No Hidden Patient: Facility Design for Safety – Sidebar: Genesis of the Clinical Nursing Worktable

Jeff Hardy interviewed Valli Washburn, RN, director of emergency and intensive care services at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, a 334-bed facility in Glendale, California. Washburn led the planning process for designing what is now called the “Clinical Nursing Worktable” installed in the intensive care unit at Glendale Memorial Hospital.

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No Hidden Patient: Facility Design for Safety

Designing a new hospital or medical center around patient safety principles is the most important challenge facing facility planners and architects today. A facility’s layout, equipment, and furnishings strongly influence the effectiveness of care, safety, and satisfaction of patients and caregivers.

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Ethics Toolbox: Healthcare Cost and Quality

Cost considerations are now so integral to our healthcare debates that their absence might make us feel as if something important were missing. Despite the intensity of these discussions, there have been few effective solutions to control or reduce healthcare expenditures.

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Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Rethinking the Emergency Department

 

Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) is a 306-bed not-for-profit community hospital located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and the flagship facility for Berkshire Health System. BMC is a regional leader in neurosurgery, trauma, stroke care, diagnostic imaging, endoscopy, general surgery, and rehabilitation services.September / October 2006

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