Recently renovations at Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, were designed with input from patients and children from a nearby school, according to an article on the Health Facilities Management website.
The $74 million expansion adds 111 private patient rooms that have sliding glass doors that can be switched from opaque to transparent. The switch glass technology eliminates the need for privacy curtains and helps with infection control safeguard.
Forty-two rooms have cameras in the ceilings to monitor patients who are most at risk for falls.
Students from nearby Nagel Middle School helped determine how to reconfigure the facility’s parking lot. They also helped to design the cardiovascular unit family waiting room and the lobby.
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