Improving the patient
     experience
      through
       design
Learning Objectives
• Discuss the nurse’s role in advocating for a work
  environment that enhances work processes, patient safety
  and improved care delivery.
• Identify specific design features and best practices that
  have demonstrated outcomes in improving organizational
  performance, patient outcomes and provider experiences.
• Explore how patient care philosophies and care models
  should influence design and operational change.
• Discuss future trend in healthcare and how we can
  improve intentional alignment between architecture and
  patient care delivery.
History of Nursing

   The Past
• Florence
  Nightingale

• Notes on Nursing

• Environment
History of Nursing
    My History

• 1984 - Vanderbilt
  University School
  of Nursing

• 8 Hour Shifts
• Semi-private
  Rooms
• Centralized Model
History of Nursing

Today’s Nurse


• 12 hour shifts

• Private Rooms

• Decentralized
  Model
History of Nursing

Tomorrow’s Nurse

• Mobile Healthcare

• Tele-health

• Continuity of Care
Healthcare Architects
        Role


• Form follows
  function

• Adapt and React

• What does the
  future hold?
Adapted from: Healthcare Leadership White Paper Series, 1 of 5, “The Business Case for Building Better Hospitals Through Evidence Based
                                   Design” by Blair L.Sadler, Jennifer DuBose, and Craig Zimring.



              Design Intervention                                       Quality and Business Case
                                                                      Decrease infection, Increase Privacy, Increase
     Build Single Rooms
                                                                      Capacity, Increase Patient Satisfaction
                                                                      Increase Patient and Family Satisfaction, Reduce
     Provide Space for Family Overnight
                                                                      Family Stress
     Build Larger Bathrooms                                           Reduce Falls, Reduce Staff Back Injury
     Install HEPA Filters throughout patient care
                                                                      Reduce airborne - caused infections
     areas
     Install hand washing sinks at each bedside                       Reduce Infection
     Install ceiling mounted lifts                                    Reduce back injury
                                                                      Reduce patient and staff stress, reduce patient
     Reduce Noise
                                                                      sleep deprivation, increase patient satisfaction
                                                                      Reduce patient stress, reduce patient pain and
     Use music for positive distraction
                                                                      medication use
     Access to natural light in patient and staff                     Reduce patient anxiety and depression, reduce
     areas                                                            length of stay, increase staff satisfaction
     Use artwork and virtual-reality images to                        Reduce patient and staff stress, reduce patient
     provide positive distraction                                     pain and medication use
     Build decentralized nursing stations                             Increase staff time spent on direct patient care
                                                                      Reduce staff time spent giving directions,
     Include effective way finding systems
                                                                      reduced patient and family stress.
Operational Improvement
          and
   Clinical Outcomes
 Drive Physical Design
Operational Improvement
          and
   Clinical Outcomes
 Drive Physical Design
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE




    Patient Care Philosophy
Philosophy of Patient
        Care
Patient Safety
    Focus
HCAHPS MEASURES
Composite Measures
    • Communicate with Nurses
    • Communicate with Doctors
    • Responsiveness of Hospital Staff
    • Pain Management
    • Communication about Medications

Individual Items
     • Cleanliness of the Hospital Environment
     • Quietness of the Hospital Environment

Global Items
    • Overall Hospital Rating
    • Recommend the Hospital
HCAHPS MEASURES
Composite Measures
    • Communicate with Nurses
    • Communicate with Doctors
    • Responsiveness of Hospital Staff
    • Pain Management
    • Communication about Medications

Individual Items
     • Cleanliness of the Hospital Environment
     • Quietness of the Hospital Environment

Global Items
    • Overall Hospital Rating
    • Recommend the Hospital
HCAHPS MEASURES
Composite Measures
    • Communicate with Nurses
    • Communicate with Doctors
    • Responsiveness of Hospital Staff
    • Pain Management
    • Communication about Medications

Individual Items
     • Cleanliness of the Hospital Environment
     • Quietness of the Hospital Environment

Global Items
    • Overall Hospital Rating
    • Recommend the Hospital
HCAHPS MEASURES
Composite Measures
    • Communicate with Nurses
    • Communicate with Doctors
    • Responsiveness of Hospital Staff
    • Pain Management
    • Communication about Medications

Individual Items
     • Cleanliness of the Hospital Environment
     • Quietness of the Hospital Environment

Global Items
    • Overall Hospital Rating
    • Recommend the Hospital
Hospital Focus
Hospital Focus
Don’t Lose Focus
•   Satisfaction is highly subjective. What
    matters a great deal to one patient may
    not be as relevant to another.

