and expertise into the design of a hybrid OR.
Key Point Summary
Added March 2015

Medicare’s Policy Not To Pay For Treating Hospital-Acquired Conditions: The Impact

Author(s): McNair, P. D., Luft, H. S., Bindman, A. B.
Added March 2015

Lessons From Evidence-Based Medicine: What Healthcare Designers Can Learn From the Medical Field

Author(s): Viets, E.
Added October 2014

Patients' perceptions of hospital cleanliness are correlated with rates of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Author(s): Edgcumbe, D. P.
Added September 2014

Factors associated with the prevalence of violent behaviour among residents living in nursing homes

Author(s): Isaksson, U., Aström, S., Sandman, P-O., Karlsson, S.
Added September 2014

Consultation room design and the clinical encounter: The space and interaction randomized trial

Author(s): Almquist, J., Kelly, C., Bromberg, J., Bryant, S., Christianson, T., Montori, V.
Although computers are now often located in consultation rooms, their screens are generally oriented so that patients and those that accompany them to appointments can’t see them, but physicians can. This study investigated how changing the design of the consultation room so that patients, the people accompanying them to appointments, and the physician present could all see a computer screen in use and potentially all make modifications to the information displayed would influence patient-clinician interactions.
Key Point Summary
Added September 2014

A Multidimensional Framework for Assessing Patient Room Configurations

Author(s): Pati, D., Harvey, T. E., Reyers, E., Evans, J., Waggener, L., Serrano, M., Saucier, R., Nagle, T.
The location of the bathroom in a patient’s room affects everyone involved—patients, caregivers, and family. Yet little research exists about the effects of room variations.
Key Point Summary
Added September 2014

Unit-Related Factors That Affect Nursing Time With Patients: Spatial Analysis of the Time and Motion Study

Author(s): Hendrich, A. L., Chow, M., Bafna, S., Choudhary, R., Heo, Y.
Nurses spend many hours at hospitals caring for patients. There was a link established by previous studies between the amount of time spent in patient rooms and health outcomes.
Key Point Summary
Added September 2014

Neuroesthetics and Healthcare Design

Author(s): Nanda, U., Pati, D., McCurry, K.
Added September 2014

Using Task Analysis in Healthcare Design To Improve Clinical Efficiency

Author(s): Lu, J. W., Hignett, S.
In the United Kingdom, one of the most intensively used ancillary rooms in an acute ward is the soiled workroom (dirty utility room) which “provides for storage of single use containers used for collection of human waste, its subsequent disposal and other associated activities, and the temporary holding of used equipment, materials and refuse prior to transfer to the disposal point to await collection.” A hospital planning team requested a review of a proposed standardized soiled workroom to establish whether a proposed design would provide an optimal layout for efficient and safe clinical activities.
Key Point Summary
Added September 2014

Pediatric Art Preferences: Countering the “One-Size-Fits-All” Approach

Author(s): Nanda, U., Chanaud, C. M., Brown, L., Hart, R., Hathorn, K.
Added September 2014

Exploring the Impact of the Physical Environment on Patient Outcomes in Ambulatory Care Settings

Author(s): Gulwadi, G., Joseph, A., Keller, A.
Recent trends in healthcare have seen a shift in treating episodic care within acute care environments to ambulatory care centers (ACCs). These facilities distribute care based upon prevention and wellness to combat chronic disease and provide care management. Ambulatory care environments consist of a broad platform of care settings and deliver many types of care to a wide range of populations. Due to these and other complexities, research linking the impact of the physical design of ACCs on patient health outcomes has yet to be documented.
Key Point Summary
Added September 2014