Joint Commission Resources (JCR) has released the new book, Safe by Design: Designing Safety in Health Care Facilities, Processes, and Culture. JCR is a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission.

Safe by Design: Designing Safety in Health Care Facilities, Processes, and Culture offers lessons learned from the National Learning Lab, a gathering of healthcare professionals from across the country that explored the issue of safety in hospital design. The book - the result of that groundbreaking conference - is designed to help organizations design safety into their facilities by:

* Understanding the development and application of safety design principles, including designing around latent conditions, active failures, design process recommendations, and design processes to enhance safety culture

* Involving caregivers such as nurses and physicians, architects, and patients in the design and construction of safe care environments
* Learning from success by adapting practical and workable safety design strategies from healthcare organizations committed to designing safe environments

"The focus of safety in design improves the care environment for patients and caregivers, resulting in safer care and enhanced safety culture," says author John Reiling, PhD, president/chief executive officer, Safe by Design, and project manager for Boca Raton Community Hospital's replacement facility.

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