Affordable Human-Centered Design Approach to Patient Healing & Well-Being

By Tim Spence

As healthcare projects become increasingly cost-focused, human-centered design features—light, water, connection to views—are often value-engineered throughout the design process.

Yet, the value of these design elements goes well beyond dollars and cents; human-centered design features directly impact patient healing and well-being. While every project has a budget, true architecture is manifested when that budget is utilized to impact a patient’s recovery experience.