Health Administration Press Improving Healthcare with Better Building Design (ACHE Management)

Copublished with the Center for Health Design The research is now conclusive--the design of the healthcare environment greatly influences patient satisfaction, employee performance, clinical outcomes, and operational efficiency. Incorporate proven design innovations into your new construction or renovation plans. Based on the work of The Center for Healthcare Design (CHD), this book provides the latest information on evidence-based design from the experts at the forefront of healthcare design research. The authors use actual results from pioneering organizations to illustrate the impact of evidence-based design on medical outcomes, safety, and the bottom line. Learn how to use design to: Earn patient loyalty and improve satisfaction Improve outcomes by reducing patient stress Increase staff effectiveness and loyalty Reduce patient falls and hospital-acquired infections Foster cultural change in your organization The book also includes advice from hospital CEOs who used evidence-based design principles to build extraordinary facilities. Their stories will educate and inspire you to not just build a new structure but create the optimal healing environment for patients, staff, and visitors. About the Author Sara O. Marberry is president of Sara Marberry Communications, a consulting firm in Evanston, Illinois, that provides writing, editing, and marketing services for the healthcare and design industry. She has worked as a consultant to the Symposium on Healthcare Design/The Center for Health Design since 1990 and is currently The Center's director of communications. Ms. Marberry is a former editor of Contract magazine and was also a communications coordinator for the world's largest design center, the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. She is the editor of Volumes III to X of the Journal of Healthcare Design, author of Color in the Office: Design Trends from 1950-1990 and Beyond, coauthor of The Power of Color: Creating Healthy Interior Spaces, editor of Innovations in Healthcare: Selected Presentations from the First Five Symposia on Healthcare Design, and editor of Healthcare Design: An Introduction. About the Center for Health Design: Founded in 1993, The Center for Health Design is a not-for-profit research and advocacy organization based in Concord, California. Its mission is to transform healthcare settings into healing environments that improve outcomes through the creative use of evidence-based design. The main areas of The Center's focus are research, education, environmental standards, and technical assistance. The Center is committed to sharing the evidence-based knowledge gained through its Pebble Project field-study research initiative.