Healing Architecture

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Improving clinical outcome through care-centred workplaces

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A healing environment is desirable for patients and for caregivers alike. One element is the physical space in which healing is practiced¹: an advanced workplace design in terms of healing environment offers for example, hidden medical technology, a pleasant room design with colour concepts, appropriate lighting, a good acoustic environment, as well as well-planned floor layouts and work settings. All these modifications are associated with healing architecture and improved healthcare outcomes².

How to make a healing environment?

Paediatric anaesthetist Robert Brand explains why it is important for him to think about the hospital setting from the child’s perspective – and what that perspective can lead to in hospital design.

Better for everyone: A healing environment brings benefits for patients, personnel and posterity

The impact of architecture and design on health and healing is a central focus for the young architect Mena Theißen-Helling – as a researcher at the Technical University of Berlin and as a staff member at the architectural firm Nickl & Partner. She argues that the importance of the “healing environment” will only grow in coming years.

Staff Satisfaction by designing care-centred workplaces

Evidence-based design (EBD) uses information from research to optimize surgery and patient rooms, e.g. regarding lighting, noise, infection prevention, etc. Therefore, EBD in hospitals could significantly improve outcomes and make patient and staff environments healthier³. Healthcare workers have a central role in patient care and thus are key in providing input on facility projects that deal with healing architecture.

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Healing Environment and its influence

Healing design could not only impact patient safety and outcomes, but also staff satisfaction and financial outcome⁴. Our Infographic summarizes the multimodal influences of a healing environment.

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Key Studies

More interesting information can be found in the following studies

Ulrich and Zimring, The Role of the Physical Environment in the Hospital of the 21st Century: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity Report to The Center for Health Design for the Designing the 21st Century Hospital Project.2004 Iyendo et al., The therapeutic impacts of environmental design interventions on wellness in clinical settings: A narrative review Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 24 (2016) 174-188

Case Studies

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Workplace Design at Nottingham Hospital, UK

Our Workplace Examples

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Get an overview about innovative planning examples which have already been implemented at hospitals.

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References

¹ Sakallaris et al., Optimal Healing Environments. Global Adv Health Med. 2015;4(3):40-45.
² Ulrich et al., A review of the research literature on evidence-based healthcare design. HERD. 2008 Spring;1(3):61-125.
³ O'Callaghan N, Dee A, Philip RK. Evidence-based design for neonatal units: a systematic review. Matern Health Neonatol Perinatol. 2019;5:6.
⁴ Huisman et al., Healing environment: A review of the impact of physical environmental factors on users. Building and Environment 58 (2012) 70-80.

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