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Media and publishing
The Academy is a prolific
publisher of research papers, books and articles. In the
April 2008, the academy has launched the world’s
first International Journal for Design and Health and
associated web site and e-newsletter dedicated to the field
of design and health.
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Preliminary editorial program World
Health Design April 2008
News
World Health Design reports from around the globe on the
latest research and practice news impacting on design and
health.
Comment and opinion
The Architect’s Muse:
Exporting PFI internationally
An alternative look at the viability of the
PPP/PFI model as an international export.
John Cooper of Anshen + Allen
Health Record: Designing for the
perioperative environment
A personal reflection on the impact of
the environment on nursing care in the perioperative
environment and how nurses can engage with facility managers
and architects to improve both the clinical function and the
therapeutic value of the operating theatre. For example, why
is it deemed that daylight is not appropriate in an
operating theatre? What are the benefits of a barn theatre
design? How can we improve infection control through
operating theatre design?
Irini Antoniadou, president, EORNA
(European Operating Nurses Association)
Book Review: Sustainable Healthcare
Architecture
A review of Sustainable Healthcare Architecture, authored by
Robin Guenther and Gail Vittori. Recognised as national
experts in the design of hospitals and other sustainable
health care facilities, Guenther and Vittori are engaged in
the development of the Green Guide for Health Care 2.0
Pilot, which is set to be used as a foundation for a new
rating system and policy, LEED Application Guide for
Healthcare (LEED-HC). Building upon the authors' combined
expertise, this book includes LEED-HC information and
guidelines, as well as case studies of the best projects and
contributed essays by acknowledged experts on topics related
to sustainable design for healthcare.
Peter Scher, advisor, International
Academy for Design & Health
Book Review: Changing Hospital Architecture
Design and Health international advisor,
John Wells-Thorpe reviews Changing Hospital Architecture,
authored by RIBA president, Sunand Prasad.
John Wells-Thorpe, advisor, International Academy for Design
& Health
The Big Question: Evidence-based design v
Research-based design
Six leading lights of design and health
debate the relative values and merits of research and
evidence-based design. Contributors include:
Mike Nightingale of Nightingale
Associates
Susan Francis, Commission for
Architecture and the Built Environment
Faye LeDoux, Ellerbe Becket
Phil Nedin, ARUP
Cyndi McCullough, HDR
Jacqueline Vischer, University of
Montreal
Interview
Head to head: Sir Lord Nigel Crisp and
Chris Liddle, HLM
Former Chief Executive of the NHS in
England, Lord Nigel Crisp go head to head with architect and
chair of HLM Architects, Chris Liddle, providing a unique
insight into the value of design and architecture as a
framework for global health development. What can good
design contribute to the reengineering of effective social
provision in health, education and justice? What is the role
of research-based design in the development of the
facilities of the future?
Interview by Marc Sansom,
Editor-in-chief, World Health Design
Project
reviews
Design Quality Standards: Embedding
design quality in PPP/PFI procurement frameworks
Late last year, as part of a global
initiative to promote Design Quality Standards and improve
the quality of healthcare facilities around the world,
Design & Health brought together an interdisciplinary group
of speakers and delegates from research, practice and
government to learn about the latest work of some leading
architects.
The Hpod project: Creating optimum
healing environments
Developed by Nightingale Associates with
input from university research departments from around the
world, with support from the Department of Health, the NHS,
Macmillan Cancer Support, Philips Lighting, Barrisol, Rompa,
Arup and Ecophon, the hPod project creates a healing
environment that provides the optimum conditions to
accelerate the healing processes for a range of illnesses
and disease-based conditions.
Richard Mazuch of Nightingale Associates
North Bristol Trust PFI England
From its inception the Private Financial Initiative for
developing healthcare facilities has been controversial. Its
critics claim that PFI has delivered facilities that are
“fit-for-purpose and offer value for money” only by the most
generous interpretation, and that these facilities rarely
match the best international examples. Schwarz describes how
a new approach, dubbed ‘Smarter PFI’ at North Bristol NHS
Trust in England could provide an answer to the dilemma of
achieving design quality in a PPP scheme.
