Institute for Family-Centered Care Addresses the Impact of Hospital Design on Patient Care and Patient and Staff Satisfaction
Conference on hospital redesign
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.
Key Results
Project staff:
- Added hospital design content and networking opportunities at the 2005 Second International Conference on Patient and Family-Centered Care.
- Expanded hospital design-related Web site content.
- Published a newsletter issue focused on health care facility design.
Funding
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) provided $50,572 to support this unsolicited project in 2005.