Forbes: Sophisticated Medical Office Design Is What Patients Have Come To Expect Even in the mid-aughts, going to the doctor’s office was quite a different experience than it is now. You’d sit in a dark waiting room, with industrial carpeting or linoleum, in an old vinyl chair ... First is the rising evidence in favor of so-called supportive design, as a technique to create health care environments that promote healing.

Understanding the Context

For patients, supportive design can lower stress, blood ...