title: Putting safety in the blueprint. Patient safety is the guiding force for a new hospital.
abstract: St. Joseph's Community Hospital of West Bend (Wis.) is building a new hospital using innovative architectural and design features to foster patient safety. Coupled with a nonpunitive safety culture, St. Joseph's may represent the wave of the future.
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000592:standards*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000592:standards; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D014922:Wisconsin