Outside a Hospital’s Walls

The idea that the built environment can have a positive effect on health outcomes is a generally accepted truth today.

But what about the community outside a hospital’s walls? What effect can a healthcare campus have on the health and wellness of its surrounding area? Think “total health environments”…

Hospitals and medical centers have historically been built, as monolithic structures set off from roads and engulfed by parking lots. 

But times are changing and organizations around the country are reconsidering the campus planning of old in favor of models that place their facilities as anchors of communities rather than outliers, opening doors to neighbors and supporting healthy initiatives—all in an effort to keep people well rather than treat illness.

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