Category: Healthcare Design

Healthcare Design Matters: A Personal Experience

I’ve been advocating for creating environments that help comfort and support patients, families, and staff since the early 1990s. During

November 13, 2020 7 Comments

Breaking news: “Hospital ratings often depend more on nice rooms than on healthcare.” When I saw this headline in the

July 31, 2020 4 Comments

Waiting is a top patient complaint. Which is why healthcare providers have recently been paying more attention to waiting area

July 10, 2020 2 Comments

Lots of people responded to my post a few weeks ago on the eight historic events that have affected healthcare

November 8, 2019 3 Comments

History professor Peter N. Stearns wrote that “The past causes the present, and so the future.” History also offers a

October 25, 2019 10 Comments

Is there such thing as too much access to nature in healthcare? Ever since Roger Ulrich’s study was published in

October 4, 2019 No Comments

Maybe you’ve been on vacation the past few weeks. Many of us have. Or like me, you’ve been knocking off

August 7, 2019 No Comments

Can architects nudge people into healthy action? That’s the question New York-based healthcare architect Avani Parikh posed on a poster

May 3, 2019 2 Comments

In case you missed it, Tiger Woods won the Masters golf tournament this past week. The magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral

April 19, 2019 No Comments