Transformation of Pediatric Care Spaces

1. Transformation of Pediatric Care Spaces --- Pediatric Design of the Future TRANSFORMERS: Marianna Jewell, Jamie Beyer, Jiten Chhabra, Hui Cai

2. Method The Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle was developed by W. Edwards Deming (Deming WE. The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education.).

3. Five Principles 1. To foster a collaborative and patient-centered environment of respect and shared decision making. 2. To provide privacy and sense of security to all patients and families. 3. To guarantee quality and safety through research, education, evidence-based practices. 4. To provide equitable access and distribution of healthcare to all. 5. To achieve excellence in primary and specialized pediatric care by continuously adapting to the needs of patients.

4. Problems 1. Patient history is repeated multiple times when changing caregivers. 2. The multi-bed emergency room design does not support patient privacy and safety. 3. There is a lack of data and decision-support tools to provide evidence based care. 4. Patients make unnecessary hospital visits. 5. Ignorance of physical and psychological needs of different user groups. 6. There is no separation between front and back of house.

5. Evidences 1. Patient history is repeated multiple times when changing caregivers.

6. Evidences 2. The multi-bed emergency room design does not support patient privacy and safety. PRIVACY Evidence showed frequent breaches of auditory and visual privacy and confidentiality in areas with curtains compared to rooms with solid walls in emergency department (Mlinek & Pierce, 1997). Case study: 5 percent of the patients in curtained spaces reported they withheld portions of their medical history and refused parts of their physical examination because of lack of privacy (Barlas et al.,2001).

7. Evidences 2. The multi-bed emergency room design does not support patient privacy and safety. SAFETY Evidences indicate that infection rates are usually lower in single-bed rooms than in multi-bed rooms. (Gardner, Court, Brocklebank, Downham, & Weightman, 1973; McKendrick & Emond, 1976). Case study: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreaks in Asia and Canada highlighted the shortcomings of multibed spaces in emergency departments and ICUs for controlling or preventing infections both for patients and healthcare workers(Farquharson & Baguley, 2003).

8. Evidences 3. There is a lack of data and decision-support tools to provide evidence based care.

9. Evidences 4. Patients make unnecessary hospital visits.

10. Evidences 5. Ignorance of physical and psychological needs of different user groups. Case study: Vanderbilt's recognition that having a child in the hospital puts an incredible strain on families, a third of the hospital's area is devoted to family space. Support resources for these family members include a close-by and comfortable place to sleep, meals and meditation rooms. Each floor offers additional family sleep areas, and family quiet areas. Family lounges have kitchen and laundry facilities and a fully equipped business center. (Richard L. Miller, FAIA, and David C. Miller, 2005)

11. Evidences 6. There is no separation between front and back of house.