Healthcare Design Glossary (11-21-11)
The Center for Health Design has prepared a glossary of healthcare design terms.
The Center for Health Design has prepared a glossary of healthcare design terms.
Costa investigated the tendency of people to sit in the same seat each time they are in a public space.
Several recent studies have clarified how space can be used to meet individual patient and caregiver needs.
Researchers noted long ago that men and women differ in ways that they prefer to personalize their environments.
Recent research indicates that brief, brisk (but not running) walks can enhance our ability to remember things.
Designers are regularly asked to create spaces for confidential conversations to take place.
Seating options provided make it more likely that people will sit with good or bad posture, and recent research indicates that posture is particularly important in healthcare settings.
Researchers at the Kellogg School of Management (Adam Galinksy and Li Huang) have found that “when bodily expressions are in conflict with one’s actual feelings . . . people become more likely to accept and embrace atypical ideas.”
What does office personalization imply to a patient? How do different user groups view hospital pediatric settings?
Can design change our minds about washing our hands?