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The ward floors feature a mix of bed options with 75 percent single-bed rooms and 25 percent in multi-bed clusters. Clinicians decide where a patient is treated, but some parents will express a preference for a particular type of room, says David Powell, development director at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Photo: David Barbour










































Communication and Privacy are two big elements that need to be considered in healthcare design. More and more, designers realize that the professionals and patients need better ways to communicate, and that can be improved through the design.

For example, patients now have in their room, electronic medical records with either computers, barcode scanners or EMR devices. All of this improves the communication between the professional and the client because the client can now understand what the it is said since visual aids are in place.

Privacy is also needed when these two prime people are communicating. The information said is disclosed and we want the patient to feel secure, safe and comfortable. Acoustics shall then be used to enhance that feeling, but proximity between the two shall be researched to know what is best.

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  1. UnknownOctober 3, 2018 at 12:27 PM

    Good description of how EMR improve health outcomes. Verification of meds/prescriptions and orders is easier with electronic medical records.

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