Hospital design can play a role in both the patient experience and health outcomes, but it remains an area for improvement for many organizations.
Dhruv Khullar, M.D., a resident at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, writes in a column for The New York Times that research shows even simple design changes can improve or shorten a patient’s stay. Studies have shown that better design can reduce hospital-acquired infection rates and slash lengths of stay in the intensive care unit by 10%.
