We are building the base of evidence that indicates improved design can help bring about dramatic increases in safety and quality-and particularly reductions in infection, falls, errors, transfers, nurse turnover and stress and increases in satisfaction.
Integrated Healthcare Design is related to Evidence-Based-Design, but focusing solely on healthcare processes and physical spaces.
Hospital stakeholders are increasingly recognizing the importance of sustainability and its implications for their building practices. We are engaged in research that evaluates sustainable health facility practices.
We focus on the role of buildings and sites in promoting physical activity; examine the push and pull effects of environment design on physical activity.
We have developed a series of courses to support the education of designers and health system engineers to have a better understanding of evidence-based design in healthcare.