The evidence-based design buzz is growing throughout the media. Read up on what people are saying about The Center for Health Design's work, quotes from Center board members/spokespeople, the Pebble Project research initiative, and more.
"Health Outcomes Driving New Hospital Design", The New York Times. The benefits of single room emerged through evidence based hospital design , a new field that guides health care construction. May 18, 2009. Read article
"Optimal Healing Environments: Building Healing Spaces", Explore. Newly constructed Oregon hospital has implemented the elements of what is evidenced to create a healing space. See how the built environment impacts healing. November/December 2008. Read article
"Creating the Ultimate Healing Environment," Red Orbit. Integrating Evidence-Based Design, IT and Patient Safety In early 2004, OhioHealth, a regional Healthcare system headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, began planning a new hospital that would service the needs of a growing community in central Ohio. September 14, 2008. Read article
"Chamber Members Glimpse Hospital Of The Future," Mount Vernon Gazette. Members of the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce received an in-depth briefing on the new DeWitt Army Community Hospital now under construction at Fort Belvoir from the hospital's new Commander, Col. Charles Callahan, last Thursday during their monthly business luncheon. September 10, 2008. Read article
"Clevland Clinic's New Look More Than Just A Pretty Face," Northeast Medical Industry and Hospital News clevland.com. After 40 months of construction, the Cleveland Clinic is ready to celebrate the opening of two buildings characterized as monuments to 21st-century thinking in health-care delivery. September 7, 2008. Read article
"Art and Color are part of hospitals healing plan," Dallas Morning News. This article features JPS Patient Care Pavillion in Fort Worth, TX artwork is more than mere eye candy. August 21, 2008. Read article
"Symposium looks into healthy designs," Daily Journal of Commerce. Evidence based design uses research to show that better designed facilities greatly benefit patients. August 12, 2008. Read article
" A treatment room with a view," Wall Street Journal. This article features institutions making patient areas more appealing that can ease patients' stres, fears, and perhaps influence a patient's outcome for the better. August 12, 2008. Read article
"A New Model for Hospital Design Rises in an Ohio Cornfield," Hospital and Healthnetworks. This article features Dublin Methodist a full service hospital that opened in January by OhioHealth. July 7, 2008. Read article
"In California Hospitals, a design evolution for patients," Los Angeles Times. This article features Kaiser Permanente among the hospitals using evidence based design and venitilation to reduce infection risk. July 28, 2008. Read artcicle
"A New Therapy for America's Aging Hospitals," Miller-McCune. What can good hospital designs achieve? How about healthier patients? July 27, 2008. Read article
"Medical Imaging Exploring the 3D World," Palomar West-a virtual hospital simulating the real-world Palomar West Medical Campus due to open 2011 in San Diego, CA. March 2008 Read article
"Therapeutic Responses to Natural Environments," Using Gardens to Improve Health care, Minnesota Medicine. Article reviews how gardens are experiencing a renaissance in health care settings, studies have shown the connection between nature and improved healing. March 2008 Read article
"Healthy Environment, Healthy Patient" Hospital and Health Networks, Sita Ananth, M.H.A. March 2008. Read article
"PeaceHealth Transformers," Healthexecutive. This article features PeaceHealth Oregon is constructing a new medical center that is going to be a catalyst in the transformation in the delivery of care. January 2008. Download the pdf
"ZZZs and Healing," Advanced Sleep. This article reviews how transforming hospitals environments show patient improvements. 2008 Read article
"How Boomers Will Change Healthcare," American Hospital Association. May 2007. Download the pdf
"Steelcase's Medical Breakthrough," Business Week Online. The Center is mentioned in an article about products and design that help improve the patient's experience. March 22, 2007 Read article
"Mountain West Nurse Designers Create Environments of Care for Patients and Staff," Nurse Week Magazine. March 12, 2007 Read article
"The Heart of Healing," HEALTHCARE DESIGN Magazine Online. Affiliate Partner Spellman Brady & Company is featured in an article that describes how artwork is used to promte health and well-being based on the facility's vision to provide a healting environment for patients, families, and staff. March 2007 Read article
"Are Those Room Finishes and Cleaners Safe?" HEALTHCARE DESIGN Magazine. An article about infections in the healthcare environments. Written by CHD CHER Committee members Roger Leib, AIA, ACHA and Jane Rohde, AIA, ACHA, FIIDA, AAHID. March 2007 Read article
"With Mayo. In the deli that is healthcare, we all deserve the special," Hospital And Health Networks Online. Center For Health Design Board Member Ian Morrison discusses The Mayo Clinic and what sets it apart from other healthcare facilities. January 2, 2007 Read article
"The architecture of safety: hospital design", by Anjali Joseph and Mahbub Rashid. This paper reviews recent research literature reporting the effects of hospital design on patient safety. 2007 Download pdf
"Less infectious by design," Cleanroom Technology. A feature article look at how hospital acquired infections can be reduced through good facility design, by Center for Health Design's Director of Research, Anjali Joseph. November 16, 2006 Read article
"Evidence-Based Design Takes Root," Healthcare Financial Management Association, by CHD Board Member Kirk Hamilton. November 14, 2006 Read blog
"Four Levels of Evidence-Based Practice," The AIA Journal of Architecture, by CHD Board Member D. Kirk Hamilton. November 2006. Read article
"The Sound of Two Hands Washing: Improving Hand Hygiene," IHI website. A feature article look at how proper hand hygiene is the single most effective method to reduce nosocomial, or hospital-borne, infections. November, 2006 Read article
"Designing to Heal," AJN Reports, by Roxanne Nelson. November 2006 Download pdf
"Hospitals Go 'Green' to Cut Toxins, Improve Patient Environment," Wall Street Journal Online, by Laura Landro. October 4, 2006 Read article
"Feels Like Deja Vu All Over Again," Contract Magazine. CHD Board Member Jain Malkin wonders why design features have a tendency to drop off sharply beyond the waiting room in patient care areas. October, 2006 Read article
"How Hospital Design Saves Lives," Business Week, August 15, 2006. Read article
"To Reduce Errors, Hospitals Prescribe Innovative Designs," Wall St. Journal, May 8, 2006. Download pdf
"New Standards for Hospitals Call For Patients to Get Private Rooms," Wall St. Journal, March 22, 2006. Download pdf
"Re-Thinking Environments for Healthcare," An interview with Derek Parker (CHD Board Member and Principal with Anshen + Allen) in collaboration with Herman Miller. 2006 Download pdf
"Healthy Design," Lancet, July 31, 2004. Download pdf
"Get Well Soon-er," American Way, April 15, 2005. Read article
"Avoiding Builder's Remorse," Trustee, April 2005. Read article
"Design Matters in Healthcare Facilities," AIArchitect Online, April 2004. Read Article
"Center for Health Design Releases Findings on How Design Can Improve the Standards of Care in Healthcare Facilities," AIA Architect Online, February 21, 2005. Read article
"No Opportunity Wasted: The Case for Building Better Hospitals is Stronger Than Ever," Interiors & Sources, January/February 2005. Read article
"The Evidence on Evidence-Based Design," Hospitals & Health Networks Online, January 25, 2005. Read article
"Design for Success," Healthcare Financial Management, November 2003. Download pdf
"Healing by Design," NurseWeek, April 23, 2003. Read Article
"An Opportunity for Wellness," Building Design & Construction, February 2003. Read Article
"The Business Case for Creating a Healing Environment," BoardRoom Press, October 2002. Download pdf
"A Better Place to Heal," Health Forum Journal, July/August 2002. Download pdf
"Creating Life-Enhancing Environments," HEALTHCARE DESIGN, November 2001. Download pdf
