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Researchers study nurse station design
A post-occupancy evaluation highlights the benefits and drawbacks of moving from a centralized to a decentralized nurses station
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Tools in the healing process
The role of health care lighting in staff and patient wellness
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Field Report
Clinic picks furnishings with flexibility
A Texas health facility redesigned its waiting room layout to create more seating and patient privacy
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Design discoveries
Energy efficiency and health care design
Three studies that show how design can help to achieve economic, environmental and societal/person-centered goals
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Design
Telehealth offers opportunities to improve care in rural areas
Pandemic causes significant increase in telehealth with implications for infrastructure and building layout
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Design
Strategies to rebuild rural health care facilities
Focusing capital in key areas can help to strengthen rural hospitals and provide stability
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Marketplace
Furniture vendors target infections and other issues
Top priorities include cleanability, flexibility and accommodating all body types
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Design
The state of design evidence in comorbid behavioral health
Studies focus on anti-ligature design and creating healing, calming environments
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Design
Behavioral health and its influence on design
Behavioral and medical health comorbidities call for a rethink in patient room design
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Design
Designing the inclusive inpatient room
Advice for design teams on planning spaces to handle medical and behavioral health comorbidities
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