October 28, 2009

Room Design Can Enhance Patient Care

By Kelley Luckstein

The design of a consultation room can improve the quality of a visit to the physician's office. A collaborative research study developed by Nurture by Steelcase and Mayo Clinic, was conducted to understand the extent to which a consultation room designed to support present-day clinical encounters could affect the consultation between patients and clinicians.

 

"This study supports the notion that the space in which people meet can influence how they work together," says Victor Montori, M.D., the lead Mayo researcher. He also says more studies in other health care systems are needed to confirm these findings.

 

Science Daily, 10/28/09

Tags: Center for Innovation, Innovation (Center of), room design

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