As hospitals and long-term behavioral settings continue to incorporate art into their architectural and interior design, several healthy benefits have been revealed that can have the greatest effect on patients.

Patterns play an important role in the overall design of a healthcare setting. In waiting room upholstery, carpeting, wallcovering, and hospital whiteboards, a pattern is present. Choosing the right one can be a challenge, but there are ways to make it easier.

Hospital patients come seeking the best treatment possible for their condition, but they also want to be treated to high quality accommodations and service, especially if their condition results in them staying several days or more at a healthcare facility. When using dry erase boards during treatment, try thinking of them as customer service tools in the following ways.

Over the years, there has been a serious push to reform the way healthcare facilities are designed in order to make them easier to clean, not only reducing the chances of hospital acquired infections from occurring, but also as a productivity measure to keep hospitals running smoothly.

Pediatric patients encapsulate many of the well-known challenges of patient communication. They often have limited capacity to understand, they are emotional, impulsive, and anxious, and they cannot always communicate back in a way that is easy to understand.

Communication is vital for all patients, regardless of their cognitive and physical abilities. If you work with patients with varying disabilities and conditions, you can use whiteboards to provide better service and more streamlines communication daily.

Thanks to whiteboard customization, facilities can tailor their whiteboards based on the rooms they will be placed in. When it comes to labor and delivery patients, these are the essential information fields that have been found to be most helpful.

In a healthcare industry where patient-centered care is most valued, patient communication has become a greater priority for many facilities. Here are a few important studies that have been conducted over the years regarding patient communication, it’s affects, and how it can be improved. 

GMi Companies, parent company of Ghent, VividBoard, and Waddell, announced today that they have been awarded a GSA Multiple Award Schedule 071 by the US General Services Administration (GSA).