title: Streamlining patient care processes through flexible room and equipment design.
abstract: Hospitals are planning and designing new environments to accommodate a greater concentration of critically ill patients and to permit the installation of sophisticated technology required for the care of this high-acuity population. A serious nursing shortage, customer demands for privacy and personal amenities, and cost constraints pose numerous problems in planning and design processes. The flexible, acuity-adaptable room concept has been introduced as a platform for changing care processes to achieve a cost-effective care model that fosters nursing efficiency and increased customer satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Hill-Rom Company, Batesville, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gallant
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lanning
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*