Health Outcomes Driving New Hospital Design
Carol Ann Campbell of the New York Times reports that hospitals are undergoing a shift in making single patient rooms paramount for a patients healthcare. In her report, Campbell discusses how noisy and uncomfortable a hospital can be for individuals needing care. A single dwelling allows, calm, relaxation and much needed respite in an patients recovery. In the report it states, "The benefits of the single room emerged through evidence-based hospital design, a new field that guides health care construction. More than 1,500 studies have examined ways that design can reduce medical errors, infections and falls ' and relieve patient stress."
As a designer, what elements would you introduce to aid in the recovery of a patient under a hospital's care?