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University wins grant to study how hospital room design impacts patient safety

An environmental design researcher at Texas Tech won a second grant to continue looking at how layout can help patients avoid falls


An environmental design researcher at Texas Tech University won a second grant to continue looking at how the layout of a hospital room can help patients avoid falls, according to an article on the Texas Tech University website.

According to research, how a hospital room is designed may keep patients safer and healthier and shorten their hospital stay.

Debajyoti Pati, a professor of environmental design in the College of Human Sciences, recently was awarded a $98,619 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), one of the funding agencies under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

"This grant will focus on prioritizing the previously identified physical design interventions so hospitals and long-term care facilities can optimize available capital funds in incorporating physical design solutions to reduce falls," Pati said.

Read the article.

 



October 27, 2016


Topic Area: Architecture


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