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- A growing body of research evidence supports the idea that individual patient rooms and their design can be associated with reduced infections, fewer errors, fewer falls, reduced anxiety, stronger family support, less self-censoring by patients when speaking to physicians, and improved outcomes. 1, 2 In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, an article by McDonald et al 3 provides an interesting view on the history and impact of the movement from multi-occupant to single-occupant rooms.
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Oct 12, 2021 · The main reason has been the assumption that patients prefer single rooms, and an expectation of benefits in hygiene with decreased hospital acquired infections improved levels of patient outcome and patient care (Nash et al., 2021, Ulrich, 2006).
Jul 14, 2020 · Two hundred four respondents, 60% patients and 40% medical professionals, engaged in discrete choice experiments visualizing a single patient room. A main finding is that patients and medical professionals consistently choose for hospital rooms with the highest amount of daylight access.
- Clarine J. van Oel, Meloek Mlihi, Arno Freeke
- 10.1177/1937586720937995
- 2021
- HERD. 2021 Jan; 14(1): 31-46.
The guidelines developed through this study identified many opportunities for improving the design of hospital Med/Surg rooms to allow staff to be more effective, efficient, and safer, while at the same time addressing the design needs of patients and their visitors.
- Steven A. Lavender, Carolyn M. Sommerich, Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders, Kevin D. Evans, Jing Li, Radin Za...
- 2020
Flexible patient room layout accommodating care activities when patient needs change (e.g. acuity-adaptable rooms, universal rooms) to reduce need for patient transfers
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Medical-surgical patient rooms constitute a significant component of a hospital building project, with a large body of research evidence and best practice knowledge for designers to draw upon in order to create a best design that successfully addresses unique issues in the design of each project.
Jun 29, 2015 · Rooms designed to facilitate all types of work performed in the room could improve task performance, efficiency, and safety for staff, which in turn would also be beneficial for patients. Three trends in healthcare will impact the design of hospital rooms.
