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Zimring, Craig

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Backstage Staff Communication: The Effects of Different Levels of Visual Exposure to Patients

( 2019-11-21) Lim, Lisa ; Kanfer, Ruth ; Stroebel, Robert J. ; Zimring, Craig

Objective: This article examines how visual exposure to patients predicts patient-related communication among staff members. Background: Communication among healthcare professionals private from patients, or backstage communication, is critical for staff teamwork and patient care. While patients and visitors are a core group of users in healthcare settings, not much attention has been given to how patients' presence impacts staff communication. Furthermore, many healthcare facilities provide team spaces for improved staff teamwork, but the privacy levels of team areas significantly vary. Method: This article presents an empirical study of four team-based primary care clinics where staff communication and teamwork are important. Visual exposure levels of the clinics were analyzed, and their relationships to staff members' concerns for having backstage communication, including preferred and nonpreferred locations for backstage communication, were investigated. Results: Staff members in clinics with less visual exposure to patients reported lower concerns about having backstage communication. Staff members preferred talking in team areas that were visually less exposed to patients in the clinic, but, within team areas, the level of visual exposure did not matter. On the other hand, staff members did not prefer talking in visually exposed areas such as corridors in the clinic and visually exposed areas within team spaces. Conclusions: Staff members preferred talking in team areas, and they did not prefer talking in visually exposed areas. These findings identified visually exposed team areas as a potentially uncomfortable environment, with a lack of agreement between staff members' preferences toward where they had patient-related communication.
Collaborative Research on Health

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-11-09) Ball, Roger ; Botchwey, Nisha ; Sanford, Jon ; Zimring, Craig

Research related to health is the largest segment of the College of Design’s research portfolio. This forum will describe several active programs of research related to health and design and examine the intersections among them for potential collaborations.
Health Systems: The Next Generation - CHHS Research Rapid Fire Presentations 2016

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-09-16) Ayer, Turgay ; Duke, Jon ; Serban, Nicoleta ; Zimring, Craig ; Romeijn, Edwin
Design Now: A Panel Discussion

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-10-04) Murray, Janet H. ; Zimring, Craig ; Starner, Thad ; Sprigle, Stephen ; Norman, Donald A.

Panel discussion at College of Architecture on technology, evidence-based design, assistive technology, human-centered design. The primary audience will include Industrial Design, Architecture, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Science, and the local ID/HCI community.
MCG critical care 3 west evaluation

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-06-09) Zimring, Craig
Walking on campus: correlates and web tools

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-08-31) Zimring, Craig
The Business Case for Building Better Hospitals Through Evidence-Based Design

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008) Zimring, Craig ; Sadler, Blair L. ; DuBose, Jennifer Robin

Purpose: After establishing the connection between building well-designed evidence-based facilities and improved safety and quality for patients, families, and staff, this article presents the compelling business case for doing so. It demonstrates why ongoing operating savings and initial capital costs must be analyzed and describes specific steps to ensure that design innovations are implemented effectively. Background: Hospital leaders and boards are now beginning to face a new reality: They can no longer tolerate preventable hospital-acquired conditions such as infections, falls, and injuries to staff or unnecessary intra-hospital patient transfers that can increase errors. Nor can they subject patients and families to noisy, confusing environments that increase anxiety and stress. They must effectively deploy all reasonable quality improvement techniques available. To be optimally effective, a variety of tactics must be combined and implemented in an integrated way. Hospital leadership must understand the clear connection between building well-designed healing environments and improved healthcare safety and quality for patients, families, and staff, as well as the compelling business case for doing so. Emerging pay-for-performance (P4P) methodologies that reward hospitals for quality and refuse to pay hospitals for the harm they cause (e.g., infections and falls) further strengthen this business case. Recommendations: When planning to build a new hospital or to renovate an existing facility, healthcare leaders should address a key question: Will the proposed project incorporate all relevant and proven evidence-based design innovations to optimize patient safety, quality, and satisfaction as well as workforce safety, satisfaction, productivity, and energy efficiency? When conducting a business case analysis for a new project, hospital leaders should consider ongoing operating savings and the market share impact of evidence-based design interventions as well as initial capital costs. They should consider taking the 10 steps recommended to ensure an optimal, cost-effective hospital environment. A return-on-investment (ROI) framework is put forward for the use of individual organizations.
A Review of the Research Literature on Evidence-Based Healthcare Design

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008) Ulrich, Roger S. ; Zimring, Craig ; Zhu, Xuemei ; DuBose, Jennifer R. ; Seo, Hyun-Bo ; Choi, Young-Seon ; Quan, Xiaobo ; Joseph, Anjali

This report surveys and evaluates the scientific research on evidence-based healthcare design and extracts its implications for designing better and safer hospitals.
A Review of the Research Literature on Evidence-Based Healthcare Design

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008) Ulrich, Roger S. ; Zimring, Craig ; Zhu, Xuemei ; DuBose, Jennifer Robin ; Seo, Hyun-Bo ; Choi, Young-Seon ; Quan, Xiaobo ; Joseph, Anjali

Objective: This report surveys and evaluates the scientific research on evidence-based healthcare design and extracts its implications for designing better and safer hospitals. Background: It builds on a literature review conducted by researchers in 2004. Methods: Research teams conducted a new and more exhaustive search for rigorous empirical studies that link the design of hospital physical environments with healthcare outcomes. The review followed a two-step process, including an extensive search for existing literature and a screening of each identified study for the relevance and quality of evidence. Results: This review found a growing body of rigorous studies to guide healthcare design, especially with respect to reducing the frequency of hospital-acquired infections. Results are organized according to three general types of outcomes: patient safety, other patient outcomes, and staff outcomes. The findings further support the importance of improving outcomes for a range of design characteristics or interventions, including single-bed rooms rather than multibed rooms, effective ventilation systems, a good acoustic environment, nature distractions and daylight, appropriate lighting, better ergonomic design, acuity-adaptable rooms, and improved floor layouts and work settings. Directions for future research are also identified. Conclusions: The state of knowledge of evidence-based healthcare design has grown rapidly in recent years. The evidence indicates that well-designed physical settings play an important role in making hospitals safer and more healing for patients, and better places for staff to work. Key Words: Evidence-based design, hospital design, healthcare design, healthcare quality, outcomes, patient safety, staff safety, infection, hand washing, medical errors, falls, pain, sleep, stress, depression, confidentiality, social support, satisfaction, single rooms, noise, nature, daylight
The role of the physical environment in crossing the quality chasm

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007) Zimring, Craig ; Henriksen, Kerm ; Isaacson, Sandi ; Sadler, Blair L.