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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clinical practice in the United States is marked by significant variation, leading in some cases to suboptimal quality of care and poor health outcomes. Despite the proliferation of clinical practice ...

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 ...

Hospital design is a critical factor influencing patient outcomes, staff efficiency, and the overall delivery of healthcare services. Contemporary research has highlighted that smart design strategies ...

One of the great—if largely unsung—bipartisan congressional acts of recent history was the passage in 2018 of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act. In essence, the “Evidence Act” ...