SIMTIGRATE

SimTigrate - combining concepts of simulation and integration - grew out of the Healthy Environments Research Group (HERG). Established around 2000, HERG was a multidisciplinary group of faculty and students at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University dedicated to improving healthcare outcomes through the design of cities and buildings... SimTigrate's network consists of many interconnected health systems, nonprofits, academic partners, and architecture firms. SimTigrate is one of the main research labs at Georgia Tech's College of Design. We are also affiliated with the Institute for People and Technology (IPAT) and the Neuro Next Initiative... At SimTigrate, we use evidence-based design in collaboration with partners to provide guidelines for best practices surrounding a variety of healthcare design problems. Our approach involves evaluating existing research, conducting our own research, testing proposed solutions in simulated medical environments, and translating..

Primary location: Atlanta United States