title: Building smarter EDs.
abstract: Flexibility is the name of the game as hospitals undertake radical redesigns of their emergency departments. Prompted by HIPAA privacy requirements and using innovative flow patterns, moveable walls, larger patient rooms and evolving technology, the new ED can adapt quickly to handle fluctuating patient loads and potential terrorist attacks.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D015142:Baltimore; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005379:Financing, Construction; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D009518:New York; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D018907:Privacy; D014481:United States