This project for a major academic medical center bed tower project incorporates research into the analysis of best-practice case studies of ICU and inpatient rooms. The goal is to help the design and clinical team share a common understanding of how room layouts impact the ability of providers, patients, and families to achieve goals that define excellent, safe, patient- and-family-centered care. Critical process components include (1) identifying key evidence-based functional requirements for excellent care, (2) developing metrics for measuring ICU and medical-surgical room layouts that can be rigorously and transparently applied, and (3) developing good graphical ways to illustrate findings in a transparent, rapidly actionable format

• Learn the key requirements for ICU and inpatient hospital rooms that are needed for superior care.
• Obtain metrics for measuring design to achieve requirements.
• Present findings in an actionable format.
• See how research can be effectively applied in these specific healthcare projects.
  
  

Panelists:
Khatereh Hadi, M.Arch., Architectural Designer/ Researcher, Georgia Tech SimTigrate Design Lab
Lisa Lim, MSc, Architectural Researcher/Designer, Georgia Tech SimTigrate Design Lab
Mark Patterson, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C, Corporate Healthcare Practice Leader, Vice President, SmithGroupJJr
Craig Zimring, PhD, EDAC, Professor Architecture, Director of Simtigrate Design Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology