Flexibility in Healthcare Environments
The need to be change-ready and the increase in the rate of outpatient care led a recent exploration into flexibility in healthcare design.
The need to be change-ready and the increase in the rate of outpatient care led a recent exploration into flexibility in healthcare design.
Space matters as clinicians and health systems develop their “webside manner” (the virtual equivalent of bedside manner).
Jordan Smith, Steelcase Health WorkSpace Futures, shares how virtual visits can provide benefits for patients, clinicians and healthcare organizations at NeoCon 2019.
Kim Erwin and Jerry Krishnan, co-directors for the Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design at the University of Illinois Chicago, share how healthcare design is returning healthcare to its roots—helping patients, families and clinicians do the right thing.
Despite contending with complex and interconnected factors including satisfaction, burnout and reimbursements, healthcare leaders are looking to a future geared toward better health for all. How might the built environment have an impact on their Quadruple Aim goals?
Stacey Chang, executive director of the Design Institute for Health at Dell Medical School, discusses redesigning healthcare to improve the experience for patients and providers.
At NeoCon 2018, Steelcase Health unveiled a newly renovated space that showed how health environments can feel welcoming and approachable without compromising performance. Pam Krill from Steelcase Health spoke to Katie Pace about how healthcare spaces can be flexible, provide greater choice and meaningfully integrate technology to meet the constantly changing needs of customers. Learn more about Embold and Convey.
Embold collection of seating and tables from Steelcase Health helps organizations create a welcoming, comfortable waiting or transition environment.
Air, rainwater and rock striations are among the inspirations behind a new collection of applied materials for healthcare spaces.
Five finalists competed in the NEXT Student Design Competition sponsored by Steelcase to create the medical office building of the future.
Cancer care is a complex field, and the number of cancer patients is projected to increase substantially. To meet the challenge, the Institute of Medicine recommended that a high quality delivery system for cancer care be patient-centered. This is the underlying philosophy behind the ThedaCare Regional Cancer Center, in Appleton, WI.
Health sciences educators face a continual challenge: how to provide students all the clinical training they need. Where can students get this critical training? In unique learning environments that combine the elements of both healthcare and education spaces, such as the Center for Excellence in Practice, at the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences (PA College), Lancaster, PA.