Aerosol Traps: Tool To Analyze Airborne Infection

Tiny Airborne Particles May Carry The New Coronavirus by James Kingsland.  Medical News Today.  April 30, 2020.

Art In The Hospital: Does It Have Healing Power?

'Fine Art Is Good Medicine':  How Hospitals Around The World Are Experimenting With The Healing Power Of Art by Manchem Wecker.  ArtNet.  July 29, 2019. 

Green Design And Human Health: Biophilic Design

A Greener, More Healthful Place To Work by Richard Schiffman.  The New York Times.  January 11, 2017. 

Cities Create Infrastructure For Healthy Living

Big Cities Healthier?  How Some Cities Make Life Better, Study Says by Zhai Yun Tan.  Christian Science Monitor.  October 12, 2016

Promoting Health In The Built Environment, Where People Spend 90% Of Their Time

Looking Indoors To Health by Colin Durrant.  Harvard Gazette.  June 15, 2016

Apple Store Inspired Hospital; No Doctor's Offices; Wireless Tracking Of Patients And Staff

The Medical Center Looks And Feels Like An Apple Store by Bob Tedeschi.  Stat.  April 27, 2016

Pedestrian Accidents--Poverty, Sidewalks, Vehicle Speed, Infrastructure Favoring Cars Over People: The Case Of Bibb County

Poverty, Intoxication, Roads That Favor Drivers Prove A Dangerous Mix by Jane Hammond.  Center For Collaborative Journalism/Macon Telegraph. 

Investing In Hospital Design Can Promote Health

Building Healthier Hospitals by Lucy Maddox.  Mosaic Science.  November 25, 2014.

Falling, A Threat For An Aging Population, Is Addressed With Design And Policy

Bracing For The Falls Of An Aging Nation by Katie Hafner.  The New York Times.  November 2, 2014.

Billionaire Former New York Mayor Focuses On Global Public Health Issues Including Smoking, Sugared Drinks, Traffic Deaths

Michael Bloomberg's Harder Sell by Landon Thomas Jr. The New York Times.  August 23, 2014.

Designing Hospitals for Health Promotion, Error Prevention, Cost Control

In Redesigned Room, Hospital Patients May Feel Better Already by Michael Kimmelman.  The New York Times.  August 21, 2014.

Context Is Key To Efforts To Reduce Traffic Deaths

A Psychological Speed Limit:  How The Power Of Suggestion Can Slow Speeding Drivers.  by Tom Vanderbilt.  The New York Times.  August 14, 2014.

Technology, Including Infrared Breathing Sensors, May Offer Possibility To Prevent Kid's Car Heathstroke

If Cars Can Monitor Left-On Headlights And Rear Obstructions, They Should Be Able To Save Trapped Kids Lives by Susan Pepperdine.  Time.  July 29, 2014.

Tattoo Artist Designs Nipples and Areola For Mastectomy Patients

A Tattoo That Completes A New Breast by Caitlin Kiernan.  Well Blog.  The New York Times.  June 2, 2014.

Hospital Design and Signage Often Impede "Wayfinding," Increase Stress

A Cure For Hospital Design by Laura Landro.  Te Wall Strteet Journal.  February 3, 2014.

(1)  Many hospitals are borrowing strategies from __________________ to make it easier for people to get around--a process design experts call ______________.

(2)  Confusing layouts can result from years of _________________________________________.

(3)  "Progressive disclosure" means giving patients only_______________________________.

The Architecture Of Autism

The Architecture Of Autism by Michael Tortorello.  the New York Times.  October 9, 2013.

Approximately 500,000 individuals with autism will come of age in the next decade.  Housing these individuals will be a challenge as designers seek to address the specific needs of this population.  This article examines the approach of Sweetwater Spectrum near Sonoma California.

Design For Safety

Next Time, Libraries Could Be Our Shelters From The Storm by Michael Kimmelman.  The New York Times.  October 2, 2013.

Key quote:  Health and safety go hand in hand with lively urban spaces.  Invest in one, and you aid the other.

Health Care Providers Prepare For Climate Change

The Extraordinary Steps Health Care Providers Are Taking To Prepare For Climate Change by Katie Valentine.  Think Progress.  July 30, 2013.

(1)  The hospital evacuations during Hurricane Sandy showed how ___________ the health care industry is to the effects of climate change.

(2)  Evacuations along with warnings of intense ______________, increased incidences of ________ and __________ and expanding range of __________ have made health care professionals take notice of climate change.

(3)  What are some of the ways that Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston is being "future-proofed?"

(4)  True or False:  Preparing hospitals for climate change is proving overwhelmingly expensive.

(5)  Hospitals use ____________ energy per square foot as regular office buildings.

(6)  About 200 hospitals across the country use ______________ to save up to 35 percent of its energy costs.

(7)  The health care industry accounts for ________ of U.S. emissions, making it as large a contributor to climate change as _______________.

(8)  True or False:  The American Hospitals Associations does not have a position on climate change.

(9)  The ________________ has 675 hospitals enrolled in an effort to make hospitals more environmentally-friendly.

(10)  Under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals are, for the first time, mandated to do ____________ and align their care to ____________

Couture, Design, Medical Philanthropy----All Combined In One Person

Deeda Blair's Elegance Of Conviction by Andrew Solomon.  T Magazine.  The New York Times.  May 31, 2013.

A fascinating story of a woman who whose scientific and design are guided by a sense of style.  A truly unique story worth your time.

Surprising And Not-So Surprising Findings In Study of Injured Pedestrians And Cyclists

Vulnerable Roadway Users Struck By Motor Vehicles At The Center Of The Safest, Large US City by  Linda A. Dultz, M.D., M.P.H;  George Foltin, M.D. et al.  The Journal of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery.    Article abstract.

Crosswalks In New York Are Not Havens, Study Finds by Matt Flegenheimer.  The New York Times.  April 2, 2013.

1,400 pedestrians and cyclists treated at New York's Bellevue Hospital Center were studied.  The roles of behavior, engineering, design, demographics, intoxication, and traffic patterns are all part of this study.  I was surprised to learn that obese accident victims tended for fare better initially, with fat acting as protection.  However, once admitted to the hospital obese victims tended to do worse than the non-obese.