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Publisher: The Center for Health Design and Georgia Institute of Technology
File Size: 344 KB
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Executive Summary:
There is growing evidence that chief executive officers (CEOs) can use
research-validated evidence-based design (EBD) features as a tool to
transform healthcare safety and quality. This paper explores how
successful CEOs were able to navigate the multiyear process of project
development. The utilization of EBD to create a building that
supports cultural transformation and care redesign can reduce patient
and staff harm and stress and still improve the bottom line.
The CEOs
of successful projects were the pivotal leaders who inspired their
organizations to measure and confront unacceptable patient and staff
outcomes, established strategies to meet improvement goals, and
required disciplined reengineering of clinical and business
processes—resulting in the achievement of the organizations’ desired
end state.