Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality.

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Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality.

November 21, 2007

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2014.

This video uses the experiences of three US hospitals to demonstrate how the quality and safety of each hospital's patient care services were improved by implementing evidence-based hospital design into recent construction and renovation projects.

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