... on the opinions of health-care design professionals and academics on how hospital design can help address these challenges in the future. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was sent to health-care design professional and academics from 30 countries. The number of participants was 56 respondents who...

... implications This study provides health-care designers with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions when designing TRs. It will cover key considerations such as room layout, equipment selection, lighting and controls. Implementing the strategies will help minimize negative patient outcomes...

... care (Hamed et al., 2016 ; Trochelman et al., 2012). Inspired by evidence-based medicine [ 1 ], EBD proponents generally favor empirical knowledge from experimental trials as credible evidence for health-care design (Salonen et al., 2013 ; Huisman et al., 2012...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Health-care facilities Facility management Floor finishes Floor finish selection criteria Health-care design Interior finishes in hospitals Facility design and maintenance are the two phases of a building’s life cycle that have...