Healthy Hospitals Bring the Outdoors Inside
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — For many hospitals and clinics, reducing recovery times, decreasing stress and cultivating happier employees tops the institutional wish list.
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — For many hospitals and clinics, reducing recovery times, decreasing stress and cultivating happier employees tops the institutional wish list.
The rapidly evolving ways health care providers are caring for their patients and the new information on the built environment’s effect on the healing process is transforming health care design from the inside out.
PHILADELPHIA — As designers, manufacturers often consult us during the later stages of their product development process. They ask our opinion about new materials, patterns and colors, generally after they have already been developed in-house.
In response to smaller reimbursements, greater operational costs and more demanding record-keeping requirements, the delivery of health care is becoming increasingly tied to technology.
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Stan Spellman, vice president of St. Louis-based Spellman Brady & Co., has more than 20 years of experience in interior design. His firm specializes in interior design, furniture procurement and artwork master planning at healthcare, senior care and higher education facilities. He spoke with HC&O News during a phone interview from St.