•   Hospitals don’t have to reinvent their
    process - Common sense changes can
    be transformative.

•   HCAHPS by itself doesn't ask about
    privacy, emotional support, shared
    decision making or coordination of care.
    But it fulfills CMS's vision to be a short
    set of measures to make comparisons
    between hospitals. It wasn't designed to
    be a quality improvement tool by itself.

•   Technology ahead of Practice
    Transformation

•   Quality and Safety Measures
Don’t Lose Focus
•   Satisfaction is highly subjective. What
    matters a great deal to one patient may
    not be as relevant to another.

•   Hospitals don’t have to reinvent their
    process - Common sense changes can
    be transformative.

•   HCAHPS by itself doesn't ask about
    privacy, emotional support, shared
    decision making or coordination of care.
    But it fulfills CMS's vision to be a short
    set of measures to make comparisons
    between hospitals. It wasn't designed to
    be a quality improvement tool by itself.

•   Technology ahead of Practice                 Human Touch
    Transformation

•   Quality and Safety Measures
NURSES HOLD THE KEY
NURSES HOLD THE KEY

• Listening

• Touching

• Empathy

• Caring

• Compassion
Influences Driving
               Design

•   Evidence Based Design

•   The Patient- Family
    Experience

•   Quality Improvement
    Initiatives

•   Operational Efficiencies

•   Government Regulations
Influences Driving
               Design

•   Evidence Based Design

•   The Patient- Family
    Experience

•   Quality Improvement
    Initiatives

•   Operational Efficiencies

•   Government Regulations
                              Nurse - Patient Relationship
The Value of Clinical
           Input

•   Understanding the goals and objectives
    of the care delivery model


•   Provide insight about staffing ratios,
    skill mix, equipment needs and
    technology needs.


•   Regulatory Knowledge - HIPAA,
    JCAHO, IHI, AHRQ, CME and the
    CDC.


•   Identify opportunities to enhance the
    work processes
The Value of Clinical
           Input

•   Understanding the goals and objectives
    of the care delivery model


•   Provide insight about staffing ratios,
    skill mix, equipment needs and
    technology needs.


•   Regulatory Knowledge - HIPAA,
    JCAHO, IHI, AHRQ, CME and the
    CDC.


•   Identify opportunities to enhance the
    work processes
The Value of Clinical
           Input

•   Understanding the goals and objectives
    of the care delivery model


•   Provide insight about staffing ratios,
    skill mix, equipment needs and
    technology needs.


•   Regulatory Knowledge - HIPAA,
    JCAHO, IHI, AHRQ, CME and the
    CDC.


•   Identify opportunities to enhance the
    work processes
The Value of Clinical
           Input

•   Understanding the goals and objectives
    of the care delivery model


•   Provide insight about staffing ratios,
    skill mix, equipment needs and
    technology needs.


•   Regulatory Knowledge - HIPAA,
    JCAHO, IHI, AHRQ, CME and the
    CDC.


•   Identify opportunities to enhance the
    work processes
The Value of Clinical
           Input

•   Understanding the goals and objectives
    of the care delivery model


•   Provide insight about staffing ratios,
    skill mix, equipment needs and
    technology needs.


•   Regulatory Knowledge - HIPAA,
    JCAHO, IHI, AHRQ, CME and the
    CDC.


