title: Seeking input on building projects.
abstract: Community members, donors and other stakeholders increasingly want a say in a building project's final design, and hospitals have much to gain by asking patients how a building can be designed around their needs. To keep the process from spinning out of control, experts recommend keeping focus groups tightly focused and taking a run-through in a full-scale mock-up.
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D017144:Focus Groups; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000592:standards*; D007857:Leadership; D010358:Patient Participation; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States