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Project Brief

Keeping It Quiet
October 2015 ∘ Project Brief

Learn about: how Florida Waterman built patient rooms to reduce noise, how patient satisfaction scores improved as a result of room design changes, and how the team studied the impact of the new design strategy.
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Project Brief

A Nonprofit Healthcare System Revamps Operations and Care for Underserved Communities

March 2015 ∘ Project Brief

Learn about: sustainable healthcare and what it means to Adelante, the organization's method to evaluate design and operational needs for their new flagship facility, and specific strategies implemented to improve patient and provider communication.
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Interview

Small is Beautiful: Patient-Centered Medical Home Model May Be the End of Large Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities, an Interview with Dan Thomas, AIA, EDAC
November 2015 ∘ Interview

Learn about: the ways facility design can support the patient-centered medical home model, the key issues and challenges associated with implementing this model and the outcomes that can be positively impacted through patient-centered medical homes.
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Interview

Noise: Going Beyond a “One-Size-Fits-All” Solution, an interview with Susan E. Mazer, PhD
October 2014 ∘ Interview

Learn about: the ways sound can support a healing environment, creating a culture of appropriate noise levels within a busy healthcare setting and engaging staff  in building a healing environment in their own units, for patients and for themselves.
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Interview

Treating Noise at the Source, an interview with Ken Roy, PhD
October 2014 ∘ Interview

Learn about: the key noise issues facing the industry today, design strategies that can be implemented to mitigate noise, the problems with spaces that are too quiet.
Blog

Don't Forget The Walls!
November 2014 ∘ Blog

In the ongoing battle to reduce noise in hospital patient units, much attention has been paid to the floor and the ceiling. Over the years, several case studies have shown that sound-absorbing ceiling tile and carpet can help significantly reduce excess noise on a unit. But what about the walls?