title: Helping to improve patient outcomes.
abstract: Delegates attending the forthcoming International Federation of Hospital Engineering Congress in Florida will undoubtedly closely focus again on how the healthcare environment, and range of non-clinical services provided within it, contribute to positive patient outcomes. This article draws attention to some key issues which were examined at the IFHE Congress in Bergen two years ago and which continue to rank as highly important.
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D010934:Planning Techniques