Billions of dollars are invested in the design and construction of health care facilities each year, but few studies have evaluated the impact of hospital room design. Single-site study at the ...

Amanda Noth-Matchett, chief nursing officer for the adult academic health center at IU Health, says room design was planned with the goal to “support patient care for the next 100 years.” (IBJ ...

Illustration of the experiment how an existing hospital room was transformed into a 3D virtual environment and then redesigned based on the Evidence-Based Design principle. In an online study, virtual ...

Certain hospital room features, such as having a window view and distance from a nursing station, may influence clinical outcomes after undergoing high-risk operations, according to research findings ...

Healthcare designers are working to put hospitality back into hospitals, creating spaces that both welcome patients and families and allow for a higher quality work environment for staff. Versatility, ...

Hello from a brief hiatus! Having another baby has kept me from blogging for more than a few weeks. In response to my last post on incorporating natural elements in healthcare environments, I felt a ...

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Walking through the empty corridors of Wynn Hospital, under construction in downtown Utica, two things stand out: space and light. The 700,000-square-foot hospital, which is on track to be completed ...

In today’s healthcare environment, patient comfort has become just as important as treatment quality. Hospitals and care facilities around the world are recognizing that a patient’s physical comfort ...