Category: Patient Safety

Shifting Accountability for Medical Errors Could Put Focus on Building Design

I haven’t thought about deaths from medical errors for a while. And then I read an article about it by

October 15, 2021 No Comments

Let me state the obvious: Designing for infection control in hospitals and other healthcare buildings isn’t a new thing. Because

August 27, 2021 No Comments

Did you know that our indoor environments contain trillions of microbes like bacteria, fungi, and viruses? And that many of

February 12, 2021 No Comments

I know everyone is focused on designing for safety to prevent the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19 right

September 25, 2020 No Comments

Do you believe that hard surface flooring is better than soft surface flooring in preventing the spread of pathogens like

June 30, 2020 1 Comment

What are the top patient safety issues for 2018? And which of them are impacted by the hospital environment? Recently

February 2, 2018 3 Comments

A couple of years ago I lamented the fact that CMS’s Partnership for Patients initiative to tackle patient safety really wasn’t focusing

February 12, 2016 No Comments

When I got the assignment from the editor at Healthcare Design (I’m a contributor to the magazine) to write a feature

November 14, 2014 4 Comments

When Ralph Nader’s book, Unsafe at Any Speed, came out in 1965, it was a wake-up call for the U.S.

September 17, 2013 1 Comment

Last week, I wrote about preventing patient falls in hospitals, but I came across some more interesting facts that I

August 30, 2013 2 Comments