Yolanda Keys

Oct 18, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Addie Abushousheh |Migette Kaup |Yolanda Keys |Brian Justice

Design practitioners are increasingly being asked to develop research questions related to their projects and to state design hypotheses associated with the concepts implemented in their designs. Architects, engineers and design professionals are asked to validate design concepts they propose with some form of evidence. Where can it be found?

Jun 20, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Yolanda Keys

Children with disabilities spend considerable time in health care spaces, but there is little research examining their experiences. Three recent articles share different ways researchers collected children’s input and include recommendations for future design. Payam and colleagues used arts-based methods and interviews to collect data from young patients with disabilities, developmental delays, behavioral problems and/or chronic health conditions.

Mar 14, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Yolanda Keys

In the U.S., we often think of noise in the context of patient satisfaction and sleep, but noise (an inevitable characteristic of health care operations) has an impact on staff, too. Staff communications, equipment alarms and patients all contribute to an environment that can be disturbing and even distracting for caregivers. Three recent noise-related research studies highlight the global nature of the influence of noise on staff, physiologically and psychologically.

Feb 15, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Yolanda Keys

Families are an important part of the health care journey for many patients, yet ensuring hospital spaces support a variety of family activities (beyond the family-zoned patient room) is a potentially overlooked component of design. The Center for Health Design’s Knowledge Repository includes several papers on family-centered care, and three recent ones are featured here.

Dec 7, 2023 | hfmmagazine.com | Yolanda Keys

There is a growing global interest in ensuring health care spaces are resilient in terms of flexible design to accommodate pandemic and surge capacity challenges yet also support resilience in health care workers. The Center for Health Design’s Knowledge Repository includes several papers on resilience, three of which are featured here. In a 2022 study on flexible design, van Heel and colleagues explore design considerations used in Dutch health care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.