Patient room standardization urged
Patient rooms that are designed for specific populations are at risk of being obsolete almost as soon as they're built, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
Patient rooms that are designed for specific populations are at risk of being obsolete almost as soon as they’re built, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website. Designers should create healing environments that are standardized but flexible enough to accommodate many models of care, the article said.
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July 1, 2015
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