Ken Schwarz, principal of NBBJ Architects
All Ukranian Centre for Mothers and
Children, Kiev
Cadenhead describes the concept idea for
an All Ukranian Centre for Mothers and Children, which he
says seeks meaning, cultural relevance and engagement with
the imagination of children at the same time as delivering
the ‘efficiency’ and ‘comfort’ so often associated with
modern hospital architecture.
Neil Cadenhead, director of Building
Design Partnership
Global report
Country/regional report: Singapore
Singapore is ranked by the World Health
Organisation as having the best healthcare system in Asia,
with a multitude of specialised, expert treatments in
oncology, gynaecology, cardiology, ophthalmology and many
other specialties. Lai-Chuah Suat Hong reflects on how
healthcare design in Singapore has progressed dramatically
in the last two decades, with the Ministry of Health
embarking on an ambitious task of redeveloping all the old
government hospitals and creating new facilities to meet the
nation’s ever-increasing healthcare needs.
Ruby Lai-Chuah Suat Hong, CPG Consultants
Country/regional report: Canada
The Canadian health care system has
enjoyed a longstanding reputation for being one of the best
in the world. Part of this recognition is based on the fact
that pre-eminent Canadian hospitals intentionally draw on
regional or natural themes to create meaningful and relevant
designs. Stanwick reports on several examples that have
risen to international attention by addressing both the
innate human desire to connect with natural surroundings and
the necessity to deliver technologically advanced medical
infrastructure.
Sean Stanwick, Farrow Partnership
Architects
Technology profile
Prof Barlow reflects on the complex
relationships between innovation in the technologies,
infrastructure and services associated with healthcare.
Cycle times for changes in these elements vary considerably
between long lasting fixed capital infrastructure, more
rapidly changing healthcare technologies and services, and a
frequently unstable policy context. Reporting on the work of
HACIRIC, Barlow explores the dynamics of these relationships
at the system level, focusing especially on the challenges
for firms and organisations involved in managing healthcare
infrastructure projects.
Prof James Barlow, Health and Care
Infrastructure Research Centre, Imperial College, London
Research and Science
Patient Safety: Why healthcare buildings
contribute to the error pandemic
It is a
paradox that the safety of patients is both the oldest and
most enduring of objectives of medical practitioners and yet
does not receive appropriate attention in the current
operation of healthcare institutions. There is no aspect of
healthcare delivery in which this observation is more
accurate than in the creation of physical environments
through planning, design and construction. Barach and
Dickerman review the current state of patient safety to show
that facility development and design methodologies of the
past should be abandoned for new approaches which feature
the integration of patient safety into the design and
culture of the healthcare setting.
Kenneth Dickerman, Leo A Daly Company and
Paul Barach, Visiting Professor, University of Utretch
The Affects of Colour and Light on
Health: Trans-Disciplinary Research Results
Many designers
use the term, ‘evidence-based design’, despite the lack of
sufficient research about the human response to design that
can be used to inform design decisions. Edelstein describes
the creation of a collaborative “evidence-based” model to
integrate the architect’s design experience, the academic
researcher’s rigorous methodologies, and the client’s
understanding of institutional needs, in order to explore
issues of importance to healthcare facilities. Edelstein
describes how a transdisciplinary approach, using
physiological, behavioural, and epidemiological measures was
devised to increase the quality and applicability of
research findings. The model was tested in a pilot study of
the influence of brief exposure to light, and field studies
of circadian lighting levels in pre-occupied and
post-occupied healthcare facilities.
Eve A. Edelstein, Ph.D., Steven Doctors,
Robert Brandt, Barbara Denton, Galen Cranz, Ph.D., Robert
Mangel, Ph.D., W. Mike Martin, Ph.D., Gordon H. Chong
Patient and Family Preferences for a
Palliative Care Unit Design
Diana Anderson
describes the primary objectives and conclusions of a
qualitative study conducted to identify what palliative care
patients and their families perceive to be important
elements in the design of a palliative care unit (PCU) for
end-of-life care. Secondary objectives included exploring
whether differences in preferences and perceptions exist
between patients and family members. This study looked at
the palliative care population of Bridgepoint Hospital in
Toronto, Canada, and evaluated patient and family
preferences for room design and layout, as well as
preference for private versus shared accommodations.
Diana Anderson, University of Toronto
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