{"303951":{"#nid":"303951","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SimTigrate and Herman Miller Healthcare receive grant to study design of team spaces in patient-centered medical homes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation (AAHF, part of the American Institute of Architects) has announced Georgia Tech\u0027s SimTigrate Design Lab and Herman Miller Healthcare as the recipients of the Foundation\u2019s 2014 annual research grant. The pair were selected for their research proposal \u201cDesigning Team Spaces to Support Collaboration and Communication in Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH).\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are honored to have been selected for this grant,\u201d said Craig Zimring, director of SimTigrate. \u201cHealthcare is a constantly evolving field, and this research will go a long way to ensure that patients get optimum care in these new types of facilities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs healthcare moves to models of collaborative, multidisciplinary care in outpatient settings, many clinics are creating open team rooms intended to support care coordination. However, there is considerable evidence that shows that open workspaces can actually decrease communication if not properly designed and suited for the tasks, culture and technology of an organization. The $10K grant will fund research focusing on designing team spaces in outpatient clinics to support the implementation of the patient-centered medical home care process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project will include the documentation of case studies, development of metrics and criteria to help design teams assess success, and a full-scale mockup in the SimTigrate Design Lab. The findings will be presented at Healthcare Design 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are going to examine what the critical factors, care flow, and considerations affecting communication, collaboration and staff satisfaction are,\u201d said SimTigrate Design Lab Associate Director Jennifer DuBose.\u0026nbsp; \u201cOur end goal is to provide design information that will be immediately usable by architects and their clients.\u201d \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The AAHF is dedicated to furthering excellence in healthcare architecture through financial support of educational and research programs. Its mission is to enhance the knowledge and effectiveness of those who create healthcare environments through the funding of critical educational and research activities.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SimTigrate and Herman Miller Healthcare receive grant to study design of team spaces in patient-centered medical homes"}],"uid":"27814","created_gmt":"2014-06-19 09:01:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:37","author":"Lisa Herrmann","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"194491":{"id":"194491","type":"image","title":"SimTigrate Mock Exam Room","body":null,"created":"1449179891","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:11","changed":"1475894846","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:26","alt":"SimTigrate Mock Exam Room","file":{"fid":"196382","name":"simtigrate3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/simtigrate3_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/simtigrate3_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1358850,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/simtigrate3_0.jpg?itok=KMfazty4"}}},"media_ids":["194491"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"}],"keywords":[{"id":"240","name":"healthcare design"},{"id":"167177","name":"School of Architecture"},{"id":"168040","name":"SimTigrate design lab"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Herrmann\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-0693\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.herrmann@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}