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This post serves as the first in a series that will discuss a road map for integrating evidence based design into architecture or interior design projects. Although widely used in healthcare design projects, evidence based design, also referred to as EBD, is applicable to any type of facility for any type of organization. What is ...

If you are working on a research study and have institutional review board (IRB) blues or just want to know what the heck an IRB is, this post is for you! Institutional review boards ensure that the rights and welfare of human research subjects are safeguarded. IRBs provide an initial review and approval or disapproval of the ...

As a bright and shiny Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University in 1999, Debra Harris was in store for surprises beyond her wildest dreams. Debra’s dissertation study investigated the impact of flooring finish materials on the environmental quality of patient rooms and explored the relationship of environmental quality and human response within a regional hospital ...

Along our never-ceasing quest to rid all environments of pathogens and super bugs, we wanted to talk about a new process for decontaminating hospital spaces that has been receiving a lot of attention lately.  Hydrogen peroxide vapor technology is a method for decontaminating all items within a room and the room itself using a “dry ...

How do Medicare Policy Changes Impact Healthcare Design?   Since 2008, there have been many changes in Medicare and Medicaid policies in our country; and there have been other defined changes through 2015.  RAD Consultants has become very familiar with these policy changes and we must say that learning this stuff can be compared to ...

Carpet in a hospital patient room? This may sound rather unsettling if you’re a stickler for avoiding germs. Now that your imagination has had a few seconds to run wild, let’s talk about why you don’t have to think “ick” about carpet in patient rooms. In fact, there are several benefits that carpet can provide ...