The Business Case for Evidence-Based Design in Radiology Departments

Large sums of money are being spent on new construction and remodeling of radiology workspaces, with often disappointing results. Poorly designed radiology environments can contribute to medical error, safety risks to patients and staff, costly inefficiency, and avoidable stress to families and health care workers. Evidence-based design seeks to apply hypothesis-driven, literature-based methodology to the process of creating medical environments that make it easier, not harder, to provide safe and high-quality care to patients.
Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research