A room with a window and a view isn’t just a perk; it’s a proven way to help patients recover faster with less pain. A study led by Roger Ulrich, a leading proponent of evidence-based design ...

It almost seems self-evident that there is a link between a patient’s psychological and physical recovery and their environment. But for those who nevertheless doubt it, the evidence proves it. Yet ...

The $3.6-billion South Niagara Hospital (SNH) is currently under construction and is on track to become Canada’s first ...

Each person has valuable and unique lived experiences to contribute to the design process. They can identify pain points in ...

The Ottawa Hospital wants design a better hospital room — one that's safer, brighter, quieter, more efficient, accessible and comfortable.

The NICU's new single-patient room design also meant nurses couldn't see or hear other patients who might be in distress or in need of help. The complaints sparked an emergency recruiting effort ...

Design, she and her coauthors wrote, can alter behavior, shape patient-clinician interactions, and sway treatment outcomes. A building’s ability to influence—or harm—us must, they argued, be ...

Of the nine studies focusing on patient room design, six studies showed single-patient rooms were associated with reduced healthcare-associated colonization and infection rates, while the ...

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This month’s Facility File focuses on retrofitting a hospital’s patient floor with the addition of one fan-powered HEPA filter unit per patient room on a 30-patient room floor. The Facility File will ...