title: Creating optimal healing environments in a health care setting.
abstract: As evidence about the benefits of healing environments accumulates, health care organizations are starting to incorporate features into hospital design that reduce stress and promote healing. This article discusses some of the research supporting healing design and provides examples of how it is being used in new construction and renovations.
authors.affiliation: Ellerbe Becket, Minneapolis, USA.
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zborowsky
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kreitzer
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D001108:Architecture; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D008602:Mental Healing; D008910:Minnesota; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010362:Patients' Rooms