Evidence-Based Design

The Intersection of Architecture/Medicine/Quality and the Clinical Nurse Specialist: Designing for the Prevention of Delirium

December 2, 2019 / Dochitect / Design for Geriatrics, Design for Patient Safety, Evidence-Based Design

Peer-reviewed publication

Publication: Clinical Nurse Specialist (The International Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice)
Publication Reference: 34(1):5-7, January/February 2020
Author: Anderson, Diana C.; Jacoby, Sonya R.; Scruth, Elizabeth Ann

Excerpt:

“We call it the delirium room,” my colleagues would say about a hospital room where, anecdotally, it was noticed that more patients tended to become delirious. I went to visit it—the door squeaked with each swing, there was minimal daylight with the window view being a neighboring wall, and the room faced the constantly noisy nursing station.What insights can architectural design provide toward our understanding of delirium and models of care?

What if “the delirium room” did not incite delirium but instead prevented and even treated it?

Read more about Delirium and Design HERE.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 Podcast

November 11, 2019 / Dochitect / Design for Clinical Staff, Evidence-Based Design, Health Design & Ethics, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Podcast: Healthcare Interior Design 2.0
Date: November 11, 2019

Dochitect is featured on the Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 Podcast!
Listen to @dochitect discuss the idea of what is the moral imperative of the architect to communicate research to clients and discuss potential benefits and harms of design. “Architects are sometimes torn between thinking about the state of healthcare outside of their individual project to a client,” Diana shares. “And I think we often have reservations about measuring design quality.” This and more on the changing face of the healthcare design from a “dochitect’s” perspective.

Click HERE to listen to the full podcast!

Podcasts

GeriPal Podcast: Architecture and Medicine

October 17, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Podcast: GeriPal Podcast
Title: Architecture and Medicine Podcast with Diana Anderson and Emi Kiyota
Date: October 17, 2019

Dochitect is featured on the Geripal Podcast!

Alex: What do you get when you mix a doctor and an architect?

Eric: An Archidoc?

Alex: No a Dochitect. What do you get when you mix a gerontologist with an architect?

Eric: A gerontolitect?

Alex: No an environmental gerontologist.

Re-designed spaces also have the potential to improve outcomes for older adults and people with serious illness. Further, redesigned spaces can improve quality of life for healthcare providers, and those benefits may be passed on to our patients.

Listen to the podcast with Dochitect Diana Anderson, MD, M. Arch (UCSF geriatrics fellow) and Emi Kiyota, PhD, environmental gerontologist.

Click HERE to listen to the full podcast!

Podcasts

The Journal of Health Design Podcast – Dochitect

September 4, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Podcast: The Journal of Health Design
Title: Diana Anderson: “Dochitect” who combines medicine and architecture
Date: September 4, 2019

Dochitect is featured on The Journal of Health Design Podcast!

The Health Design Podcast · Diana Anderson, “dochitect”, combines medicine and architecture.

Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, is a healthcare architect and a board-certified internist. She completed her medical residency training at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center in the United States. As a “dochitect,” Dr. Anderson combines educational and professional experience in both medicine and architecture. She has worked on hospital design projects globally and is widely published in both architectural and medical journals, books and the popular press. She speaks frequently about the impacts of healthcare design on patient outcomes, staff satisfaction and related topics. She is co-founder of the Clinicians for Design Group, an international network of leaders that seeks to inspire and accelerate the design of environments and systems. Dr. Anderson was recognized for her contributions to the field by the American Institute of Architects’ Academy of Architecture for Health U40 List of Healthcare Design’s Best under 40. As an immediate past Fellow at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, she explores space design and ethics. She is currently a geriatric medicine fellow at the University of California, San Francisco.

“Listen to @dochitect, who says every room in the #healthcare space deserves equal attention, including corridors. #architecture and #medicine work together to create better spaces and #Health outcomes. #PatientExperience #PatientCare#DesignThinking”

Podcasts

Drafting and doctoring – The Globe and Mail

May 31, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design

Letters to the Editor

Publication: The Globe and Mail, Letter to the Editor
Publication Reference: May 31, 2019
Author: Diana Anderson, MD
View Letter

Drafting and doctoring

Excerpt: Re How Architects Ruined Health Care (May 24): While, as a physician and architect, I agree that focusing on aesthetics has tipped design toward patient satisfaction with less emphasis on behind-the-scenes clinician space, hospital architecture is a complex process – not unlike patient care.

Read the full Letter to the Editor here.

Letters to the Editor

The Intersection Between Design & Wellness: Optimizing the Patient-Provider Experience

May 30, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design

Presentations

Event: Bisnow – National Healthcare New England
Title: The Intersection Between Design & Wellness: Optimizing the Patient-Provider Experience
Date: May 30, 2019

The Intersection Between Design & Wellness: Optimizing the Patient-Provider Experience
• Dr. Diana Anderson, Founder, Dochitect, Fellow, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics
• David Grabowski, PhD, Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy | Harvard Medical School
• John Means, Partner, McKinsey & Company
• David Storto, President, Partners Continuing Care & Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
Moderator: Mark Krejchi, Ph.D., Healthcare Industry Manager, Wilsonart

Habitats for Healers: Architectural Design for Clinicians

April 29, 2019 / Dochitect / Design for Clinical Staff, Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Event: Harvard University Graduate School of Design Lecture Series
Title: Habitats for Healers: Architecture Design for Clinicians
Date: April 29 2019

Dochitect was invited to the Harvard’s Graduate School of Design to discuss design for health providers:

Lectures

“There’s No Ramp Here” How do we cross disciplines?

March 30, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Event: Health Equity and Leadership (HEAL) conference, T.H.Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Title: “There’s No Ramp Here” How do we cross disciplines?
Date: March 30, 2019

Dochitect was invited to participate and run a workshop for the annual HEAL event at the Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health!

CLICK HERE for more information about the event!

Conference Presentations

The Ethics of Healthcare Architecture

February 26, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design, Health Design & Ethics, The Physician-Architect Model

Commentaries

Publication: Architecture Ireland
Publication Reference: February 26, 2019
Authors Diana Anderson

View Online Journal Issue HERE

Click HERE to read the full article

Commentaries

Design Museum Boston – The Architecture of Health

January 25, 2019 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design, The Physician-Architect Model

Presentations

Event: Design Museum Boston
Title: The Architecture of Health
Date: January 25, 2019

Design Museum Mornings with Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, healthcare architect, and a board-certified internist.

Can architecture impact health? Increasingly, clinicians are asking not only for the architect’s perspective, but to develop a skill-set and knowledge-base that will allow them to help shape the future of health. Architects aim to engage clinical professionals in research, education, and practice. For some patients, design can succeed where drugs may fail. For clinicians, the built environment can support and improve efficient care delivery. We all have a shared goal in seeking to enhance health outcomes through innovations in the design of healthcare spaces.

Dochitect speaks at the Design Museum Boston Morning event about The Architecture of Health!

Keynote Presentations, Lectures

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