December 5, 2012 by D. Kirk Hamilton, FAIA, FACHA, EDAC
D. Kirk Hamilton, FAIA, FACHA, EDAC
December 5, 2012 by Margaret O'Connor, DN; Anthony O'Brien, PhD; Melissa Bloomer, MN(Hons); Julia Morphett, MN(Ed); Louise Peters, PhD; Helen Hall, MMid; Arlene Parry, MEd; Katrina Recoche, MN; Susan Lee, PhD; and Ian Munro, PhD
December 5, 2012 by Ying Hua, PhD; Franklin Becker, PhD; Teri Wurmser, PhD, MPH, RN; Jane Bliss-Holtz, DNSc, RN-BC; and Christine Hedges, PhD, RN
May 15, 2012 Frank Zilm, FAIA, FACHA
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Shari J. Welch. Oak Park, IL: Joint Commission Resources (Softcover).
The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement. (2011).
Jody Crane and Chuck Noon. New York, NY: CRC Press.
May 15, 2012 Constance A. Harmsen, PhD, RN, MS, MHA, FACHE, EDAC, Chief Executive Officer and Kathleen R. Krusie, FACHE, CEO
Designing and building a new hospital or a major renovation represents a rare opportunity in the professional life of a chief executive officer (CEO). Within the organizational change and leadership literature, the CEO is often cited as vitally important to achieve significant change (Bass, 1985,...
May 15, 2012 Jaynelle F. Stichler, DNS, RN, EDAC, FACHE, FAAN
October 31, 2011 Gerri Lamb, PhD, RN, FAAN, Reviewed
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklists Can Help Us Change Health Care From the Inside Out. (2010). Peter Pronovost & Eric Vohr. New York, NY: Plume. Paperback, 304 pages. ISBN 978-0452296862.
June 23, 2011 Debajyoti Pati, PhD, MASA, FIIA, LEED®AP
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February 15, 2011 Susan Garzon Lorenz, DrNP, RN and H. Michael Dreher, PhD, RN
February 15, 2011 Erin Peavey, LEED AP, Reviewer
Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being. (2009). Esther Sternberg, MD. Cam-bridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Hardcover, 352 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0-674-03336-8. Paperback: $12.53; hardcover: $34.34.
February 15, 2011 Anna Marshall-Baker, PhD, FIDEC
The central feature of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is the infant incubator, a piece of medical equipment that has remained relatively unchanged in its basic design since the 1940s. Infant incubators are designed by manufacturers whose product lines range from sophisticated diagnostic...
May 31, 2010 Nicholas Watkins, PhD, Reviewer
Efficient Healthcare: Overcoming Broken Paradigms (2009), David Chambers. Houston, TX: Rice University Building Institute. 104 pages. ISBN 978-0-9842221-0-0