•   Identify opportunities to enhance the
    work processes
Nurse Leaders in
                Healthcare Design




NIHD is a professional organization formed to promote healthcare design standards, promote
inclusion of nurses in healthcare design, provide educational programs for its members, and
 disseminate new ideas for all areas of health care design. NIHD promotes collaborative and
interdisciplinary educational training to all disciplines within the healthcare community and
                                   construction community.
Nurse Leaders in
    Healthcare Design
  Research Committee - Terri Zborowsky
   Education Committee - Joyce Durham
Membership Committee - Daina Pitzenberger
 Industry Partner Committee - Kim Denty




           www.nursingihd.com
Healthcare Design
      Nurse Roles
• Architect Firms     • Facility Planning
                        Office
• Engineering Firms
                      • Director of
• Construction          Operations and
  Company               Facility
• Furniture Company     Management

• Equipment           • Project Manager
  Company             • Transition Officer
Jan Stichler

                                                                   Sandie Colatrella
                                              Joyce Durham




                                                Marjorie Serrano    Maria Posada



Pam Redden and Daina Pitzenberger




                               Jan Stichler                           Joyce Benjamin
Nurse Participation
    is the Key
        Moving Forward

Find your clinical champion

Collaborate with facility clinical experts

Support your nurses with an NIHD
    membership ($199/year)
NURSES ARE HUMAN TOO!!
NURSES ARE HUMAN TOO!!
THANK YOU!!!

         Debbie Gregory RN, BSN
          dgregory@ssr-inc.com
              615-714-6794

The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design
           www.nursingihd.com

