Improving healthcare safety by enhancing healthcare facility design (AHRQ)

Summary

Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Healthcare Facility Design is the third in a series of AHRQ publications that summarise the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research's (AHRQ's) investments in patient safety research as a pathway toward safer care.

This research has shown that optimising the physical, functional, and aesthetic details of healthcare facilities (e.g., units, rooms, equipment, logistics and technologies) can improve patient outcomes, reduce injuries and hospital-associated infections, and increase provider satisfaction.