If you work in healthcare, you're aware of the clear problems of serving the uninsured and underinsured populations. Safety net (or community) clinics help meet the needs of those patients. The design of these clinics is getting new attention thanks to the efforts of the Center for Health Design and the California HealthCare Foundation. I've been working with CHD and CHCF over the past year to design an online tool to provide information and analysis to safety net clinic designers to see the value of evidence-based design in their facilities.
Based on the findings and recommendations of CHD's 2008 report on ambulatory care clinics, I, along with web developer Wasif Butt of Western Michigan University, built an online tool to provide detailed cost-benefit results on the use of green design, the configuration of patient care areas, waiting areas, and exterior lighting. The direct financial benefits of green design alone may pay for many other design features in these facilities.
Want to try it out? Go to CHD's website at this link. Select MySNC from the top menu and check it out. You'll need to register with CHD to use the system, but this is free. Let me know what you think.
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