Hospital Design Blog

I was asked to speak at an architecture school in San Diego; it was part of a lecture series on architecture.  I was the only one speaking on healthcare design and I was astonished how many people from the community attended.

Everybody has a story, as I say in the book’s introduction (“A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design”), of a tragedy that happened to them, a family member or a friend who had a bad experience whether it is a hospital-acquired infection, a medical error—a whole host of things.

So, yes, were they to find the book, it’s something that any intelligent person could read.  Everybody is interested in healthcare because it affects us all.  I realize, however, that some people aren’t interested in thinking about these things until they actually have to, but the book is written in a way that makes the material accessible and it’s not difficult reading.

(Excerpts from an interview with Healthcare Design expert, Jain Malkin regarding her book, A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design, published by The Center for Health Design, 2008; View the video – Medical Clinic Design – Would consumers fin this book interesting)