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Healthcare Facilities

Evidence-based Design Interventions: Medical-Surgical Nursing Unit, Medical Offices and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Thursday, July 30, 2009

Concluding our series of evidence-based design interventions within specific areas of healthcare facilities, this blog identifies problems and provides design solutions for enhancing patient and staff outcomes in Medical-Surgical Nursing Units, Medical Offices and Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

Medical-Surgical Nursing Units

Better design within Medical-Surgical Nursing Units will

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Five Design Strategies to Increase Staff Retention - Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Many hospitals face significant nurse turnover rates, which can be very costly. Recent studies conclude that the costs of single nurse turnover can range from about $22,000 to more than $64,000 dollars. According the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the average annual turnover rate

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Evidence-Based Design Interventions: Emergency Departments - Thursday, July 23, 2009

Evidence-based design interventions for Emergency Departments revolve around understanding and balancing critical patient perceptions and physician needs as well as designing and managing an entire facility to better manage patient flow.

  • Balancing patient privacy and ED team's need to directly monitor and access a patient is imperative. Visual
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Evidence-Based Design Interventions: Operating Rooms and Intensive Care Units - Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Using evidence-based design to promote better healthcare, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) identified six specific areas within a healthcare facility needing critical design interventions for improved safety and quality care. This blog encompasses two of those areas: Operating Rooms and Intensive Care Units. Our proceeding blog series will

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Evidence-Based Healthcare Facility Design Creates Sustainable Infection Control - Friday, July 10, 2009

According a recent article on MSNBC.com, 40 percent of nearly 2,000 hospital infection workers responding to a professional association survey reported being hit by budget cuts in the last 18 months, primarily due to the state of the economy. The cuts result in layoffs, reduced hours, hiring freezes and

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Relieving Healthcare's Regulatory Compliance Through Design - Thursday, June 18, 2009

Winston Churchill in 1941 stated, "We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us."

Applying this quote to healthcare design allows us to understand that the current state of the healthcare industry is directly correlated to the facilities. Healthcare facilities feel an enormous weight to attain government reimbursements

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The Impact of Design on Enhancing Patient Safety - Monday, June 08, 2009

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine reported that between 44,000 and 98,000 patients die each year due to medical mistakes. These preventable mishaps have become a bigger killer than breast cancer and car accidents. Since the time the statistics were released, research and discussions on patient safety and healthcare

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Implementing Evidence-Based Design into Healthcare Facilities - Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Architects play a significant role in designing healthcare buildings that enhance healthcare operations and provide a safer environment for both patients and healthcare providers. By implementing evidence-based design methodology, design is determined by science and proven successes rather than initial cost or personal preferences.

As healthcare industry construction booms,

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How to Get the Hospital Remodel You Need - Wednesday, May 06, 2009

The key to a successful hospital design solution is choosing the right firm.

Avoid the trap of focusing only on saving money on the cost of construction.  The downstream operational costs many times are far greater if the design and construction isn't right.

When you chose the right firm

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Secrets to Sustainable Improvements in Hospital Operations - Friday, April 24, 2009

Have you tried to implement process improvement in your hospital?  Is it working?  If not, then it's likely you hit one of the fundamental barriers of change:  Ownership.

Change cannot be imposed from above.  For change to happen, it must be developed from within.  Those individuals who must change,

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Mapping the Owner's Objectives - Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Are you a company stakeholder or owner?  Ever been frustrated with the design and construction process on a facility?

Too often there is a rush to design and construction before the myriad of complex issues facing the owners have been clearly defined.  Documenting the owners' objectives is the process

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How to Reduce Hospital Costs..and Remain Viable - Thursday, April 09, 2009

Hospitals are facing three major barriers in today's marketplace:  

Cost reduction challenges including process improvement, throughput productivity, staff utilization and change, and staff adoption of cost reduction via process improvement. 

Revenue generation challenges comprised of strategic positioning, brand assessment and positioning, patient experience, product/service line strategies, Medicare/Medicaid

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