RESEARCH SUMMARIES
Validated Nurse Experience Tool
An open-source tool to linking inpatient care environments and the nurses’ experience
Nature, Wayfinding & Virtual Reality
Nature in wayfinding, validating virtual reality tools for the built environment
LTC Layout & Dementia Health Outcomes
Linking social interaction, physical activity and the built environment
ED Design: Split Flow & Sub-Waiting
ED flow split by a physician with 2 sub-waits shows optimal results
Mental & Behavioral Health
Defining & measuring design’s impact on staff, patients and families
Clinic Design for Teams
Designing & simulating team rooms is central to fostering collaboration
Measuring the Value of Lean-IPD & TVD
A Blueprint for saving $33Million
Holistic Design for Maternal & Infant Health
Demonstrating design’s impact and where to maximize the investment.
Hospital Rooms & Patients’ Wellbeing
Identifies specific design elements with measurable impact on patient experience and stress
Improving Hospital Energy Use
How American hospitals can learn from others to achieve aggressive energy and interior environmental quality (IEQ) goals
Optimizing Toilet Design for Assistance
Larger toilet rooms with 2-fold grab bars are strongly preferred for assisting
Efficiency & Safety in Emergency Departments
16 domains of design that influence safety and efficiency
Hospital Design Net-to-Gross & Area Calculations – Year 2
A standard method for measuring benchmarks consistently
Design for Patient Care, Safety & Documentation
Identifies factors linked to safety for medication room, patient room, charting
Hospital Design Net-to-Gross & Area Calculations – Year 1
A standard method for measuring benchmarks consistently
Same-Handed Rooms
Same-handed environments may not contribute to process and workflow standardization
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Can Design Increase Family Involvement in Care?
FCC unit patients spent significantly more time with their family members in patient rooms than in the traditional unit.
Acoustic Guidelines for Healthcare
Key findings and recommendations to design to support patient sleep
Single NICUs Impact on Family
More time holding babies, 2x time interacting with family, no difference in family-staff interactions
Hospital Departmental Area Analysis
Providing net-to-gross comparisons across firms and nation and uncovering variation in measurement
Integrated Knowledge Database
Information systems that extract detailed data about the influence of architectural elements on human responses
101 Healthcare Design Webinars for AIA AAH
Shared knowledge for practitioners and academics to elevate design
Future Research
The Foundation for Health Environments Research awards research grants to enhance environments for health and healthcare.