Cleveland clinic

  • 1.
    Improving the patient experience through design
  • 2.
    Learning Objectives • Discussthe nurse’s role in advocating for a work environment that enhances work processes, patient safety and improved care delivery. • Identify specific design features and best practices that have demonstrated outcomes in improving organizational performance, patient outcomes and provider experiences. • Explore how patient care philosophies and care models should influence design and operational change. • Discuss future trend in healthcare and how we can improve intentional alignment between architecture and patient care delivery.
  • 3.
    History of Nursing The Past • Florence Nightingale • Notes on Nursing • Environment
  • 4.
    History of Nursing My History • 1984 - Vanderbilt University School of Nursing • 8 Hour Shifts • Semi-private Rooms • Centralized Model
  • 5.
    History of Nursing Today’sNurse • 12 hour shifts • Private Rooms • Decentralized Model
  • 6.
    History of Nursing Tomorrow’sNurse • Mobile Healthcare • Tele-health • Continuity of Care
  • 7.
    Healthcare Architects Role • Form follows function • Adapt and React • What does the future hold?
  • 8.
    Adapted from: HealthcareLeadership White Paper Series, 1 of 5, “The Business Case for Building Better Hospitals Through Evidence Based Design” by Blair L.Sadler, Jennifer DuBose, and Craig Zimring. Design Intervention Quality and Business Case Decrease infection, Increase Privacy, Increase Build Single Rooms Capacity, Increase Patient Satisfaction Increase Patient and Family Satisfaction, Reduce Provide Space for Family Overnight Family Stress Build Larger Bathrooms Reduce Falls, Reduce Staff Back Injury Install HEPA Filters throughout patient care Reduce airborne - caused infections areas Install hand washing sinks at each bedside Reduce Infection Install ceiling mounted lifts Reduce back injury Reduce patient and staff stress, reduce patient Reduce Noise sleep deprivation, increase patient satisfaction Reduce patient stress, reduce patient pain and Use music for positive distraction medication use Access to natural light in patient and staff Reduce patient anxiety and depression, reduce areas length of stay, increase staff satisfaction Use artwork and virtual-reality images to Reduce patient and staff stress, reduce patient provide positive distraction pain and medication use Build decentralized nursing stations Increase staff time spent on direct patient care Reduce staff time spent giving directions, Include effective way finding systems reduced patient and family stress.
  • 9.
    Operational Improvement and Clinical Outcomes Drive Physical Design
  • 10.
    Operational Improvement and Clinical Outcomes Drive Physical Design
  • 11.
    PATIENT PERSPECTIVE Patient Care Philosophy
  • 12.
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  • 14.
    HCAHPS MEASURES Composite Measures • Communicate with Nurses • Communicate with Doctors • Responsiveness of Hospital Staff • Pain Management • Communication about Medications Individual Items • Cleanliness of the Hospital Environment • Quietness of the Hospital Environment Global Items • Overall Hospital Rating • Recommend the Hospital
  • 15.
    HCAHPS MEASURES Composite Measures • Communicate with Nurses • Communicate with Doctors • Responsiveness of Hospital Staff • Pain Management • Communication about Medications Individual Items • Cleanliness of the Hospital Environment • Quietness of the Hospital Environment Global Items • Overall Hospital Rating • Recommend the Hospital
  • 16.
    HCAHPS MEASURES Composite Measures • Communicate with Nurses • Communicate with Doctors • Responsiveness of Hospital Staff • Pain Management • Communication about Medications Individual Items • Cleanliness of the Hospital Environment • Quietness of the Hospital Environment Global Items • Overall Hospital Rating • Recommend the Hospital
  • 17.
    HCAHPS MEASURES Composite Measures • Communicate with Nurses • Communicate with Doctors • Responsiveness of Hospital Staff • Pain Management • Communication about Medications Individual Items • Cleanliness of the Hospital Environment • Quietness of the Hospital Environment Global Items • Overall Hospital Rating • Recommend the Hospital
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  • 19.
  • 20.
    Don’t Lose Focus • Satisfaction is highly subjective. What matters a great deal to one patient may not be as relevant to another. • Hospitals don’t have to reinvent their process - Common sense changes can be transformative. • HCAHPS by itself doesn't ask about privacy, emotional support, shared decision making or coordination of care. But it fulfills CMS's vision to be a short set of measures to make comparisons between hospitals. It wasn't designed to be a quality improvement tool by itself. • Technology ahead of Practice Transformation • Quality and Safety Measures
  • 21.
    Don’t Lose Focus • Satisfaction is highly subjective. What matters a great deal to one patient may not be as relevant to another. • Hospitals don’t have to reinvent their process - Common sense changes can be transformative. • HCAHPS by itself doesn't ask about privacy, emotional support, shared decision making or coordination of care. But it fulfills CMS's vision to be a short set of measures to make comparisons between hospitals. It wasn't designed to be a quality improvement tool by itself. • Technology ahead of Practice Human Touch Transformation • Quality and Safety Measures
  • 22.
  • 23.
    NURSES HOLD THEKEY • Listening • Touching • Empathy • Caring • Compassion
  • 24.
    Influences Driving Design • Evidence Based Design • The Patient- Family Experience • Quality Improvement Initiatives • Operational Efficiencies • Government Regulations
  • 25.
    Influences Driving Design • Evidence Based Design • The Patient- Family Experience • Quality Improvement Initiatives • Operational Efficiencies • Government Regulations Nurse - Patient Relationship
  • 26.
    The Value ofClinical Input • Understanding the goals and objectives of the care delivery model • Provide insight about staffing ratios, skill mix, equipment needs and technology needs. • Regulatory Knowledge - HIPAA, JCAHO, IHI, AHRQ, CME and the CDC. • Identify opportunities to enhance the work processes
  • 27.
    The Value ofClinical Input • Understanding the goals and objectives of the care delivery model • Provide insight about staffing ratios, skill mix, equipment needs and technology needs. • Regulatory Knowledge - HIPAA, JCAHO, IHI, AHRQ, CME and the CDC. • Identify opportunities to enhance the work processes
  • 28.
    The Value ofClinical Input • Understanding the goals and objectives of the care delivery model • Provide insight about staffing ratios, skill mix, equipment needs and technology needs. • Regulatory Knowledge - HIPAA, JCAHO, IHI, AHRQ, CME and the CDC. • Identify opportunities to enhance the work processes
  • 29.
    The Value ofClinical Input • Understanding the goals and objectives of the care delivery model • Provide insight about staffing ratios, skill mix, equipment needs and technology needs. • Regulatory Knowledge - HIPAA, JCAHO, IHI, AHRQ, CME and the CDC. • Identify opportunities to enhance the work processes
  • 30.
    The Value ofClinical Input • Understanding the goals and objectives of the care delivery model • Provide insight about staffing ratios, skill mix, equipment needs and technology needs. • Regulatory Knowledge - HIPAA, JCAHO, IHI, AHRQ, CME and the CDC. • Identify opportunities to enhance the work processes
  • 31.
    Nurse Leaders in Healthcare Design NIHD is a professional organization formed to promote healthcare design standards, promote inclusion of nurses in healthcare design, provide educational programs for its members, and disseminate new ideas for all areas of health care design. NIHD promotes collaborative and interdisciplinary educational training to all disciplines within the healthcare community and construction community.
  • 32.
    Nurse Leaders in Healthcare Design Research Committee - Terri Zborowsky Education Committee - Joyce Durham Membership Committee - Daina Pitzenberger Industry Partner Committee - Kim Denty www.nursingihd.com
  • 33.
    Healthcare Design Nurse Roles • Architect Firms • Facility Planning Office • Engineering Firms • Director of • Construction Operations and Company Facility • Furniture Company Management • Equipment • Project Manager Company • Transition Officer
  • 34.
    Jan Stichler Sandie Colatrella Joyce Durham Marjorie Serrano Maria Posada Pam Redden and Daina Pitzenberger Jan Stichler Joyce Benjamin
  • 35.
    Nurse Participation is the Key Moving Forward Find your clinical champion Collaborate with facility clinical experts Support your nurses with an NIHD membership ($199/year)
  • 36.
  • 37.
  • 38.
    THANK YOU!!! Debbie Gregory RN, BSN [email protected] 615-714-6794 The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design www.nursingihd.com

