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Integrating Spaces to Heal the Mind and Body of Patients
The photos and information come from an article written by Margie Monin Dombrowski of HealthcareDesignMagazine.com. Here, two forms of healthcare services that are often separate, primary and mental, are integrated to better treat patients by filling gaps between healthcare services.
The new facility, designed by InForm Smallwood + Nickle LLC (Nashville, Tenn.) and built by Orion Building Corp. (Brentwood, Tenn.), was several years in the making. InForm collaborated with Centerstone staff on how best to support the operations and workflow, as well as the warm, welcoming patient experience it aspired to achieve.
Centerstone’s new facility is fully integrated to make physical and behavioral healthcare accessible and approachable. The design is simple and straightforward. Many of the rooms serve multipurposes:
Another design goal is to decrease any discomfort patients might feel in seeking behavioral care. The facility uses one common reception area and has no physical separation between the behavioral and primary care spaces. This type of flow allows a patient to walk from a therapy room for behavioral care right to an exam room for primary care. Likewise, a behavioral care specialist can join a primary care physician during an exam. Additionally, a physician may choose to move a conversation with a patient or patient’s family down the hall to one of the therapy rooms. Technology was also incorporated to enhance doctor/patient experience:
Article Source: http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/article/integrating-behavioral-primary-care-centerstone
Photo Credits: Chad Driver
