Comments on: Can’t we design a better HOSPITAL ROOM?

By: Daniel Christadoss

Daniel Christadoss — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:31:38 +0000

PriestmanGoode has a radical solution to how hospital wards should be designed. http://www.fastcompany.com/1564151/what-airplanes-can-teach-us-about-hospital-design http://www.priestmangoode.com/content/uploads/The-Health-Manifesto.pdf

By: Jamie Kapitain

Jamie Kapitain — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:56:05 +0000

Poor hospital room experience is an issue that I had write about in my blog after I visited a family member recovering from surgery. There are studies that found recovery benefits from simply hanging images of nature on the walls.
My blog post 'Room Without A View is here: http://kapdesign.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/room-without-a-view/

By: Daniel Christadoss

Daniel Christadoss — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:41:01 +0000

Victoria,
I do agree that retirement homes are a prime area for redesign. I live in Florida and there are quite a number of interesting options on retirement homes. Would you have any suggestions on what would be an ideal retirement home?

By: victoria traudt

victoria traudt — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:46:14 +0000

Retirement homes really need good designs as well. An emerging industry.

By: Christopher Dorsey

Christopher Dorsey — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:40:52 +0000

“When you actually study and deconstruct an experience in this way, the opportunities for improvement often start to become apparent. When people step back and ask, ‘Why does it have to be this way?’ you discover that, ‘Well, actually, it doesn’t have to be that way—we just assumed it did.’”

This portion inspired me to write a journal entry. I live my life by this manner of thinking and it’s great to see acknowledgment of its importance.

By: Kathe Stoepel

Kathe Stoepel — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:48:37 +0000

That’s what I thought about while in the hospital. Even wrote an email to IDEO. I had this little drainage bag coming from the abdominal incision, I know, gross. There is no where to put it while taking a shower. Provide a little hook. Provide soap on a rope. Really difficult to bend down if you drop the soap. Must be a better way to keep IV lines from getting tangled and walking around with bags on that rolling thingy is weird. Do something about hospital gowns. Yucky in every way. That in itself would be huge.

By: Daniel Christadoss

Daniel Christadoss — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:30:00 +0000

One thing I would like is a hospital where my doctors would discuss with each other about my ailments and medication before prescribing additional medication. We could have a case of these medications interacting with each other. This is called Root Cause Analysis in the Lean Six Sigma Discipline
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By: Daniel Christadoss

Daniel Christadoss — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:28:33 +0000

Need to share an interesting tit bit since my last comment. I believe the patients were asked what would be their choice? It was “A stream of volunteers to visit and socialize”
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By: Daniel Christadoss

Daniel Christadoss — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:32:16 +0000

Well if I were sick and confined to a hospital I would love a big screen TV where I could surf the web with a remote and post Tweets on Twitter with voice commands, check facebook and see what my friends are posting. Order health foods from a designer menu. In short I would like to think I am on a vacation. I should be able to look at my health charts, monitor my condition, consult knowledge bases to see how the medication prescribed by my doctor corresponds with similar diagnosis by other doctors. I would love for all rooms to be different and colorful with paintings by other patients, nurses who can talk philosophy and appreciate art, hobby rooms to paint art. I am sure many hospital rooms may even have these material comforts. A stream of volunteers to visit and socialize.