Integrated Sustainable Design Reaches the Healthcare Industry

Below is a summary and excerpt from an article/press release that was posted on DigitalJournal.com about the changes landscape of the healthcare industry and how healthcare designer’s are stepping in to heed the call. The full story may be seen here.

Now is the opportune time for integrated design in the evolution of healthcare. With the institution of the Affordable Care Act and the aging Baby Boomer demographic, the healthcare industry is facing a pivotal moment in history. Clients have expressed that they require a cost-effective space that promotes wellness and improved results and outcomes.

Providing more design with fewer resources is what the charge is going to be in the future of healthcare design. Long term savings will be found in sustainable architecture and design.

The marketplace is asking designers to bring a unique approach to design that is atypical from the industry norm.  The ultimate goal is to help expedite the healing process by providing a wellness facility that is more efficient but doesn’t sacrifice the quality of care and patient experience.

In order to do so, designers take an integrated sustainable design approach, looking at the project from every angle from start to finish.  The result is bound to be a completely customized healthcare environment that caters to the patients’ and providers’ needs.

“As designers, we’re looking at how we respond to patients and providers in a way that really resonates with them through design, color, lighting and wayfinding. We’re attuned to designing for the user, recognizing that integrated sustainable design allows people to actually heal by their environment.” – Karen Thomas, CID, LEED AP BD+C and principal at LPA

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2100192#ixzz39aCe29BU