What is it about?
The growing movement towards evidence-based healthcare design has largely emphasised a change of culture and attitudes. It has advocated for new ways of working, but until now has not focused on equipping healthcare clients and their designers with practical means to exploit the potential benefit from evidence-based architectural design. Development of indicators and tools that aid designers and users of the built environment in thinking about quality enhances the design process to achieve better outcomes. Importantly, design tools can support managers and designers through end-users involvement and an increased understanding of what patients and staff expect from healthcare facilities. They can facilitate the creation of patient-centred environments which improve user satisfaction.
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Why is it important?
Design Tools for Evidence-Based Healthcare Design: * Discusses the tools that are being used to achieve design quality and excellence within the context of the NHS procurement systems such as PFI, Procure21 and others. *Collates information that increases our understanding of these tools, in order to be able to make the best use of them. * Clarifies where, during the various stages of a building's life (from inception, design, construction, occupation and re-use), these tools should be used in order to derive the maximum benefits possible from evidence-based design. * Provides in one place an authoritative reference publication that will act as a memory, a user guide and manual for these deign tools. Illustrated with case studies from throughout the UK, the book provides essential reading for anyone involved in healthcare design.
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A major goal for this book is to raise awareness of the importance of design tools underpinned by a robust evidence-base and facilitate the adoption of best practice, eliminating waste and improving quality in healthcare. Emerging issues are identified from an approach that adopts a strategy of using design tools to aid the design process, the creation and delivery of healthcare facilities that lead to positive staff and patient outcomes. Notwithstanding all this, to achieve success, providers, commissioners and regulators of the delivery of health care, or more specifically the accommodation in which health and social care are provided, there is an urgent need to proactively embrace and implement such tools.
Michael Phiri
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This page is a summary of: Design Tools for Evidence-Based Healthcare Design, December 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.4324/9781315749952.
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