Evidence-Based Design

Evidence-Based Design I Evidence-Based Design I The built environment is a powerful force in patient care. If properly designed, it enables care providers to do their work more effectively, and it has the potential to enhance patient safety. However, it s not a standalone. There is a continuous interplay between a building, its layout, and the work that is carried on within the walls. The workflow and care-delivery processes and the choreography of patients as they interact with the building and the caregivers must be in harmony. Aspects of this are discussed throughout this book in various chapters. One can look at Evidence-Based Design (EBD) in a narrow context as focusing only on research affecting the built environment or, in a more expansive context, as research coming from the neurosciences or lean Design or a number of healthcare system research initiatives designed to improve patient outcomes.

a number of healthcare system research initiatives designed to improve patient outcomes. Design is a term that can be applied to care processes, architecture, the act of crafting the experience for patients as they interface with the medical center, or one can design a guest-relations program. This is a time for great optimism.

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