title: Improvement of efficiency and safety in hospitals starts in the beginning of the planning phase and influences patient safety, staff, hygiene as well as logistics, and efficiency within the entire hospital.
abstract: To increase patient safety and hospital efficiency a new stepwise planning methodology including an early peer review of the future design is shown in the article as well as innovative training concepts for hospital staff.
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty Eberhard-Karls, University of Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Matern
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D061214:Patient Safety; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*