Insights & Solutions

The goal of this project was to implement all-private patient room units (with the exception of enlarged rooms for twins/multiples); provide clear visibility and direct line of sight to all patients; increase privacy and offer greater support for mothers to nurse and have “kangaroo care” time with their newborns; improve family and nurse/physician communication; and reduce overall noise levels on the units.

The goal of this project was to address the need for outpatient pediatric services and to continue the brand of an integrated experience on the main hospital campus as a convenient alternative to the disparate outpatient locations available to parents.

The goal of this project was to enhance staff efficiency, delivery of care, and the patient experience by leveraging both Lean and EBD processes in a medical-surgical unit.

Learn about: how the physical setting of a special care unit for dementia patients can affect their behavior in both positive and negative ways, design features that may help engage residents and foster socialization, and strategic choices of flooring surfaces, flooring transitions, and wayfinding that can help create a safer environment.

Learn about: why the imagined and built environment needs to take a broader, more deliberate role in supporting aging patients, the tools that designers and providers must use to create supportive physical and social spaces, and information that visionaries, collaborators, and patients can share to streamline the design process.

Learn about: why the needs of older people are often overlooked, how universal design can support people as they age, how universal design also benefits people of varying abilities and generations, and the need for designers to think about functionality in new and existing spaces.

Learn about: How UMCPP accommodates the unique needs of senior citizens through a special ED unit, design features that were included to help older patients and their families better navigate the space, and the hospital’s acute care for the elderly (ACE) unit, and why it is configured to transition senior ED patients for an inpatient stay in the most supportive environment.

The goal of this project was to provide transforming care to individuals who require rehabilitation and complex care when coping with chronic disease while pioneering research and incorporating environmental elements that positively contribute to the health and wellness of both patients and staff.

The goal of this project was to create a low-stress, positive healing environment for oncology patients and staff through the implementation of evidence-based design strategies in the design of a new cancer center.

The goal of this project was to transform the University of Kentucky’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from a ward setting into a single family room unit that promotes familycentered care.