March 4, 2013 Seiko Goto, PhD; Bum-Jin Park, PhD; Yuko Tsunetsugu, PhD; Karl Herrup, PhD; and Yoshifumi Miyazaki, PhD
May 15, 2012 Craig Zimring, PhD and Hyun-Bo Seo, PhD, MArch
Objective
Acuity-adaptable units (AAUs) have been used in hospitals for the past decade, but reports in the literature have indicated both success in meeting operational goals and objectives (Annonio, Graham, & Ross, 2010; Brown & Gallant, 2006; Clark, Roberts, & Traylor, 2004;...
August 31, 2011 Sandra A. Sherman-Bien, PhD, Vanessa L. Malcarne, PhD, Scott Roesch, PhD, James W. Varni, PhD, and Ernest R. Katz, PhD
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August 31, 2011 Minyoung Seo Cerruti, PhD, Reviewer
Health Facility Evaluation for Design Practitioners. Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, DArch, AIA, ACHA, LEED. Myersville, MD: Asclepion Publishing, 2011. 278 pages. ISBN 978-0-9845689-0-1 ( http://store.healthdesign.org/)
August 31, 2011 Anne Marie Kotzer, PhD, RN, CPN, FAAN, Susan Koch Zacharakis, MSHA, RN, Mary Raynolds, Assoc. AIA, and Fred Buenning, AIA
Introduction
The United States is engaged in an unprecedented healthcare building boom. Some of the reasons for this include the replacement of aging facilities, an understanding of the impact of the built environment on quality and safety, the incorporation of rapidly emerging technologies, and...
August 31, 2011 Leo Kobayashi, MD, Robert M. Boss III, RN, Frantz J. Gibbs, MD, Eric Goldlust, MD, PhD, Michelle M. Hennedy, BSN, RN, James E. Monti, MD, and Nathan A. Siegel, MD
Introduction
Healthcare systems face innumerable challenges to patient safety on a daily basis.
June 23, 2011 Debajyoti Pati, PhD, MASA, FIIA, LEED AP and Upali Nanda, PhD, Assoc AIA, EDAC
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June 23, 2011 Dennis C. Stevens, MS, MD, Carol C. Helseth, RNC, BSN, M. Akram Khan, MD, David P. Munson, MD, and E. J. Reid, BSAHM
Introduction
The physical environment of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has changed dramatically over the past 20 years.
June 23, 2011 Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, DArch, FAIA, ACHA, LEED® AP, EDAC
Because of the breadth of the topic of evaluation research methods, this discussion focuses on practitioner-focused facility evaluation (PFE). Evaluating the success of facilities is the most common type of study conducted by practitioners in the field of health design research. There are a variety...
June 23, 2011 Tammy Smith Thompson, MArch, RA, NCARB and LaShawna Heflin, RN, BSN
Introduction
Lactation space is often a small part of the architectural program of any neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). States that have adopted the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities as part of their building code require lactation support space “in or...
February 15, 2011 Keith Diaz Moore, PhD, AIA
Keith Diaz Moore, PhD, AIA
This issue of HERD presents a fascinating array of research ranging from the development of substantive findings, to measurement development, to meta-analysis. All of these research purposes are exceptionally important for the development of a robust research base for...
February 15, 2011 Linda Guarascio-Howard, MA, MS, PhD
Introduction
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