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May 13, 2011 | Program Result
Project staff worked with a design team to create and test a set of universal graphic symbols to help people with limited proficiency in English find their way around health care facilities.
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.
November 1, 2006 | Report
Recommended Reading Environmental Change Recommendations for Ensuring an Optimal Health Care Workplace This literature review examines the impact of the physical environment, along with other factors such as culture and social support, on the heal ...
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.
August 9, 2006 | Story
“Nurses have to be in the room and be empowered to be part of the process,” said Woodworth, a senior associate with Anshen+Allen in San Francisco, an architecture firm specializing in the design of health care and academic facilities.
December 14, 2005 | Toolkit
Using symbols for health care signage can successfully meet the wayfinding needs of patients that speak hundreds of different languages. This workbook is designed for health care facilities and graphic designers interested in learning about and usin ...
April 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Congress for the New Urbanism sponsored the Active Living by Design Student Fellowship Program to fund student attendance at its tenth anniversary meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., in June 2002.