In response to Kirk Hamilton’s column in the most recent issue of the HERD Journal, is evidence-based design a “field”?

20.00% – Yes, because of the ability to study and research it

7.50% – Yes, it is a “subspecialization” of healthcare design

15.00% – No, it is a redundant description of the larger field

57.50% – No, it is simply a process

COMMENTS

– EBD is a process that utilizes research conclusions. It is a process utilized by many professions and even plays a role in the evolution and adaptation of living organisms.

– It is a process which any good healthcare planner and designer would already have used.

– Having recently led a large hospital-replacement project that openly empbraced ”EBD principles”, I was amazed how frequently there were design contradictions that were based on EBD. After completing this 5-year project, I’ve concluded that one must consider EBD proposals like anything else during the design/programming process, with an appropriate balance of openness and skepticism.

– I read and hear more EBD from people and articles that don’t use that phrase then the people and articles that do use the phrase EBD