A growing body of literature describes the link between a hospital's physical design and its key quality and safety outcomes. This report describes how evidence-based design elements can help hospitals reduce costly and avoidable incidents of patient harm such as patient falls, hospital-acquired infections, and medication errors. A companion DVD (available to order) presents the experiences of three model hospitals that use evidence-based hospital design to increase patient and staff satisfaction and safety, quality of care, and employee retention.

 

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