Evidence-Based Healthcare Design is a key book for interior designers and architects to learn the methodology for evidence-based design for healthcare facilities.
The guide clearly presents a four-step methodology that will achieve the desired outcome and showcases the best examples of evidence-based healthcare interiors. The book also contains worksheets that guide you through such practical tasks as completing an internal analysis of a client's facility and collecting data.
Contents
Part I: Drivers for Change
1. Understanding the Shift Toward Evidence Based Design in Healthcare
- Evidence-based Design
- Four Components of an Evidence-based Design Process
- Levels of Evidence-based Practice
- Empowering an Interdisciplinary Team
- Herbert Essay: Holding to a Clear Vision
- Drivers for Change in the Healthcare Design Process
- Morrison Essay: Futurist’s Forecast
- Drivers for Change in the Design Professions
- Building a Body of Knowledge
- Checklist
Part II: Evidence-Based Design Methodology
2. Step 1. Gather Qualitative and Quantitative Intelligence
- Build an Interdisciplinary Team
- Conduct Investigations
- Malone Essay: Listening to Patients / Families: A guide to getting started
- Meilink, Thomas Essay: Weill Cornell Medical College / Weill Greenberg Center
- Benchmark against National Initiatives
- Document Process
- Checklist
3. Step 2. Mapping Strategic, Cultural and Research Goals
- Positioning a Project Toward Greatness
- Defining Project Drivers / Improved Outcomes
- The Art of Mapping a Vision
- IDEO Essay, Patient-Care Delivery Model
- Establish a Research Agenda
- Zimring Essay: OhioHealth Dublin Hospital Preliminary Research Ideas Preliminary Repor
- Checklist
4. Step 3: Hypothesize Outcomes, Innovate and Translational Design
- Hypothesize Outcomes
- Watkins, Lawless Essay: Comprehensive Healthcare requires Comprehensive Evidence-based Design
- Design for Improvement: Dare to Innovate
- Haggarty, Starling, Mertens Essay: Changing the Cancer treatment Experience
- Build Mock-ups: Translational design
- Share the Process
- Checklist
5. Step 4: Measure and Share Outcomes
- Measure Outcomes
Joseph, Keller Essay: The Role of the Researcher in the Design Process
Survey Results from HKS, Ellerbe Becket and Kahler Slater
Build Business Case
Sadler Essay: Why Evidence-Based Design makes Good Business Sense
Share Professionally
Calkins Essay: What We Know: Evidence-Based Design in Long Term Care Settings
Submit for Peer Review
Hamilton Essay: Research and Competitive Advantage
Checklist
6. Evidence-based Design in Practice
- A Look into an Evidence-based Practice that Recognizes the Need for Research That Improves Clinical Outcomes
- Parker Essay: Why has Anshen + Allen Embraced Evidence-based Design?
- Rostenberg Essay : Cultivating a Culture of Inquisitiveness: Integrating Evidence-based Design knowledge into a Design Practice at Anshen + Allen
- Color Photo Inserts
- Patient-Centered, Family Focused, Staff Supportive
- Hand Washing
- Reduction of Falls
- Like-handed Rooms
- Staff Efficiency
- Connection to Nature
- Daylighting
- Positive Distractions or Resource Centers
- Culture
- Sustainable
- Cooperative and Long Term Care
- Ambulatory Care
- Children’s Hospitals
Part III: Nexus
7. Growth Opportunities for the Design Professional
- Next Frontiers
- Future of Education & Practice
- Guerin Essay: Embracing an Evidence-based Design Approach in Education and Practice
- Berens: Essay: ASID, Design Research & the Future of Interior Design
- Future Certification
- Salvatore Essay: The Evidence-based Design Assessment and Certification Program (EDAC)
- What Comes After What Comes Next
- Levin Essay: The Future of Evidence-based Design
Index
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