Healing Environments

Follow these links for reports from the  Center for Health Design and Whole Building Design Guide regarding the importance of Healthcare  Environments and how they affect patients, visitors, and staff.

Status Report: An Investigation To Determine Whether the Built Environment Affects Patient's Medical Outcomes

Haya R. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., Amanda J. Owens, J.D., Greta Golden, B.A. with an introduction by David O. Weber
44 pages, with illustrations
The Center for Health Design, 1998

http://www.healthdesign.org/research/reports/enviro_patient_outcome.php

Therapeutic Environments

From the Therapeutic Environments Forum, AIA Academy of Architecture for Ron Smith, AIA, ACHA, Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, L.P., Facilitator

 

http://www.wbdg.org/resources/therapeutic.php

“The Business Case for Creating a Healing Environment”

BoardRoom Press, October 2002

 

http://www.healthdesign.org/resources/pubs/articles/published.php

Distinctive Art Source works exclusively in Healthcare.  Our focus is creating Patient Based art programs centered on research informed decisions and owner / architect / designer input.  Our firms architectural background allows us to blend seamlessly into the design process providing architects and designers with necessary budgets and timelines.  Budget’s and schedules are important to us; we do not exceed budgets and we do not miss deadlines. 

 

 

Distinctive Art Source offers Healthcare Facilities, Architects and Designers:

 

                          - Patient Appropriate,  Facility Oriented Art Programs.

                          - Research Informed Image Selections.

                          - Conceptual Input & Art Approval without Costly Time Investments.

                          - Project Timelines.

                          - Budget Analysis.

                          - Art Planning.                         

                          - Turn Key Service.

                          - On Time Installations.

                         

Photo by:  Jim Hamilton

What is a Healing Environment?

The Role of the Physical Environment in the Hospital of the 21st Century: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity

Roger Ulrich, Ph.D., Xiaobo Quan, Center for Health Systems and Design, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University
Craig Zimring, Ph.D., Anjali Joseph, Ruchi Choudhary, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Center for Health Design, September 2004
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

http://www.healthdesign.org/research/reports/physical_environ.php?PHPSESSID=a2557e4671ea83abedaf021b36487677