Be Inspired. Be Well. The 9 Visual Rules of Wellness

Posted by on October 22, 2010 · 2 Comments 

  Kyle Williams, Deepak Chopra, Libby Ferin, Alexander Tsiaras This past Tuesday, Oct 19,  on a beautiful autumn NYC evening ... Read More

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Planetree Conference: A Place to “Be Well”

Posted by on October 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

This past week, I attended the Planetree Annual Conference in sunny Denver. There, Michele Suchovsky from VSA West Michigan and I presented our collaborative program “Visual Voice ” – a hands on arts program which exposes and encourages patients in healthcare environments to find their own “visual voice”.  ... Read More

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Social Media Usage

Ed Bennett (@EdBennett) runs a great blog that successfully brings the worlds of social media and healthcare together. He provides social media resources to healthcare professionals, and can be counted on to provide the latest statistics on what hospitals are doing what when it comes to social media. I found some of his recent postings particularly [...]

Remodeled Waiting Room 2

CBS, Nurture and Mike Ty...

On Sunday, July 24, CBS premiered a new show called Same Name. Running for six consecutive Sunday evenings, the show features celebrities who switch places with regular people who share their name. They learn what it’s like to live the life of someone else and see the world through their eyes. The August 7th episode featured [...]

Furniture Life Cycle Model -- graphic courtesy Malone, E. B., & Dellinger, B.A. (2011). Furniture Design Features and Healthcare Outcomes. Concord, CA: The Center for Health Design, p. 35.

Creating an Evidenced-ba...

We have learned from other industries like, nuclear and aviation, that highly-reliable environments depend on understanding how the environment and the objects in the environment shape human behavior. Furniture is one of those objects.

Creating an Evidenced-ba...

We realized that people in positions like Eileen’s (CEO or Commander in the military) are usually focused on the budget, when reviewing a furniture proposal because they don’t speak the same “language” as the designer. Depending on the designer’s background, various features may or may not be pointed out as salient features. We felt that having a tool with a common language that all could use made a lot of sense.