title: Hospital design and construction: song of the sirens.
abstract: Hospital and health system executives charged with overseeing a facility design-and-build project should follow the examples of organizations that have successfully completed such projects. Here are just a few lessons learned from fruitful projects: Simplistic cost comparisons do not define value. Alternative design solutions offer a hospital the opportunity to test the value of its original design thinking. Functional designs reflect proven best practices.
authors.affiliation: HBE Corporation, St. Louis, USA. sdailey@hbecorp.com
authors.forename: Stephen G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Dailey
mesh_terms: D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000191:economics; D009042:Motivation; D014481:United States