Healthcare Design Strategies

This resource shares some results from the 2009 Survey of Design Research in Healthcare Settings: The Use and Impact of Evidence-Based Design. It begins by defining "evidence-based design": 

There is often discussion about using the term “evidence-based design”-the availability and credibility of evidence, the use of the term as marketing jargon, and misperceptions about aesthetics versus tangible outcomes. The concerns about EBD are often a result of the term not being well defined, even within healthcare. The Center for Health Design defines EBD as the process of “basing decisions about the built environment on credible research to achieve the best possible outcomes” (The Center for Health Design 2008). As there can sometimes be a casual use of the term, the survey posed a question about the best definition of EBD. While the results indicate a familiarity with the formal definition, many also feel that EBD uses a combination of sources and information that may expand the “evidence” base beyond the rigor of what may be deemed credible research.