Abundant use of natural daylight at Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Take a look at our own Michael Speck’s recently published article in Health Facilities Management illustrating how smaller hospitals can take advantage of many of the same evidence-based design principals used in larger urban hospitals. A common sense approach allows even the smallest rural hospital to leverage many of the best practices that have already been proven to positively impact patient care. Many of these, like generous incorporation of natural daylight and use of color, add little or no cost to a project.
One of the biggest challenges in getting community hospital building projects off the ground is funding. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) helps acute care and critical access hospitals access affordable financing for capital projects through its HUD 242 program. The key to navigating the complexities of this rigorous yet rewarding program is engaging an architect/mortgage banker team with experience.