Reducing Medical Errors in the Acute Care Environment by Design

The healthcare community has long understood the immense responsibility associated with the services it provides to its patients. Despite vigilant efforts by regulatory agencies, advocacy groups, and hospital quality assurance programs, the acute care environment suffers from a chronic inability to effectively eliminate medical errors. The participant will discover the actual incidence, nature and severity of medical errors threatening patient safety in the Nation’s healthcare delivery system and consider the key factors contributing to chronic patient vulnerability.

This presentation will introduce the participant to the 2001 National Learning Laboratory’s safety driven design principles as he challenges traditional healthcare design concepts.

 

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain how to create an awareness of the incidence and severity of medical error
  • Identify ways to develop an understanding of the latent conditions created through architectural design that increase the risk of harm
  • Interpret in the National Learning Laboratory's recommendations for designing of safe hospital environment.

Who Should Purchase this CD?

  • Facility Owners
  • Administrators
  • Operations Management
  • COO
  • Purchasers
  • Architects
  • Facility Managers
  • Infection Control Managers

Presenters and Panelists

Thomas K. Wallen, AIA
Healthcare Principal,
Gresham, Smith & Partners

Mr. Wallen has over 25 years experience in the planning, design and management of large-scale healthcare projects. Deploying a unique, patient and provider focused planning approach, Mr. Wallen's designs enhance safety, flexibility, and operational efficiency while creating aesthetically pleasing and healing environments.

Mr. Wallen's special expertise in the area of Safe Hospital Design has earned him national recognition. His groundbreaking, safety focused design at St. Joseph's Community Hospital in West Bend, Wisconsin was recently featured in Trustee Magazine, Healthy Living, The Center for the Study of Healthcare Management, Healthcare Design Magazine, Healthcare Construction and Operations, and Modern Healthcare.

Mr. Wallen serves as Gresham, Smith and Partners' Healthcare International Business Development Principal focusing on the Asian markets. Drawing from his personal experience as a foreign missionary, he offers a unique perspective on how to improve the healthcare delivery system to developing nations in Central, South America and Asia.

As one of the owners of Gresham, Smith and Partners, Mr. Wallen serves as a Senior Healthcare Principal and Designer for tertiary care facilities, regional trauma center providers and multi-hospital systems worldwide.

Gresham, Smith and Partners was founded in 1967, and is ranked among the top architecture and engineering firms in the United States. The firm employs over 600 professionals who provide architecture, engineering, and planning services for national and international clients.

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