Built to heal: hospital architecture and layout can improve health outcomes by 20% in some cases
Having a window in your room and being near a nurse's station can make or break a patient's recovery odds.
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Having a window in your room and being near a nurse's station can make or break a patient's recovery odds.
Having a window view, staying in a single room, and being closer to a nursing station may influence outcomes following high-risk operations.
The findings of recent research suggest that certain hospital room features, such as having a window view and distance from a nursing station, may influence clinical outcomes after undergoing high-risk operations.
Certain hospital room features, such as having a window view and distance from a nursing station, may influence clinical outcomes after undergoing high-risk operations, according to research findings presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022
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