On patient-entered design of hospital environment
10.3760/cma.j.Issn.1000-6672.2009.03.013
- VernacularTitle:以病人为中心的就医环境设计
- Author:
Wenxian CHEN
;
Qiong ZHANG
;
Yonglian LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Patient-centered;
Hospital environment;
Design;
Health service
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2009;25(3):183-186
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
It elaborates the importance of designing a patient-centered hospital environment, and presents the concept of such a design. The authors hold that such a concept is mostly composed of systematic, people-oriented, informationized and variability designs, and describe the design trends in contemporary hospitals. It is also pointed out that patient-centered principle should be dominant in building a contemporary hospital, as the guideline and development trend, as a satisfactory hospital environment makes a hospital more competitive.
