Explains how hospitals can be built to increase patient safety and reduce wait times while eliminating waste, lowering costs and easing some of healthcare's most persistent problems. Supplies simplified timeline of architectural planning to guide readers through various stages of the Lean design development philosophy, including Lean architectural design and Lean work design. Includes examples from real healthcare facility design and construction projects and interviews with hospital leaders and architects. [from back cover]
Pages 184-185 describe Nanaimo Regional General Hospital's "spirit window" in perinatal area.