Virtual Skies in Hospital Rooms to Reduce Stress

Excerpt: Dr. Diana Anderson, an architect and physician who practices hospital architecture at Stantec Architecture in New York City, said research documents that lighting in medical settings positively affects the physical and emotional well-being of both patients and medical staff.

“Views and images, either real or virtual, should be considered just as important for the clinical staff to access as they are for patients,” she said. “Some rooms will always be windowless in a design. It is inevitable. So how can we change the experience of being in one of them?”

In this article, Dochitect comments on virtual windows for patients, visitors and healthcare staff.