http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com Hospital Design, Construction, Maintenance, Operation and Smooth Running Guidelines & Tips for the Health Industry. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:43:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/wp-content/plugins/maxblogpress-favicon/icons/favicon-92.ico http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/12/daylightessential-hospital-patients-staff-alike/ http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/12/daylightessential-hospital-patients-staff-alike/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:29:27 +0000 harry http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/?p=253 This article picks up from my previous article on how Hospital design can improve as healing environments (http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2008/04/a-healing-place-called-hospital/) I focus on the need for daylight and what design aspects one must keep in mind at the design stage. Much research exists to prove that access to daylight contributes to faster patient recovery and to staff’s [...]]]> http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/12/daylightessential-hospital-patients-staff-alike/feed/ 0 http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/08/future-flexibility-in-healthcare-and-hospital-building-design-and-construction/ http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/08/future-flexibility-in-healthcare-and-hospital-building-design-and-construction/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:18:30 +0000 harry http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/?p=217 A Recent trend or innovation in healthcare facilities design has been a requirement for “future flexibility” or “future proofing” the entire hospital or lab building. As the medical and hospital design science advances by leaps and bounds, new diagnostic and treatment procedures are developed for clinical administration. The product life cycle for medical equipment becomes [...]]]> http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/08/future-flexibility-in-healthcare-and-hospital-building-design-and-construction/feed/ 0 http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/02/hearing-test-rooms-and-audiology-booths/ http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/02/hearing-test-rooms-and-audiology-booths/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:31:58 +0000 harry http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/?p=200 Hearing Test Room or an Audiology Booth can be described as a room within a room as these are designed and built inside the constructed building for soundproofing purpose as the hearing tests must be performed in extremely quiet surroundings. These tests can last around an hour and any external sounds will require the complete [...]]]> http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/02/hearing-test-rooms-and-audiology-booths/feed/ 0 http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2010/05/way-finding-signage-hospitals-clinics/ http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2010/05/way-finding-signage-hospitals-clinics/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 08:58:58 +0000 harry http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/?p=174 Visits to a hospital by patients or their visitors are almost always a stressful experience, especially the first visit. This stress can rapidly escalate, if they cannot get to where they need to go, quickly – be it to get treatment or to visit a loved one. The difficulty to find way can be compounded [...]]]> http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2010/05/way-finding-signage-hospitals-clinics/feed/ 0 http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2009/07/nurse-call-systems/ http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2009/07/nurse-call-systems/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:05:44 +0000 wullie http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/?p=144 Author: Wullie Scott All healthcare facilities as part of the hospital design process require some kind of Nurse Call System which includes patient-to-staff and staff-to-staff calls when the need arises. When the nurse call is initiated, it buzzes at the nearest staff base, where the staff responsible can find out from the nurse call panel [...]]]> http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2009/07/nurse-call-systems/feed/ 0