Innovations in Healthcare Design

This book is a selective, revised and annotated compendium of the best presentations at the prestigious National Symposium on Healthcare Design. It includes a major introduction by Wayne Ruga, the guru of international healthcare facilities design, as well as chapters on medical offices, new technologies, healing environments, and acute, long-term, ambulatory, and pediatric facilities.

NEW POSSIBILITIES. The Outlook for Healthcare Design in the Era of Reform (R.Coile). Acute Care Design: Emerging Trends (W. Jones). Ambulatory Care Design: The New Generation (G. Pressler). A SENSITIVE APPROACH. History of Healthcare Environments (N. Kellman & M.Arch). Future Trends in Healing (R. Gerber). PATIENT-FOCUSED CARE. Patient Perspective (S. Baier). The Planetree Philosophy (R. Orr). DESIGN IMPACT. Effects of Healthcare Interior Design on Wellness: Theory andRecent Scientific Research (R. Ulrich). Design for Therapeutic Outcomes (M. Williams). Psychoneuroimmunology (M. Gappell). Creating a Total Healing Environment (P. Linton). Defining and Conveying Design Value (B. Geddis). DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES. Color for Healing (A. Torrice). Beyond Silence: Music as Environmental Design (S. Mazer & D.Smith). Art of Health: Emerging Trends (H. Oren). PROJECT EXAMPLES/PEDIATRICS. New Regional Children's Hospital at Stanford, (F. Cleper-Borkovi,et al.). With Children in Mind: Novel Approaches to Waiting Area andPlayroom Design (A. Olds). The STARBRIGHT Pavillion (J. Diaz). PROJECT EXAMPLES/HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL OFFICES. The Aga Khan University and Medical Center. Lambeth Community Care Center (R. Nicholson). Medical Office Design: Theory and Types (J. Malkin). PROJECT EXAMPLES/LONG-TERM CARE. Theory and Types (M. Cohen). The Corinne Dolan Alzheimer Center (M. Calkins). Postscript (W. Ruga). Index.