While patient care is the primary focus for the healthcare industry, hospitals are in the unique position of acting both as healthcare and service providers. Since inpatient care involves patients…

When approaching patient room design, it’s natural to think of the needs of the patient first. There is also a need to focus on what nurses, doctors and other hospital staff require, but special attention must also…

Patient readmissions cost hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Not only are hospitals seeing their medicaid and medicare payments reduced, but the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) routinely…

The three irreplaceable factors to effective patient care are communication, safety and comfort. In order to achieve these three things, it’s essential for care teams to have the tools they need to…

Hospital design, from the overall building architecture to the smallest details of a patient room, is a precise mixture of art and science.…

Among hospital acquired conditions (HACs), patient falls are one of the most preventable, yet they continue to be a persistent problem for hospitals across the country.

According to The Joint Commission, hundreds of thousands of patients fall…

Patient rooms have many facets. Everything from medical devices to furniture, overall design and layout and even color play into the perception patients have of the care they receive. Just like…

There is a certain hierarchy of major goals that must be achieved with every patient room design. First and foremost, patient rooms must foster the safety and comfort of patients. Safety is of the utmost importance, but patient comfort has also proven to be directly…