Billions of dollars are invested in the design and construction of health care facilities each year, but few studies have evaluated the impact of hospital room design. Single-site study at the ...

Amanda Noth-Matchett, chief nursing officer for the adult academic health center at IU Health, says room design was planned with the goal to “support patient care for the next 100 years.” (IBJ ...

Healthcare designers are working to put hospitality back into hospitals, creating spaces that both welcome patients and families and allow for a higher quality work environment for staff. Versatility, ...

Illustration of the experiment how an existing hospital room was transformed into a 3D virtual environment and then redesigned based on the Evidence-Based Design principle. In an online study, virtual ...

GRAND FORKS – Throughout the years-long process of planning and designing Altru Health System’s new hospital, the design team regularly referred back to five guiding principles: community, world-class ...

What sets children's hospital design apart from its more traditional counterpart? Care for children is different than it is for adults; "it just is," says one provider. Not only do you have the unique ...

Walking through the empty corridors of Wynn Hospital, under construction in downtown Utica, two things stand out: space and light. The 700,000-square-foot hospital, which is on track to be completed ...

Everything from shared rooms to alarm noises can be detrimental to sick patients trying to recover in the hospital, according to Dhruv Khullar, MD, a resident physician at Massachusetts General ...

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Hello from a brief hiatus! Having another baby has kept me from blogging for more than a few weeks. In response to my last post on incorporating natural elements in healthcare environments, I felt a ...

In today’s healthcare environment, patient comfort has become just as important as treatment quality. Hospitals and care ...