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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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Layout Planning Problems in Health Care

Author(s): Arnolds, I., Nickel, S., Eiselt, A. H., Marianov, V.
Added May 2016

Achieving the acoustical credit within the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) for healthcare green building rating system and changes within the forthcoming 2014 Guidelines

Author(s): Horan, Daniel M., Latour, J.-F.
Added June 2016

A Framework for Genetic Algorithm Application in Hospital Facility Layout Design

Author(s): Ibrahim, A.
Added June 2016

Operational Scenarios Simulation to Support Building Design: A Hospital Design Case Study

Author(s): Simeone, D., Toldo, I., Cursi, S.
Added June 2016

A Recovery-Oriented Care Approach: Weighing the Pros and Cons of a Newly Built Mental Health Facility

Author(s): Ahern, C. C., Bieling, P., McKinnon, M. C., McNeely, H. E., Langstaff, K.
An inpatient mental health hospital was renovated with a newly built environment that incorporated patient-centered, clinically informed designs in an attempt to improve overall safety and quality of care. The new designs were considerably expensive and had extensive design implications for other parts of the hospital outside of the mental health facility.
Key Point Summary
Added June 2016

Using signage to promote stair use on a university campus in hidden and visible stairwells

Author(s): Grimstvedt, M. E., Kerr, J., Oswalt, S. B., Fogt, D. L., Vargas-Tonsing, T. M., Yin, Z.
Added August 2016

Healthy Built Environment Linkages: A Toolkit for Design - Planning - Health

Author(s): Provincial Health Services Authority
Added August 2016

Separate Medication Preparation Rooms Reduce Interruptions and Medication Errors in the Hospital Setting: A Prospective Observational Study

Author(s): Huckels-Baumgart, S., Baumgart, A., Buschmann, U., Schüpfer, G., Manser, T.
Errors and interruptions are commonplace during medication preparation procedures in healthcare environments. One study found that one interruption occurred for every 3.2 drugs administered during nurses’ medication rounds.
Key Point Summary
Added December 2016

Healthcare Leadership White Paper Series - The Business Case for Building Better Hospitals Through Evidence-Based Design

Author(s): Sadler, B. L., DuBose, J. R., Malone, E. B., Zimring, C. M.
Added September 2014

Healthcare Leadership White Paper Series - Culture Change and Facility Design: A Model for Joint Optimization

Author(s): Hamilton, D. K., Orr, R. D., Raboin, W. E.
Added September 2014

Healthcare Leadership White Paper Series - Maximizing The Impact of Nursing Care Quality: A Closer Look at the Hospital Work Environment and the Nurse’s Impact on Patient-Care Quality

Author(s): Hendrich, A.L., Chow, M.
Current hospital work environments have inefficient work processes, physical designs, technology infrastructure, and organizational cultures that cause inefficiencies and nursing stressors that compromise direct patient care.
Key Point Summary
Added September 2014

The impact of facility design on scanner utilization and efficiency while ensuring patient centered care in a PET/CT facility.

Author(s): Williams, Jessica, Mantel, Eleanor, Colloton, Jason
Added November 2018

Explaining nursing turnover intent: job satisfaction, pay satisfaction, or organizational commitment?

Author(s): Lum, L., Kervin, J., Clark, K., Reid, F., Sirola, W.
Added October 2012

Reality of glove use and handwashing in a community hospital

Author(s): Lund, S., Jackson, J., Leggett, J., Hales, L., Dworkin, R., Gilbert, D.
Added October 2012

Alberta Children's Hospital

Author(s): Logan, K.
Added October 2012

Creating a healing environment for critical care

Author(s): Molter, N.C.
Added October 2012

Relationships among the nurse work environment, self-nurturance and life satisfaction

Author(s): Nemcek, M.A., James, G.D.
Added October 2012

The link between continuous commissioning and sustainable growth: a sustainable business model

Author(s): Phil, C., Anshuman, K.
Added October 2012

Identification of Critical Factors Affecting Flexibility in Hospital Construction Projects

Author(s): Olsson, N., Hansen, G.
Added October 2012

Job satisfaction among nursing staff in a military health care facility

Author(s): O'Rourke, K., Allgood, C., VanDerslice, J., Hardy, M.A.
Added October 2012