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Four years ago, St Joseph's Hospital opened the doors to its new facility built with a focus on patient-safety principles, with much fanfare from proponents who said that the hospital represented the future of hospital design. Today, however, if the CMS reporting results are any indication, the...

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Published in:Modern Healthcare 2009-08, Vol.39 (31), p.19
Main Author: DerGurahian, Jean
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Design
Heart failure
Hospitals
Mortality
Patient safety
Pneumonia
Quality of service
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Summary:Four years ago, St Joseph's Hospital opened the doors to its new facility built with a focus on patient-safety principles, with much fanfare from proponents who said that the hospital represented the future of hospital design. Today, however, if the CMS reporting results are any indication, the hospital built with patient safety in mind is no safer than most other facilities in the US. Sue McCullough, a registered nurse who serves as physician liaison for the hospital, said some of the principles integrated at St Joseph's have led to fewer falls.
ISSN:0160-7480
1944-7647