Design additional capacity into the system for HVAC and electrical systems (20 percent overcapacity in HVAC and 30 percent output of electrical power).
Create welcoming environment for patients, families, and staff by reducing environmental stressors, providing positive nature distractions, and improving amenities.
Consider layout and ergonomics that can make work patterns more efficient such as a circular layout in the pharmacy for dispensing medicines quickly and efficiently.
PCDC expands and enhances primary and preventative health care in underserved communities. PCDC helps deliver programs, promote public policies and works in partnership with the government, business, finance, philanthropy, health care providers and a wide variety of other organizations committed to the health care needs of underserved communities.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria. LEED is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
The Teleosis Institute is devoted to developing effective, sustainable health care provided by professionals who serve as environmental health stewards. Teleosis is dedicated to reducing healthcare’s footprint while broadening its ecological vision. We believe in a health care system that conserves natural resources, promotes personal wellness, and begins with precaution. At the forefront of this sustainable medical system are health providers who take an active role in greening healthcare through example, education and advocacy.
PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
IDEAS Institute has a database of over 5,000 references relating to the field of aging. We have made our references and abstracts available to you to search. You may enter up to three search words (e.g. dementia, environment, home) or dates and locate specific references of groups of references. For example, you can choose a very general search, one that scans the entire library, or you can limit your search to specific fields such as Author or Key Words.
InformeDesign transforms research into an easy-to-read, easy-to-use format for architects, graphic designers, housing specialists, interior designers, landscape architects, urban designers and planners, and the public.
As 1 of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supports health services research initiatives that seek to improve the quality of health care in America. AHRQ's mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
IFMA is the world’s largest and most widely recognized international Advocacy Association for professional facility managers, supporting more than 19,000 members in 60 countries. The Advocacy Association’s members, represented in 125 chapters and 15 councils worldwide, manage more than 37 billion square feet of property and annually purchase more than $100 billion in products and services.
The Advocacy Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) is the premier national Advocacy Association for community health, healthy communities and community benefit.
A leader in health policy and communications, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., with a growing role in global health. Unlike grant-making foundations, Kaiser develops and runs its own research and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with other non-profit research organizations or major media companies. We serve as a non-partisan source of facts, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public.
The Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation is devoted to revitalizing and redesigning the delivery of primary care in order to: provide the highest level of clinical excellence, provide an extraordinary experience of care for patients and their families, and create an exciting and fulfilling professional life for current and future primary care practitioners. As a reliable and trustworthy source of knowledge and leadership, we will partner with people throughout the country to improve primary care through collaborative work in research, innovation, education, and policy reform.
In cooperation with Environmental Design Research Advocacy Association, this journal analyzes and records the influence of the environment on individuals, groups and institutions. Interrelationships between human environments and behavioral systems and planning.
This monthly newsletter provides articles written in an informal, first-person style that provides a description of an individual's personal experience with patient safety. They are how-to articles about preventing and analyzing errors.
Mission: To transform the health care sector worldwide, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment.
California Health Care Safety Net Institute (SNI) is dedicated to fostering quality improvements and system innovations in California’s public hospitals and health care systems. To do this, SNI connects public hospital systems with research, training, education and best practices to help them improve care for those who need it most.
CPCA is a statewide leader representing the interests of California community clinics and health centers and their patients. CPCA represents more than 600 not-for-profit community clinics and health centers who provide comprehensive, quality health care services, particularly to low income, uninsured and undeserved Californians. The CPCA is designated by the Federal Bureau of Primary Health Care as the state primary care Advocacy Association and receives federal program support to develop and enhance services for member clinics.
The NAPC is a leading national membership organisation, which represents and supports the interests of all healthcare professionals, both clinicians and managers, working in primary care. We help them deliver effective and efficient patient-centred care.
