| Description |
xii, 164 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Functional aspects of the exam room -- Privacy concerns: Overview -- Auditory privacy -- Cell phones and other communication -- Summary of design considerations -- The electronic office and doctor-patient communication (DPC) -- Monitor position -- Illumination: Properties of lighting and dynamic lighting systems -- Natural light -- Dynamic lighting -- Effects of lighting on staff -- Personalization in the office suite -- The psychotherapist's office: Continuous consultation and examination -- The spatial layout -- The view -- Design issues in telemedicine and teletherapy -- Restrooms: Group and individual practice -- Security considerations: The role of design -- How furnishings and decor influence clients' judgments of the therapist -- Consultation and exam spaces: A century ago -- Who decorates? The silent partner -- Further reading -- 4.The Ambient Environment: Changing the "Sick People's" Atmosphere -- |
|
Contents note continued: Music: Mode of delivery and sources -- Exercising control: Having patients bring their own music -- Complimentary food and beverages -- Other senses -- Cleanliness and odor -- Air quality and odor -- Aromatherapy -- Temperature and thermal comfort -- Cleanliness and carpeting -- Green cleaning and design -- Safety in the medical suite: By regulation and by association -- Safety by design -- Functionality and safety: Related concerns -- Closing thoughts -- Further reading |
|
Contents note continued: Office locations today -- A word about medical malls and their connotation -- Location and wayfinding -- The doctor's office and the cognitive map -- Signage -- Signage physicians can and cannot control -- Assessing signage in the vicinity -- Even small places need a signage system -- Types of signs -- Your sign location -- The sign: Historical reflections -- Signage for group practice -- Challenges of signage in an office complex -- Wayfinding schemes in multi-level buildings and complexes -- Parking -- Parking, the front entrance, and wayfinding -- Planning parking and forgiveness -- Parking: Necessary vs. sufficient -- Exterior landscaping and image: An overview -- Outdoor spaces with nature: Importance for patients and practitioners -- Why nature matters -- Preferred elements in the landscape -- The healing garden for outdoor spaces -- Desirable qualities in outdoor spaces: What people prefer in healing gardens -- Undesirable qualities in gardens -- |
|
Contents note continued: Overview: The waiting room should "lose its ̀sick people's' atmosphere" -- Ambient characteristics: Control, positive distraction, and personalization -- Giving patients control and permission -- The senses: Visual stimulation and positive distraction -- The 180-degree principle -- Positive distraction: The debate surrounding television -- Windows, natural light, and views to nature as positive distractions -- Access to nature for staff -- Water as a positive distraction -- Water: A caution -- Nature: The real deal -- The use of plants -- Substitutes for nature: Art -- The content of art: Recommendations -- Too much of a good thing? -- Visual microaggressions -- What you display affects patients -- The displays of early practitioners: Implications for today -- Self-paced distraction: Reading material -- Music as positive distraction -- Preferred types of music -- Sources of music: The CARE Channel (Continuous Ambient Relaxation Environment) -- |
|
Contents note continued: Specific recommendations for outdoor furnishings -- Wayfinding elements in the landscape -- Lighting in the garden -- Further reading -- 2.Arriving, Waiting, and Taking Vitals: Setting the Stage -- Overview -- The spatial continuum: From entrance and reception to interior spaces -- Arrival -- Wayfinding: Navigation cues for patients -- Manifest and latent cues -- Color as a wayfinding cue: A caution -- Use of redundant cues -- The view as a wayfinding cue -- Reception space: Expectations and functions -- Reception windows and counters -- Check-in stations and kiosks -- Reception area and HIPAA concerns -- The waiting room: Territoriality, personal space, and privacy -- Territoriality -- Personal space -- Seating and social interaction -- How many seats do you need? -- Opportunities for personal control -- Lighting -- Personal control -- Functions -- Types of lighting -- Furnishings -- The Scaffolding functions: Staff preparation and storage areas -- |
|
Contents note continued: Vital signs, nursing station, and location -- Laboratory functions and traffic flow -- Staff areas -- Communication: Implications for patient privacy -- Staff lounge and toilet areas -- Supply and storage functions -- The toilet room (restroom) -- Patients, staff, or both? Public? Private? The restroom locations -- Patients' restrooms: Private office location vs. public corridor -- Number of restrooms: Individual occupancy -- Protocol for leaving the specimen -- Maintenance, storage, and functionality -- Lighting -- Positive distractions and aesthetics -- Further Reading -- 3.Consultation and Examination Spaces: "You Feel Healthier When You're Dressed" -- Overview -- Anxiety and the medical consultation -- Models of consultation -- The traditional exam room -- Exam room layouts -- "Having a seat at the table" -- The Jack-and-Jill layout -- Location of consultation and exam spaces -- The exam room: Same-handed vs. mirror image -- Shared functions -- |
|
Machine generated contents note: Physicians and their image -- Clues to identity and quality of care -- Changing status of physicians -- Role of evidence-based design -- The patient-centered care movement, Planetree, and the Center for Health Design -- Green design, sustainability, and technology -- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) -- The role of evidence -- Causality -- Meta-analyses and multi-method strategies -- Post-occupancy evaluations (POEs) -- Unifying themes in this book -- Schemas or mental representations -- Control and competency -- Choice -- Territoriality and personal space -- A call to action -- 1.Office Location, Signage, and Identity: Where and Who You Are -- Overview: Schemas and patients' expectations -- The schema: What people expect -- The physician's identity in the early twentieth century -- The physician's identity today -- Location -- The implications of location -- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Evidence-based design.
|
|
Medical offices -- Design and construction.
|
|
Medical offices.
|
| LC no. |
2013038496 |
| ISBN |
9780415840637 (hbk : alk. paper) |
|
9780415840644 (paperback: alk. paper) |
|
