Congruence Mapping of the Activity Flows Allocated in Built Environments: A Pilot Application of Under-Development Software in an Emergency-Care Service

Pereira, Lucas Melchiori; Ornstein, Sheila Walbe; Soares, Vitória Sanches Lemes; Amaro, Jean; França, Ana Judite Galbiatti Limongi

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“…This occurs because, depending on the time of evaluation, a design evaluation can be a retrospective diagnosis or predictive assessment (Shin et al, 2017). That is why some instruments developed for retrospective design diagnosis in PrOE can be used for predictive evaluation in PDE (Pereira et al, 2023). This depends on confirmation in studies designed to confirm the reliability of the simulation.…”

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A Systematic Literature Review on Healthcare Facility Evaluation Methods

Pereira

Ornstein

2023

HERD

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To present a systematic literature review on predesign evaluation (PDE), postoccupancy evaluation (POE), and evidence-based design (EBD); to delimit the concepts and relationships of these terms and place them in the building life cycle framework to guide their application and indicate a common understanding and possible gaps. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses protocol was used. Inclusion criteria cover texts that present a concept, method, procedure, or tool and use the example in healthcare services or other environments. The reports were excluded if there was no evidence of a relationship between the terms, if cited rhetorically, duplicated, or if an instrument was not related to at least one other term. The identification used Scopus and Web of Science and considered reports until December 2021 (search period). When extracting the evidence, formal quality criteria were observed and sentences and other elements were collected as evidence and tabulated to segment topics of interest. The searches identified 799 reports with 494 duplicates. In the selection, 53 records were selected from 305 obtained in 14 searches. The classification extracted concepts, relationships, and frameworks. Results indicate a consistent understanding of POE and EBD and a diffuse understanding of PDE. A summary of the three concepts including two frameworks is proposed. Situations are contextualized where these frameworks are used in specific areas of research. One of these frameworks provides a basis for classifying building assessment methods, procedures, and tools but does not detail the classification criteria. Thus, more detailed adjustments should be considered in specific studies.

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A Systematic Literature Review on Healthcare Facility Evaluation Methods

Pereira

Ornstein

2023

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Enhancing healthcare environment design evaluations through an interactive virtual reality-based approach: A design science research

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Usability test and implications of an activity allocation mapping in complex organizations: perceptions about a software by emergency room agents

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Ornstein

2024

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PurposeProperly allocating an organization's activities within a building is vital to reducing the relational complexity arising from process–environment interactions. Multiple relationships are mapped, and certain interferences are only identified after these have been processed. The method/software employed for this task is Mapping Activity Environment Allocation (MAEA). However, data input and interpretation of results depend on the usability conditions of the organization's agents. This paper presents MAEA's usability test results.Design/methodology/approachTest sessions and interviews were carried out with seven agents registered at a University Hospital. Participants were instructed to think aloud during its use, and immediately afterward, responded to semi-structured interviews. Test sessions were audio recorded and screen captured.FindingsParticipants found the software easy to use and pointed out valuable implications for professional and academic use. In addition to relationship, priority and parallelism data, customized visualizations were created, including organizational charts, flowcharts and activity flow routes on the floor plan.Practical implicationsMAEA's simplicity allows non-designers to conduct evidence-based assessments and decisions. It allows designers to test their proposals during the programming and outline proposal stages.Social implicationsA more detailed definition of design requirements from the beginning increases the conditions to successfully achieve project goals.Originality/valueThe ability to map the allocation of activity-spaces in the pre-design phase of building architecture allows for early identification of interactions, aiding in the development of more robust project requirements during programming.

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Congruence Mapping of the Activity Flows Allocated in Built Environments: A Pilot Application of Under-Development Software in an Emergency-Care Service

Cited by 3 publications

References 53 publications

A Systematic Literature Review on Healthcare Facility Evaluation Methods

A Systematic Literature Review on Healthcare Facility Evaluation Methods

Enhancing healthcare environment design evaluations through an interactive virtual reality-based approach: A design science research

Usability test and implications of an activity allocation mapping in complex organizations: perceptions about a software by emergency room agents

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