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. An audience with Healthcare Specific Architects is a privilege. It is my goal to advocate for the Nurse’s Work Environment and Improve the patient experience and outcomes through improving the delivery of care. On behalf of my nursing colleagues I want to thank you for your commitment to healthcare design and the improved delivery of patient care.\n
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  • #8 We all know the history of nursing and the focus on the physical environment. Florence Nightingale’s famous “Notes on Nursing” have been the spring board of this discipline. Natural Light, Fresh Air, and infection control measures are all results of the research of Florence.\n
  • #9 As a young person, I wanted to be a nurse or interior designer. Back then there was No connection between the two disciplines - I chose the healthcare path. I began my career at the VA Hospital in Nashville, TN. I worked med surg, step down, SICU, the OR and recovery room. Things were a bit different back then - the uniforms, the nursing care model, .....\n
  • #10 Over the years as we have collectively evaluated the design of the healthcare environment changes have evolved...12 hour shift, private rooms, decentralized care. The push to keep the nurse at the bedside has dictated many of these changes.\n
  • #11 The healthcare landscape continues to change rapidly. With mobile healthcare, Computerized Charting and\nThe thing that hasn’t changed over the years is the heart of the nurse. The core values of touch, nurture, etc. Nurse are still the key to the patient’s experience.\n
  • #12 As a healthcare architect you are committed and focused on the “form follows function” philosophy. This is second nature to you. Over the years you have had to react and respond to the changes within healthcare. Although you are not a healthcare professional, everything that affects healthcare professionals - affects you. You must proactively be poised to adapt and rethink the design of the healthcare environment.\n
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  • #14 The focus on the future of healthcare design must involve optimizing the nurses work environment in harmony with the operational design. We know that nurses walk an averageA mismatch between the physical transformation of inpatient units over time and the clinical processes that it supports has contributed to the nonproductive use of nursing time. In a 36-hospital time-motion study, a team from Ascension Health, Kaiser Permanente, and Purdue University found that the average total walking conducted by nurses ranges between 2.4 and 3.4 miles on a 10-hour day shift, and 1.3 and 3.3 miles on a 10-hour night shift. That translates to a higher extreme of about 4 miles on a 12-hour shift. These figures confirm some other studies that found similar long walking time for nurses.\n
  • #15 Today’s healthcare landscape is in continuous flux. Government regulations are driving the management of our health information. Hospitals are very distracted today with the implementation of Epic, Cerner and others. You probably can’t get your clients to focus on the design projects because they are so distracted with their Cerner or Epic “go live”. Now we are going to focus our attention on Patient Satisfaction Scores. Different patient care philosophies drive the focus of the care delivery and the healing environment. \n
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  • #43 Terri Zborowsky - AECOM\nJoyce Durham - Health Strategies and Solutions\nDaina Pitzenberger - Linbeck Construction\nKim Denty - Duke Medical Center\n
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  • #45 Pam Redden- MD Anderson\nJan Stichler\nMarjorie Serrano - Blue Cottage Group\nDaina Pitzenberger - Lindbeck Construction\nSandie Collatrella - Avante Architecture\n
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  • #47 Nurses are the best at work arounds - \nPieces of paper for organization and notes\nWe at NIHD are committed to educate nurses to come to the table ready to have meaningful discussions and innovative ideas\nBe strategic and intentional about clinical participation\nNew level of collaboration and perspective\n
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