TEDMED Day 1

Posted by on April 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

The Opening Session at TEDMED 2012 in Washington DC was a spectacle for the eyes and an inspiration for the mind. I had the great fortune to attend the very first TEDMED in South Carolina and then followed TEDMED to its eventual home in San Diego. So along with other past TEDMEDsters, I was eagerly awaiting the new experiences that a new location and a new set of curators would bring. The arts, or “entertainment,”... Read More

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TEDMED’s Great Challenges

Posted by on April 10, 2012 · 1 Comment 

There are obviously big obstacles coming in the future in health and wellness – things like childhood obesity, doctor shortages, skyrocketing healthcare costs….The... Read More

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TEDMED: Three Days Could Change the Way You Look at Healthcare Design Innovation Forever

Posted by on April 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

The world of healthcare is so vast and complex and evolves at such high rate of speed – it’s a constant challenge to keep up with the latest trends. In fact, keeping up with those trends could be a full-time job! Even with all the advantages of new media tools, it can sometimes be most inspirational to have a focused conversation with someone. Our team at Nurture finds that the TEDMED conference is one... 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.