Hospitals’ energy efficiency in the perspective of saving resources and providing quality services through technological options: A systematic literature review
2023
Energies
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 16
Pages 755
Author(s): Psillaki, M., Apostolopoulos, N., Makris, I., Liargovas, P., Apostolopoulos, S., Dimitrakopoulos, P., Sklias, G.
Added February 2023
Designing for efficiency: Examining the impact of centralized and decentralized nurse stations on interdisciplinary care processes
2020
JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 50
Pages 335–342
Author(s): Fay, L., Santiago, J. E., Real, K., Isaacs, K.
Between 1980 and 2008, adult inpatient units increased in size by 118%. Size increases on this scale may negatively impact operational efficiency, waste reduction efforts, and workplace safety.
Added June 2020
Deliberate Perioperative Systems Design Improves Operating Room Throughput
2005
Anesthesiology: The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 103
Pages 406-418
Author(s): Sandberg, W. S., Daily, B., Egan, M., Stahl, J. E., Goldman, J. M., Wiklund, R. A., Rattner, D.
Operating rooms (ORs) are complex and sensitive environments that are typically expensive to operate and maintain. Minimally invasive surgical procedures are becoming increasingly more prevalent in many OR environments, while the costs of operating and maintaining OR environments are simultaneously increasing.
Added November 2018
A socio-ecological analysis of hospital resilience to extreme weather events
2016
Construction Management and Economics
Journal Article
Issue 11-12
Volume 33
Pages 907-920
Author(s): Chand, A. M., Loosemore, M.
Added April 2016
Making the Case for Evidence-Based Design in Healthcare: A Descriptive Case Study of Organizational Decision Making
2010
Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 4
Pages 56-88
Author(s): Shoemaker, L.K., Kazley, A.S., White, A.
It is reported that an approximately 98,000 people die each year in the United States as a result of medical errors (IOM, 1999). This is unacceptable in a country that prides itself on the best medical institutions and access to the highest-end technology. It is believed that the need to renew currently standing hospitals is due to a combination of aging buildings, aging populations, and introduction of new technologies (Ulrich, 2004). This has led to a large patient safety movement and the largest hospital construction boom in U.S. history (Jones, 2004).
Added January 2016
Making acuity-adaptable units work: lessons from the field
2012
Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 5
Pages 115-128
Author(s): Zimring, C., Seo, H.
Acuity-Adaptable Units (AAUs) are rooms with a treatment model that allows all stages of patient care to come to the patient’s unit from the time of admission to discharge. Minimizing the amount of patient transfers helps decrease medication errors, infection rates, and medical complications. This helps avoid injuries and infections connected with patient transfers from unit to unit through transitions in stages of care.
Added January 2016
Leading Change During an Inpatient Critical Care Unit Expansion
2008
Journal of Nursing Administration
Journal Article
Issue 11
Volume 38
Pages 461-467
Author(s): Braungardt, T. & Fought, S. G.
Acute care hospitals are changing rapidly to address economic and technologic advancements and meet community needs. The authors describe one medical center’s use of Kotter’s work on leading change to expand the neuroscience intensive care unit from 10 to 30 beds to meet community needs, improve hospital efficiencies, and increase bed capacity.
Added January 2016
Measuring the Use of Examination Room Time in Oncology Clinics: A Novel Approach to Assessing Clinic Efficiency and Patient Flow
2014
Journal of Oncology Practice
Journal Article
Author(s): Hamel, L. M., Chapman, R., Eggly, S., Penner, L. A., Tkatch, R., Vichich, J., Albrecht, T. L.
Inefficient use of time can drain resources and impede effective clinic flow. Long wait times in oncology units often result in higher costs for both caregivers and patients, while patients also tend to experience increased stress and reduced overall satisfaction with their treatment. Long wait times have also been shown to directly and indirectly reduce patient adherence to recommended treatments.
Added December 2015
Energy Efficiency in Hospitals: Historical Development, Trends and Perspectives
2015
Energy Performance of Buildings: Energy Efficiency and Built Environment in Temperate Climates
Book Section
Author(s): Papadopoulos, A. M., Boemi, S.-N., Irulegi, O., Santamouris, M.
Added December 2015
Impact of daylight illumination on reducing patient length of stay in hospital after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
2013
Lighting Research and Technology
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 45
Pages 435-449
Author(s): Joarder, A. R., Price, A. D. F.
Array
Added March 2015
Design of cardiovascular operating rooms for tomorrow's technology and clinical practice — Part 2
2012
Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 33
Pages 57-65
Author(s): Rostenberg, B., Barach, P. R.
Added December 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
2008
The Center for Health Design
Report
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.
Added September 2014
An Evaluation of Operating Room Safety and Efficiency: Pilot Utilization of a Structured Focus Group Format and Three-Dimensional Video Mock-Up To Inform Design Decision Making
2011
HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 5
Pages 6-22
Author(s): Watkins, N., Kobelja, M., Peavey, E., Thomas, S., Lyon, J.
While surgical and interventional procedures are the most profitable services within the hospital, the cost of building and maintaining an OR can quickly reduce the profitability of running an OR. Due to this precarious balance of revenue and cost, the planning and design of an OR should look to reduce injury to staff and prevent unnecessary costs, while increasing operational efficiencies.
Added September 2014
Intra-unit patient transports: time, motion, and cost impact on hospital efficiency
2005
Nursing Economic$
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 23
Pages 157-164
Author(s): Hendrich, A. L., Lee, N.
Transferring patients can be stressful and confusing for patients and their families. In addition, risks to the patient increase during transfers. Thus, many healthcare facilities are trying to reduce patient transfers by providing more flexible patient rooms.
Added May 2014
Lean Thinking in Emergency Departments: A Critical Review
2011
Annals of Emergency Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 57
Pages 265-278
Author(s): Holden, R. J.
Added May 2014
Environmental evaluation for workplace violence in healthcare and social services
2008
Journal of Safety Research
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 39
Pages 237-50
Author(s): McPhaul, K.M. , Murrett, K., Flannery, K. , Rosen, J., Lipscomb, J., London, M.
The purpose of this project was to contribute specific, evidence–based guidance to the healthcare and social services employer communities regarding the use of environmental design to prevent violence.
Added April 2014
Using a Task Analysis to Describe Nursing Work in Acute Care Patient Environments
2009
Journal of Nursing Administration
Journal Article
Issue 12
Volume 39
Pages 537-547
Author(s): Battisto, D., Pak, R., Vander Wood, M. A., Pilcher, J. J.
A growing body of research demonstrates linkages between workplace design and processes in healthcare facilities with staff and patient safety, operational efficiency, staff satisfaction, and medical errors. There has been less emphasis on the role of the built environment in helping or hindering care delivery. Research is needed on the contextualized activities performed by nurses and how nurses spend their time to measure the effects of interventions aimed at redesigning care to improve safety or efficiency or to understand the implications of policy changes for nursing practice.
Added April 2014
First, Do No Harm
Author(s): Cohen, G.
Added October 2012
Facility energy survey
2002
Management Technology
Thesis
Volume Master of Science
Pages 43
Author(s): Rothbauer, S.J.
Added October 2012
Integration of Technology and Facility Design: Implications for Nursing Administration
2005
Journal of Nursing Administration
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 35
Pages 217-219
Author(s): Watson, C.A.
Added October 2012
