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19May

Design Psychology Featured on CBS Sunday Morning

Evidence Based Design Research, Industry News

Kudos to our friend Dr. Toby Israel of Design Psychology on this segment on CBS Sunday Morning! Dr. Israel is the author of “Some Place Like Home: Using Design Psychology to Create Ideal Places.”

15May

Get a Room with a View

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola

Evidence Based Design Research, Industry News

Psychology Today offers practical tips and compelling reasons for bringing nature indoors when you can’t go outside. Natural Element: A Room With A View

15May

The Impact of Visual Art in Patient Waiting Rooms

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola

Evidence Based Design Research, Industry News

Waiting is a core component of the healthcare experience which can induce stress and anxiety in patients and their caregivers. In a Quality Improvement Survey conducted across nine adult renal units the clinic waiting area at Cumfried received the highest score. This study evaluates which aspects of the waiting area were important to the patients [...]

15May

Take Two Doses of Nature and Call Me in the Morning

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola

Evidence Based Design Research, Industry News

We already know that healthcare appropriate art can serve as a positive distraction and lower stress and anxiety for patients and family members in a hospital setting. But does it make a difference if nature scenes are viewed on a plasma screen as opposed to real life scenes viewed out a window? Can we trick [...]

15May

Center for Health Design Publishes Evidence-Based Design Glossary

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola

Evidence Based Design Research, Industry News

As part of our commitment to serve as a resource on healthcare art and the arts and healthcare field, Distinctive Art Source is pleased to share this guide published by the Center for Health Design: Healthcare Environmental Terms and Outcome Measures: An Evidence-Based Design Glossary.

11Dec

The Art and Science of Nursing Practice

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola

Industry News

by Dr Anita Bamford-Wade, DNurs, MA, Dip Bus, RN Back in 1997, when I was working as a Director of Nursing of a large tertiary hospital I was aware that the only place in the entire building with any ambience was the Nurses Chapel. The north facing wall of the chapel comprised of very beautiful stain [...]

22May

Designing Art Programs for Multi-Site Health Systems

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola

Clients in the News, Industry News

How do you create a hospital art program and then continue to build on that program in other areas of the facility or other sites within a healthcare system? That’s the million dollar question in our industry these days. Hospitals and health systems have moved beyond the need for understanding the value of healthcare appropriate [...]

21Dec

Winchester Medical Center In the News!

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola

Clients in the News, Industry News, Media and Press

Congratulations to the team at Winchester Medical Center on the recent news feature on TV3 Winchester. WMC ICU Highlights Local Artists and Destinations, TV3 Winchester, December 20, 2011

19Jun

Children’s Hospital Expansion Unveiled

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola

Industry News

Distinctive Art Source was honored to help create the art program at Children’s Hospital Central California. The facility unveiled the Paramount Farms Plaza on May 19, 2011. Check out the video below and you’ll see some of the incredible artwork created by talented local artists!

07Mar