| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
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| ASID: Brain logic: A missing component of healthcare design education |
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| The human brain is a simple piece of complex technology. It works on expectation, not perception. Similar to a computer motherboard, the brain responds predictably with a binary logic to a series of electrical impulses derived from environmental signals received via our sensory system. In other words, if “A” and “B” are present then “C” must happen next. And in our diurnal human state of existence, there is no... |
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posted by Deborah Burnett ASID, CMG, Design Services Inc. at 1:51:26 PM |  2 comments |
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| Monday, April 26, 2010 |
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| ASID: Dying—The way it should be |
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| I recently had the privilege of visiting a friend’s 93-year-old mom as she lay dying of natural causes due to a life well lived. Surrounded by her eclectic paintings, pottery, and trinkets from long-ago journeys and dozens of photos depicting a lifetime of smiles and warm hugs, Miss Emily lay sleeping on the home healthcare hospital bed wearing her leopard print silk pajamas lovingly covered by her favorite black and white cotton blanket.... |
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| posted by Deborah Burnett ASID, CMG, Design Services Inc. at 8:51:46 AM | 1 comments |
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| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
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| ASID: The human animal speaks: Are we listening? |
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For patients, family members, and extended caregivers, hospital stays are an emotional rollercoaster ride contributing to disruptions in sleep patterns, eating habits, and daily activities. With the advent of evidence-based design and intent-driven construction practices, the modern hospital facility is now designed to reduce the built environmental stress burdening families, patients, and staff alike—somewhat!
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| posted by Deborah Burnett ASID, CMG, Design Services Inc. at 1:06:56 PM | 1 comments |
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| Monday, February 22, 2010 |
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| ASID: Understanding glare—An evidence-based epigenetic design perspective |
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| Consider this late night situation: an older surgical patient is trying to sleep when suddenly the darkness is thrown back and bright lights flood the room. A drowsy patient will immediately exhibit a startled reflexive reaction which triggers the eyes to spring open bringing about a neurochemical cascade which initiates two stress-related reactions, neither of which are desirable for a recovering patient: 1) a disruption to the sleep process... |
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| posted by Deborah Burnett ASID, CMG, Design Services Inc. at 2:03:32 PM | 0 comments |
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| Tuesday, December 01, 2009 |
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| ASID: Digging up dirt … on dirt |
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| It seems that everyone in the healthcare industry has a basic understanding of the aesthetic role that garden-filled atriums and well-placed live greenery in the healing environment provide, but have you ever really considered how these areas go about doing all the great things we naturally associate with these interventions? And more importantly, how and why does the human body and brain utilize these areas in the actual healing process?... |
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| posted by Deborah Burnett ASID, CMG, Design Services Inc. at 8:36:49 AM | 0 comments |
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| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
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| ASID: Healing rhythms |
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| “Another painful procedure without relief!” Unfortunately, those words are heard all too often as patients go about the painful process of healing in today’s modern hospitals. However, a simple design related intervention can make all of the difference to millions of patients each year by significantly reducing the need for pain medication for those patients undergoing routine invasive procedures, as well as lowering sedation... |
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| posted by Deborah Burnett ASID, CMG, Design Services Inc. at 8:29:55 AM | 0 comments |
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| Wednesday, September 09, 2009 |
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| A healthy dose of color |
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| For the healthcare design professional, specifying a patient room color palette is a little like color forecasting: specifying surface and furnishing colorations that will remain trendy for several years but yet still be consistent with the latest design-related, evidence-based research. But when you consider the limited availability of color research for the healthcare setting, specifying color is increasingly difficult, so why not seek evidence... |
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| posted by Deborah Burnett ASID, CMG, Design Services Inc. at 9:30:19 AM | 0 comments |
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| Monday, July 06, 2009 |
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| ASID: The science of neurogenesis and how it relates to today's patient room design |
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| Ever since the millennial transition, the world of the healthcare A&D professional has expanded thanks in part to the scientific discoveries of neurogenesis and the growing understanding as to the importance of environmental daytime light and the need for darkness at night, especially as it relates to sleep. The process of neurogenesis or the brain’s ability to regenerate and grow new neurons has opened the interconnected design/science... |
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| posted by Deborah Burnett ASID, CMG, Design Services Inc. at 7:40:38 AM | 2 comments |
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| Monday, May 04, 2009 |
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| ASID: The Case for Darkness |
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I’m finally beginning to feel like my old self! It’s been rough since the Spring Equinox and the roll back to daylight savings time, but my biological clock is finally entraining to longer days and shorter nights. And I’m not alone.
Recent studies have also shown an increase in cardiac admissions and a rise in traffic... |
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| posted by Deborah Burnett ASID, CMG, Design Services Inc. at 11:41:35 AM | 1 comments |
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Deborah Burnett ASID, CMG, Design Services Inc.
