Impact of Medication Storage Cabinets on Efficient Delivery of Medication and Employee Frustration
2010
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 25
Pages 352-357
Author(s): Hull, T., Czirr, L. , Wilson, M.
Safe medication administration is essential to ensuring positive patient outcomes and is a priority in healthcare institutions. Recent innovations in technology and automation are designed to eliminate errors as well as move activities closer to the patient’s bedside to improve nursing workflow. It has been postulated that moving medications and supplies closer to the point of care reduces nurses’ traveling time and makes it easier to administer medication.
Added January 2014
Noise in the Operating Room—What Do We Know? A Review of the Literature
2010
Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 25
Pages 380-386
Author(s): Hasfeldt, D., Laerkner, E., Birkelund, R.
Noise is a general stressor and should be avoided in the operating room (OR). However, over the last 10 years, while the focus has been on preventing air pollution and maximizing sterility in the OR, very little attention has gone toward preventing noise pollution. Meanwhile, there is more and more noisy technological equipment in the OR, and it can be assumed that problems with noise in the OR have not decreased.
Added January 2014
Medication Room Madness: Calming the Chaos
2010
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 25
Pages 137-144
Author(s): Conrad, C., Fields, W., McNamara, T., Cone, M., Atkins, P.
This article describes a medication safety project that wanted to improve the physical design and organizational layout of the medication room, reduce nurse interruptions and distractions, and create a standard medication process for enhanced patient safety and efficiency. This successful change improved the medication administration process, decreased medication errors, and enhanced nursing satisfaction.
Added December 2013
The functional mock-up: The University Medical Center at Princeton inpatient room mock-up project
2010
Healthcare Design Magazine
Magazine Article
Issue 3
Volume 10
Pages 20–27
Author(s): Watkins, N., Lorenz, S., Naos, I.
Added April 2013
Happy Anniversary Pebble Project
2010
Healthcare Design Magazine
Magazine Article
Issue 6
Volume 10
Pages 26–26,28
Author(s): Goodman, M., Marberry, S.
Added April 2013
Pebble Partner St. Elizabeth Hospital Emergency Room Renovation
2010
Healthcare Design Magazine
Magazine Article
Issue 2
Volume 10
Pages 14-15
Author(s): Kusnierz, G., Babineau, F, JR, & Hogan, C
Added March 2013
Innovative design solutions: Second floor emergency department?
2010
Healthcare Design Magazine
Magazine Article
Issue 8
Volume 10
Pages 14-21
Author(s): Krug, S., Bertani, K., Barton, S. A.
Added March 2013
Physical Work Environment: Testing an Expanded Model of Job Satisfaction in a Sample of Registered Nurses
2010
Nursing Research
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 59
Pages 441-451
Author(s): Djukic, M., Kovner, C., Budin, W. , Norman, R.
Retaining an adequate registered nurse (RN) workforce is critical for hospitals because it ensures delivery of quality patient care. The impact of personal, organizational, and economic factors on nurses’ job satisfaction has been extensively studied, however very few studies examined the effect or physical work environment, including perceptions of architectural, interior design and ambient features on job satisfaction. Rebuilding of U.S. hospitals without considering the impact of physical environment on RN job satisfaction, threatens to worse RN turnover.
Added November 2012
Do absorption and realistic distraction influence performance of component task surgical procedure?
2010
Surgical Endoscopy
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 24
Pages 902-907
Author(s): Pluyter, J. R., Buzink, S. N., Rutkowski, A. F., Jakimowicz, J. J.
Surgeons’ ability of focusing their attention on surgical tasks directly impacts their performance on surgical operations, which is an important factor influencing quality of care, work efficiency, patient satisfaction, and many other healthcare outcomes. Attention or concentration is more important for performing minimal invasive surgeries which involve complex technologies and put high physical and cognitive demands on surgeons.
Added November 2012
Patient satisfaction in an acute medicine department in Morocco
2010
BMC Health Services Research
Journal Article
Issue 149
Volume 10
Pages 1-12
Author(s): Soufi, G., Belayachi, J., Himmich, S., Ahid, S., Soufi, M., Zekraoui, A., Abouqal, R.
Patients' satisfaction is an important indicator for quality of care. Measuring healthcare quality and improving patient satisfaction have become increasingly prevalent, especially among healthcare providers and purchasers of healthcare. This is mainly due to the fact that consumers are becoming increasingly more knowledgeable about healthcare. This Open Source study focuses on inpatient satisfaction with hospital care in an Arabic culture in Morocco.
Added October 2012
Impact of visual art in patient waiting rooms: survey of patients attending a transplant clinic in Dumfries
2010
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Short Reports
Journal Article
Issue 52
Volume 1
Pages 1-5
Author(s): Cusack, P, Lankston, L., Isles, C.
Waiting is a core component of the healthcare experience which can induce stress and anxiety in patients and their caregivers. In a Quality Improvement Survey conducted across nine adult renal units the clinic waiting area at Cumfried received the highest score. This study evaluates which aspects of the waiting area were important to the patients and could have impacted their satisfaction scores.
Added October 2012
Wandering and the Physical Environment
2010
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 25
Pages 340-346
Author(s): Algase, D., Beattie, E.R.A., Antonakos, C., Beel-Bates, C.A., Yao.L.
Wandering is one of the most challenging and potentially dangerous behavior seen among individuals with Alzheimer's Disease. Wandering is often associated with negative consequences such as getting lost, fatigue, injury and even death. The physical environment has been identified as a key component in addressing wandering and other dementia-related behavior. However, there is very little research that clearly identifies the role of specific physical environmental features either singly or in combination with other features in promoting or reducing dementia-related behaviors such as wandering.
Added October 2012
America's Health Centers
Author(s): NACHC
Added October 2012
Putting The Cart Before The Horse
2010
Health Environments Reasearch & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 3
Pages 7-10
Author(s): Stichler, J.
Added October 2012
Evaluating Building Performance in Healthcare Facililites: An Organizational Perspective
2010
Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 3
Pages 63-83
Author(s): Steinke, C., Webster, L., Fontaine, M.
Added October 2012
Operationalizing Lean Health Assets
2010
Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 3
Pages 13-29
Author(s): Price, I., Pinder, J., Wyton, P.
Prior research regarding facility management (FM) performance has been dominated by measurements associated with cost per unit area. Within healthcare settings, it could be argued that a more true value of performance should be measured by the amount of health outcomes per unit area. To date the most often measured indicators for health outcomes associated with FM have been absence of complaints and patient satisfaction.
Added October 2012
Identification of Critical Factors Affecting Flexibility in Hospital Construction Projects
2010
Health Environments Reasearch & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 3
Pages 30-47
Author(s): Olsson, N., Hansen, G.
Added October 2012
Complex Healthcare Facility Management and Lean Construction
2010
Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Author(s): Lavy, S., Fernandez-Solis, J.
Added October 2012
Human factors in patient safety as an innovation
2010
Applied Ergonomics
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 41
Pages 657-665
Author(s): Carayon, P.
Added October 2012
Editorial for special issue of applied ergonomics on patient safety
2010
Applied Ergonomics
Journal Article
Author(s): Carayon, P.
Added October 2012
