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The Center for Health Facilities Design & Testing (CHFDT) in collaboration with Prisma Health held the “Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health in the ED” workshop on September 11, 2023. The workshop was conducted as part of the AHRQ funded patient safety learning lab, ‘Realizing Improved Patient Care through Human-centered Design for Pediatric mental and behavioral health in the Emergency Department (RIPCHD.PED)’. The event involved project stakeholders, including research team members, affiliated faculty and students, technical and clinical advisory committee members, and external experts. The workshop facilitated hands-on brainstorming activities and discussions. The CHFDT team shared findings from the first year of the project and through activities and discussion engaged attendees to help brainstorm ideas and prioritize interventions for the next year. The research team will prioritize the design and development activities to be undertaken by the RIPCHD.PED learning lab in years 2 and 3 of the project. The purpose of the RIPCHD.PED project is to develop safer, more human-centered ED work systems for pediatric mental and behavioral health care that minimizes patient stressors while improving provider well-being.

Anjali Joseph and the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing (CHFDT) research team are working on an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded project with Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering Jackie Cha entitled, “Investigating the Use of Exoskeletons for Reducing Musculoskeletal Injuries in Surgical Care Tasks.” The goal of the project is to determine the best exoskeleton to use for specific jobs in the operating room to reduce staff injuries.

In Conversation With…Anjali Joseph, PhD, EDAC and Molly M. Scanlon, PhD, FAIA, FACHA

Dr. Anjali Joseph, Director of the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing, discusses COVID-19, healthcare facility design, and research. AHRQ PSNet.

In the typical medical practice, smart design is rarely implemented. Research can help us implement smart designs that improve patient health. The pandemic has resulted in a closer look at patient-centric design.

Elements of a new operating room design, developed by Anjali Joseph, David Allison, Dr. Scott Reeves, and other researchers with the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing at Clemson University, have been incorporated into the R. Keith Summey Medical Pavilion at the Medical University of South Carolina. The New York Times recently covered the implementation of the new design developed by this multidisciplinary team.