Evidence-based design (EBD) is a methodology for the design of health care environments, such as hospitals and clinics, in which decisions about the built environment are based on “credible research ...

Value-based insurance design (VBID) has been used by employers to encourage use of and increase access to evidence-based health services. The core mechanisms of VBID align patient cost-sharing amounts ...

Illustration of the experiment how an existing hospital room was transformed into a 3D virtual environment and then redesigned based on the Evidence-Based Design principle. In an online study, virtual ...

Evidence-based design (EBD), now a popular concept in health care facilities, is a very powerful tool. When it is used to manage IAQ through use of natural ventilation in HVAC system design, we must ...

FARGO, N.D. – In May, JLG Architects’ Mark Honzay, AIA, EDAC, principal architect, earned his Evidence-Based Design Accreditation (EDAC) from The Center for Health Design. This internationally ...

This blog post was authored by Amy Kotchevar, CID, IIDA, NCIDQ, EDAC, Senior Interior Designer, BWBR. Architecture and interior design hold incredible power to impact lives—improving patient outcomes, ...

As more time and money is devoted to neonatal and pediatric research, evidence-based design is playing an increasingly crucial role in the development of healthcare facilities for children. The Center ...

Stephanie Kathleen Liddicoat is affiliated with the School of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Australia, and the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, Melbourne School ...

Pre-pandemic, 3 in 5 working adults in the U.S. reported feeling lonely some or all of the time. Source: Surface/Unsplash Long before COVID-19 sent many of us home to work, loneliness was a ...