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Can Hospital Designs Reduce Risks?
The greatest risks for patients during a hospital stay are hospital-acquired infections, medical errors, and falls. This is where a hospital’s physical design becomes a crucial element of patient health, comfort, and well-being. Good hospital design can reduce these risks. Design Elements that Prevent Infection Hilliard Architects and Wikoff Design Studio presented the VA project […]
Designing a Facility with Victims of Sexual Assault in Mind
More than anyone else, people who have been victims of sexual assault want a safe place to go to get the care they need. Designing a facility with victims of sexual assault in mind allows them to feel safe and possibly gives them the space to open up about what happened. Below are the highlights […]
Adding Machines to HealthCare Design can Reduce Healthcare Costs and Improve Care
Many people today like to have as much control over the things in life that can affect them personally. Adding some extra machines when designing new areas can give some of the power back to the patient. To read the highlights from the article continue reading and to visit the full article click here. Why […]
Turning to Empty Spaces for Healthcare Facilities
Due to the closures of a lot of retail stores, there has been an increase in empty spaces. Healthcare facilities have been using these empty spaces to create easier access to healthcare. To read the full article click here, below are the highlights. Building Structure Retail spaces usually have taller floor-to-floor heights than most medical […]
A Cleaner Future is Coming
If going through COVID has taught anyone, especially the healthcare system anything it is that we can never be too clean. Being cleaner and designing healthcare facilities that make cleaning a top priority can help lower the diseases that people will catch every year. To learn the highlights of how this is possible read below […]
Operating Rooms Designed to Benefit Patients and the Environment
Operating Rooms are one of the most important aspects of a hospital. They are places where lives are saved, complicated surgeries are done, and where medical staff spends hours on their feet. With this in mind, healthcare designers need to pay extra attention to the interior decor, the room layout, and the materials used when […]
A Children’s Hospital that Invokes Healing
Children are the road to our future, so we need to do everything we can to help them survive and prosper. The example shared below is about a children’s hospital that invokes healing by creating access, and providing a welcoming environment that eases fear. The article highlights below were originally published by Healthcare Design Magazine […]