Architects who want to engage in available research to inform their work today have difficulty in locating or deciphering useful knowledge that goes beyond the basic ‘healing environment’ and ‘patient satisfaction’ and a few safety-oriented studies. Architects today seek evidence related to design strategies that make a difference in patient outcomes, staff effectiveness and efficiency, new health reform practice models and patient and staff safety. This presentation will show how the evidence based design movement is rapidly evolving to increase rigor and topical breadth to enable architects design more relevant healthcare facilities. It will provide an overview of relevant research being done currently, research being advocated, and most importantly, emerging tools to make knowledge and data accessible to busy practicing healthcare architects.