Staff Support: Designing Optimal Healthcare Work Environments

The following article was featured in Healthcare Design Magazine and may be seen here.

The days of healthcare staff locker rooms decked out with mismatched chairs and rickety tables are long gone. Rather, providing a comfortable setting for workers has become a priority that’s made its way to the top of ownership’s priority lists, all in an effort to punch up staff productivity as well as recruitment and retention.

The trend has translated to a number of design demands, from break rooms that look more like business-class lounges to nurses’ stations designed to support an optimal work environment.

“Reducing stress and fatigue, and providing ergonomically supportive spaces, are now top-level goals,” confirms Carolyn BaRoss, design principal and firmwide healthcare interior design director forPerkins+Will (New York). “It’s in healthcare organizations’ best interest to have happy and healthy staff who enjoy their workplace and are as effective as possible in it.”

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