Center for Health Design
Evidence-Based Design in healthcare architecture, advanced by the Center for Health Design, requires design decisions to rest on credible, peer-reviewed research. A core example, following Roger Ulrich's 1984 study, is designing patient rooms with views of nature to reduce recovery time and pain medication use.
Evidence-Based Design (EBD) in healthcare architecture provides a clear example of a research-based procedure. Pushed by organizations like The Center for Health Design, EBD explicitly mandates that design decisions be grounded in credible, peer-reviewed research to achieve the best possible patient, family, and staff outcomes. For instance, following Roger Ulrich's seminal 1984 study, a core EBD procedure is to design patient rooms with views of nature, as this has been empirically shown to reduce recovery times and pain medication use.
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Examples
- Sense-Making Methodology (Brenda Dervin) · both placed under Research-based
- European Union's Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC) · discussed together in section 134
- Kigumi · discussed together in section 134
- Natasha Jen's critique of “Design Thinking” · discussed together in section 134
Methods
- Sense-Making Methodology (Brenda Dervin) · both placed under Research-based
In the framework
- Research-based · variable
- Procedures Component
- Pseudo-Design · element
- Observations Component
In the book
- Chapter 13, section 134 · Variables
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