The new $64 million Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits, Calif., was recognized as one of the Top Projects in the North Bay by The North Bay Business Journal.
The hospital is more than double the size of the facility it replaced with 74,000 square feet of space — and offers 25 all private rooms.
The lobbies and MRI suite in the new facility feature skylights that project illuminated LED images that can be configured with different cloud formations, display photos of wildlife as well as trees and foliage spanning the four seasons.
Research at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden showed that patients seeing natural views recovered more quickly and reported less pain than those who just faced a blank wall, the article said.
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