To reduce errors and save lives, healthcare teams communicate, according to an article on the Herman Miller website.
Design strategies for improving clinician teamwork include: creating a variety of settings, increasing conversational transparency, facilitating chance encounters, planing for human-scaled work areas and creating neutral zones.
Including a variety of settings across the care team environment enables a diversity of communication styles—and increases worker satisfaction by 31.8 percent, according to a study: “The World’s Best Workplaces 2018.”
But because Important communication doesn't just happen in meetings, workplace settings should be design must make room for chance encounters and casual conversations in corridors and other shared spaces.
Sustainability as a Baseline in Healthcare Facilities
Penobscot Valley Hospital Reports Data Security Incident
Ballad Health Acquires Land for Future Unicoi County Hospital
Why Healthcare Facilities Management Is Critical to Patient Safety 
Brookdale Senior Living Announces Acquisition of the Brookdale Galleria Community