Accountable Design for Accountable Care

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Accountable Design for Accountable Care – from McGraw-Hill Research Foundation and HOK, a 20-p PDF that looks at healthcare design and the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act (PPACA).  Image here is from p. 3 and illustrates typical acute care unit configurations.

 

…  illustrates how healthcare design impacts accountable care aims, and investigates immediate actions that can be taken to integrate design research into improving healthcare facility design and patient care.

The lead author of this article, Nick Watkins, is now Director of Research and Principal at BBH Design.