The business case for better buildings. Academic Article

abstract

• Beginning in 2000, a research collaborative of progressive healthcare organizations came together with The Center for Health Design to evaluate the impact of their new buildings on patient outcomes. Those organizations are now engaged in three-year programs of evaluation, using comparative research instruments and outcome measures. Their experiences are synthesized here in a composite 300-bed "Fable Hospital" to present evidence in support of the business case for better buildings as a key component of better, safer, and less wasteful health care.

authors

• Berry, Leonard
• Hamilton, D. Kirk

published proceedings

• Healthc Financ Manage

author list (cited authors)

• Berry, L. L., Parker, D., Coile, R. C., Hamilton, D. K., O'Neill, D. D., & Sadler, B. L.

citation count

• 12

complete list of authors

• Berry, Leonard L||Parker, Derek||Coile, Russell C||Hamilton, D Kirk||O'Neill, David D||Sadler, Blair L

publication date

• November 2004

published in

• Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association  Journal

keywords

• Facility Design And Construction
• Health Facility Environment
• Organizational Case Studies
• Safety Management
• United States

PubMed Central ID

• 15559669

start page

• 76

end page

• 78

volume

• 58

issue

• 11