Insights & Solutions

Clinic Design Post-Occupancy Evaluation Toolkit (Excel version)

August 2015 ∘ Tool

This Clinic Design Post Occupancy Evaluation Toolkit is self-administered and provides a way to collect a variety of data on the physical enviornment, subjective perception of users, and objective healthcare outcomes.

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Interview

Good Technology Combines People, Place, and Price, an Interview with Gloria Cascarino

May 2016 ∘ Interview

Learn about: the importance of cultural fit in choosing technology, the ways equipment and operational conversations go hand-in-hand, and planning for today while looking toward the future.

Tool

Patient Room Design Checklist and Evaluation Tool

August 2015 ∘ Tool

Developed through extensive review of research, surveys, site tests, and review and validation by expert advisory council members, this standard set of evidence-based design checklists and post-occupancy evaluation (POE) tools can be used by interior designers to apply research to healthcare design projects and to conduct post-occupancy evaluations of three types of hospital patient rooms: adult medical-surgical, adult intensive care, and maternity care.

Interview

Patient Safety - Next Steps for the Industry, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

November 2014 ∘ Interview

Interview

Patient Safety - Five Category Ergonomics and Design Classification System an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

November 2014 ∘ Interview

Interview

Patient Safety - a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

November 2014 ∘ Interview

Interview

Patient Safety- Key Issues, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

November 2014 ∘ Interview

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Design Strategies

Design Strategies — Healthcare Reform

September 2015 ∘ Design Strategies

Overview

While discussion of facility design and healthcare reform often focuses on the patient experience of noise and cleanliness as measured by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, design is also a factor in reform-based outcome targets.

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Design Strategies

Design Strategies — Nurse-Patient Communication

February 2015 ∘ Design Strategies

Overview

Healthcare reform has continually focused on several aspects of the patient experience. The patient experience domain (as measured through HCAHPS — the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) includes three metrics that are used to evaluate patient perceptions about communication: doctor-patient, nurse-patient, and communication surrounding medications.

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Design Strategies

Design Strategies — Noise

May 2014 ∘ Design Strategies

Overview

HCAHPS scores related to noise in the hospital environment are typically among the lowest. Acoustic intervention packages implemented by healthcare organizations are often a combination of built environment and operational measures.

Insights & Solutions

Clinic Design Post-Occupancy Evaluation Toolkit (Excel version)

Good Technology Combines People, Place, and Price, an Interview with Gloria Cascarino

Patient Room Design Checklist and Evaluation Tool

Patient Safety - Next Steps for the Industry, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

Patient Safety - Five Category Ergonomics and Design Classification System an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

Patient Safety - a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

Patient Safety- Key Issues, an Interview with Elly Waaijer, MSc, CCMM, OT

Design Strategies — Healthcare Reform

Design Strategies — Nurse-Patient Communication

Design Strategies — Noise

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