Hospital design and face-to-face interaction among clinicians: a theoretical model
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Issue Date
2009-07-01Author
Rashid, Mahbub
Publisher
Sage
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Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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A growing body of literature suggests that face-to-face interaction among clinicians in hospitals affects patient outcomes. How can face-to-face interaction among clinicians be influenced positively to improve patient outcomes in hospitals? So far, most strategies for improving face-to-face interaction in hospitals have focused on changing organizational culture. In contrast, this paper proposes a theoretical model that shows how spatial program and structure can help face-to-face interaction fulfill its purposes in hospitals by controlling the interfaces among different communities of clinicians.
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This is the author's accepted manuscript. The original published version can be found at http://her.sagepub.com/content/2/4/62.
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Rashid, Mahbub. (2009). "Hospital design and face-to-face interaction among clinicians: a theoretical model." Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 2(4):62-84. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1177/193758670900200404.
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