EBD is the "process of basing decisions about the built environment on credible research to achieve the best possible outcome."1 It differs from conventional design practices by the type of evidence ...

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 ...

In 2011, several healthcare and design professionals penned an essay for The Hastings Center, a nonpartisan research group focused on bioethics and public policy issues. Together, the authors — which ...

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, ...

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 ...

It’s no surprise that inappropriate care decisions can negatively impact patients, but they also place a strain on the entire health care system. At a time when the demand for health care providers ...

Evidence-based assessment design (ECD) provides a conceptual framework for identifying observable evidence that supports the measurement of unobservable constructs, defined as as knowledge, skills and ...

Texas A&M Architecture For Health is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, ...