In a recent blog, Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, managing editor of Healthcare Design magazine, notes that while healthcare facilities have switched to practical spaces from the lavishly appointed lobbies of year's past, there are still some hospitality design trends that work in health care today.
Inspired by a visit to the visiting the blog Freshome, Silvis cites multi-use spaces, posh bathrooms, indoor landscaping, local art, and feel-at-home spaces as areas where hospitals can emulate hospitality trends while serving their patients and visitors.
Silvis says healthcare should check hospitality's pulse, even if just to borrow ideas and apply them on a smaller scale.
Read the article.
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