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October 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Institute for Family-Centered Care worked to enhance understanding of hospital design and its effects on patient care as well as on patient and staff satisfaction.
January 1, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology convened a conference to develop a research agenda on the role of health care facility design and patient safety, patient and family experiencem and nurse/staff working conditions.
December 18, 2011 | Story
Study suggests hospitals should pursue improved nurse education and staffing, but those investments do not significantly reduce patient mortality in the absence of a good work environment.
August 9, 2011 | Program Result
Transforming Care at the Bedside-New Jersey is a state specific application of the nurse-driven TCAB process of hospital improvement. This is a look at the project's progress at the halfway mark.
July 11, 2011 | Program Result
Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) was a national initiative to improve hospital patient care and the hospital work environment by empowering front-line nurses to implement innovative new practices on their units.
July 5, 2011 | Story
"There's that stigma where the doctor is some almighty person, and the nurse is in more of a subservient role."
March 24, 2011 | Story
"A lot of the program focuses on learning about yourself and how to leverage your strengths," she recalls. "No one had ever said that to me. That was just freeing."
National Program
The TCAB program was led by the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI), and has generated significant information about the value of involving nurses and other front-line staff in the redesign of care delivery models and systems.
December 4, 2009 | Program Result
The Center for Health Design and the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture developed an Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification program, to accredit design professionals who use evidence-based design for new hospitals.
January 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals providing direct patient care in hospitals, and the quality of care for hospital patients is strongly linked to the performance of nursing staff, according to an Institute of Medicine report. ...