Book Review: Evidence-Based Healthcare Design

New Book: Evidence-Based Healthcare Design by Rosalyn Cama

Summary:

An inspirational and practical book that should be required reading for all who involved with healthcare design; especially students.

Pros:

• EBD explained in clear language by an expert 
• Generous use of images to illustrate the concepts
• Useful checklists at the end of each chapter
• Perfect for Design Students

Cons:

• Little discussion on the use of art in healtcare. "Art" is not even listed in the index.

I found her explanation of the 4 steps of EBD to be particularly helpful. They book is centered around these four sequential steps:

1. Gather qualitative & quantitative intelligence
2. Map strategic, cultural and research goals
3. Hypothesize outcomes, innovate, and implement translational design
4. Measure and share outcomes

Cama presents a variety of "real world" projects and shows how those four steps have been applied by others.

Evidence-Based Healthcare Design by Rosalyn Cama is available for $60 at Amazon.com.

Roz Cama is the President of the Board of the Center for Health Design. She is also President and Principal Interior Designer of CAMA, Inc. in New Haven, Connecticut.She is a frequent speaker about evidence-based healthcare design at meetings and conventions internationally.