2008 International Conference and Exhibition
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Healing Environments: Research that Supports Evidenced-Based Design and Its Effects on Positive Patient Outcomes and Staff Satisfaction
Program Code:
420
Date:
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Time:
8:45 AM to 10:00 AM
EST
SPEAKER
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Christine Crain,
RN, Vice President,
St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
Christine A. Crain, RN, MSN, CNAA, BC is the Chief Nurse Executive for St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St.
Louis, Missouri. Ms. Crain received a MSN and BSN from St. Louis University. She is responsible for provision of patient care including quality, safety, human resources, and financial management of the 979-bed facility. Ms. Crain is a member of the Executive Council that oversees strategic and operational planning and goal-setting for the Medical Center. She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau Internation Honor Society and the American and Missouri Organizations of Nurse Executives.
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Cindy Beckham has provided effective methodologies and leadership for scores of facility planning processes
geared at realizing clients' strategic goals. Her key interest is discovering ways to inform creative environmental design that results in better places to heal, work & play.
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Description
The greatest issue facing evidence-based design is the tendency for the collective research to drive the development of design concepts that get applied from institution to institution, dismissing the institutional culture and individual needs of each institution. Review adaptations made to a facility, the technology, and operational process models.
This session enables attendees to:
•Evaluate and utilize data to understand facility performance.
•Identify facility design decisions that impact operation and flow.
•Assess the operational changes, using data, that occur following move-in to a new facility.