Best Practices for Wayfinding in a Hospital Setting
| dc.contributor.author | Potter, Jerrod S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-10T21:16:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-10T21:16:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Wayfinding within healthcare facilities has been a task for designers for many decades, but with a low priority. In recent years, the discipline has become recognized as a viable option for hospital executives and administrators as a means to cost-savings. The implementation of signage consisting of symbols and pictograms leads to better patient outcomes and increased staff satisfaction. This annotated bibliography provides best practices for implementing wayfinding in a hospital setting. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/22565 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | AIM Capstone;Potter2017 | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wayfinding | en_US |
| dc.subject | Symbols | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health care | en_US |
| dc.subject | Return-on-investment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hospital | en_US |
| dc.subject | Navigation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Image | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pictograms | en_US |
| dc.subject | Decreased costs | en_US |
| dc.title | Best Practices for Wayfinding in a Hospital Setting | en_US |
| dc.type | Terminal Project | en_US |