Health care facilities - Topics

Transport and distance as hidden drivers of unequal care Designing a hospital logo that does not look like every other hospital logo No bus route to the hospital is a real barrier to care Keeping a child still and calm during an MRI Rural patients drive four hours for a scan they could get in the city Public hospital versus private hospital: what actually differs? Do children's hospitals really feel less frightening than general hospitals? Delivery robots in hospitals keep getting stuck at the elevator How do facilities plan capacity when patient numbers swing wildly? How the medieval hospital went from a place of refuge to a place of cure What happens to dialysis and cancer care when the territory has no oncology unit? What to look for on a tour of a nursing home Why do MRI rooms need shielding and heavy structural reinforcement? What is the difference between a teaching hospital and a community hospital? What has to happen for a facility to get and keep a license? Why do older hospital buildings cost so much more to maintain? Regional health planning: who decides where a new hospital gets built How a central line turns into a bloodstream infection in the intensive care unit Do UV disinfection robots reduce hospital infection rates at all? Which hospital departments run around the clock and which only on weekdays? Why do hospital buildings have so few windows and does daylight help patients? What makes a clinic or hospital building accessible for wheelchairs beyond a ramp? How is wayfinding designed so people do not get lost in a large medical center? How often is medical equipment inspected and serviced? How do negative pressure rooms stop infections from spreading through a building? How are health care facilities classified by length of stay and intensity of care? What is the difference between a hospital building and a medical office building?