Evidence-based design seeks to improve health care architecture. Proponents argue that
buildings can promote healing when design decisions are based on evidence from scientific …

The volume and rigor of evidence-based design have increasingly grown over the last three
decades since the field's inception, supporting research-based designs to improve patient …

The United States is starting one of the largest health care construction programs in its
history. A “perfect storm” of aging baby-boomers, higher health care utilization by younger …

Purpose: After establishing the connection between building well-designed evidence-based
facilities and improved safety and quality for patients, families, and staff, this article presents …

Evidence-Based Building Design and Organizational Culture : Frontiers of Health Services
Management Evidence-Based Building Design and Organizational Culture : Frontiers of Health …

This is a time of enormous investment in new healthcare buildings. The UK plans to create
upwards of a hundred hospitals and thousands of primary-care clinics and surgery centres …

lets for publication in peer-reviewed journals. Career advancement in academia requires
funded research and published papers. Others contend that evidence-based models of …

In today's healthcare architecture there is a striving to make better use of evidence to
achieve environments that can contribute to patients' healing, recovery, and well-being …

A similar metamorphosis has been occurring in healthcare. Despite regulatory controls,
accreditation processes, certifications, and even “magnet” designations, the Institute of …

If designed properly, a healthcare interior environment can foster healing, efficient task-
performance and productivity, effective actions, and safe behavior. Written by an expert …