As medical care becomes more and more digital, hospitals tend to become more and more specialized, with care that involves the hospitalization of the patient. In this aspect, the question arises: How can interior designers create environments capable of increasing the comfort levels of users, in case of hospitalization? However, the answer, is related to…
The trends in relation to the planning, design and equipment of the entities that offer health services at this time focus on several aspects to be able to cover the different variables that protect the needs of the moment. Current trends should be based on at least 8 topics: Creation of curative environments Evidence-based design…
Personality characteristics of healthcare personnel, courtesy, affection, interest and understanding, professional attitudes, ways of presenting their knowledge and skills, especially the patient-nurse relationship plays an important role in patient satisfaction. In the literature, the most important factor affecting patient satisfaction is communication and adequate information to the patient. Because the ability of health care providers…
Top 4 Healthcare design trends that will shape Medical planning in 2021: In 2021, as we all know, the healthcare industry is booming at a rapid rate. It is one of the fastest-growing sectors of our economy with no signs of a downturn. As the population continues to rise, healthcare facilities are looking to expand,…
Gone are the days of sterile spaces, shared rooms, and buildings that could be mistaken for corporate offices. We are seeing a new class of hospitals, more like hotels thanks to their private rooms, gardens, and art installations by healthcare architecture firms in India. During a hospital construction process, doctors usually do not sit with…
It is best to assess the impact of architecture in hospitals and clinics – places where people come in need because they feel unwell. Not a single person wants to break away from everyday life of his own free will and imprison himself within four walls, therefore the task of specialists is to create conditions…
At the end of the last century there was a debate on the commercialization of medicine and how it treated patients as mere numbers. When deciding who deserves a transplant, conditions or life expectancy did not matter, the coverage of the patient’s insurance policy mattered. This made people start talking about the humanization of medicine….
The buildings and the physical infrastructure that support the Hospitals must have the capacity for adaptability, growth and transformation, due to the changing technological advances in health. They also have to support the new models of operation and administration of Hospitals, the flow of personnel and information, as well as the current and future needs…
To make a building as complex as a hospital, it is normal that physical models are used, since it is essential to carry out tests to find out if operating rooms, emergency rooms or other life support elements work correctly. However, these physical models are expensive, and more, if they need to be reworked. The…
The buildings that are currently built for the health sector require a series of very specific requirements from the architects and engineers who are in charge of planning and building them. On the one hand, it is important to be able to guarantee the proper functioning of the treatments and, on the other hand, patients…
