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How Birmingham Children’s Hospital Turned An Unused Lecture Hall Into A Movie Theater
The England-based hospital partnered with MediCinema and The Walt Disney Company EMEA to convert an underused space into a dual-purpose cinema to support staff training by day and family movie...
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Constructed Mock-ups Versus Virtual Reality
In my last post, I discussed how facility prototyping is an effective tool to test evolving healthcare models. Prototyping allows designers and healthcare owners to cost-effectively evaluate design ideas that…
News January 16Hospitals Can Tap Into Savings Through Water Conservation
U.S. hospitals are water hogs, using an average of 570 gallons of water per staffed bed, per day. To put this figure into perspective, consider that the average American citizen…
News January 15Patient-Centered Design: Next Steps
One of the most talked-about programs after the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference was the Patient Experience Simulation Lab, a combination of a virtual-reality model and a full-scale mockup of a…
News January 14
