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HFM Article

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January 2016 Toolbox.
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HFM Article

Serenity Garden

Serenity Garden at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.
DESIGN
Outpatient environments come in all shapes and sizes and should be designed accordingly.
ARCHITECTURE
Architecture that pays attention to patient experience, workflow and sustainability while consolidating services.
NEWS
Also this week: APIC highlights strategies during active-shooter situations and FDA issues updates on health care gown requirements.
DESIGN
Consumer-minded mothers and Affordable Care Act drive changes in maternity care.
NEWS
Loma Linda University Medical Center put its emergency preparedness plan into action and was ready 'to take up to 50 patients'.
DESIGN
Lean design principles are helping to take waste out of health care operations and optimize workflows.
NEWS
Also this week: Study finds clinical workstations an overlooked area in environmental cleaning and AAMI releases resource on managing clinical alarms.
TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE
Experts assess how changes in hospital design, infrastructure, infection prevention and more will protect patients.