Grant: Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

A significant amount of money is spent on the construction and redevelopment of healthcare facilities, with expenditures projected to increase substantially as our population ages and requires more complex chronic care. There is a growing interest in how to build and develop health promoting environments. However, there has been little research to understand how building design can influence health outcomes for patients requiring complex care and rehabilitation. As healthcare facilities deteriorate, we have a growing population of patients who will require specialized care and long hospital stays. We need to know more about how to make strategic investments in the built environment to improve health outcomes. The overall goal of this research is to assess the impact of healthcare facility design on health outcomes in complex chronic disease across an existing facility, a new facility, and a comparison facility.