title: Improving the patient experience through design.
abstract: Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) received a major financial gift to redesign its chemotherapy daycare and transfusion facilities, which were over capacity and in need of improvement, both functionally and aesthetically. PMH's vision was to create a new space and experience that was truly patient centric and world class. Meanwhile, a research team at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management had also received a gift from a corporate donor with a patient-focused mandate to examine ways in which healthcare in Canada could be made more patient centric. The Rotman research team was invited to work with the hospital's staff, physicians, patients and families to explore a more patient-centered approach to care.
authors.affiliation: The University of Toronto.
authors.forename: Brian R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Golden
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hannam
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Downey
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grichko
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018802:Patient-Centered Care