By Dr Rhonda Kerr Hospitals and the Covid-19 pandemic Australians involved in healthcare, and particularly hospitals, watched with growing concern as American and European hospitals were overwhelmed with patients arising from the COVID pandemic. We wondered how well our hospitals would cope when the pandemic came to Australia. COVID-19 has shone a light on weaknessesContinue reading “Beyond 2020: Providing appropriate facilities for clinical care”
Category Archives: Research Process
Healthcare responses to the challenge of a pandemic
From Admission to Discharge: Designing Biophilic, Salutogenic and Eudemonic Hospital Spaces in a Post-pandemic World Professor Evonne Miller, Dr Lindy Burton and I took part in an online webinar that was put together by the European Union Health Property Network on 4 September 2020. The theme of the session was: Relocate, Repurpose, Reorganize – TheContinue reading “Healthcare responses to the challenge of a pandemic”
Healthcare Facility Design Responses to COVID-19 – Some Useful Resources
Some useful resources for designers and others, with practical applications for addressing COVID-19 in the design of healthcare facilities.
Healthcare Facility Design Responses to Covid-19
How can health designers respond to the challenge of the COVID-19 challenge while ensuring that patients and staff are supported by a healing and salutogenic environment. Is id possible?
Healthcare Designers and Research
I recently peer-reviewed an academic paper that explored how well architects and other designers understand and value ‘research’. The author also looked at the degree to which architects engage in or initiate research studies, and then apply original findings to their projects. Reading this paper led me to reflect on how architects define research, andContinue reading “Healthcare Designers and Research”
