Healthcare Strategic Design
Humanizing healthcare spaces with thoughtful interiors and high-functioning spaces.
Enriching Moments that Matter
From doctors' offices to urgent care to behavioral health spaces, healthcare is becoming less clinical and more conversational. The healthcare and mental health fields are evolving to put connection and empathy at the center of their treatment philosophies. We're helping our healthcare clients transform their environments to enhance the wellbeing, empathy and connection of clinicians, patients and families alike through thoughtful interiors and high-functioning spaces. At Scott Rice and Steelcase Health, we deliver insight-based design solutions where consulting, learning and person-to-person sharing happen.
We're seeing a big shift in how we design spaces for mental health, and it's a collaborative effort involving architects, interior designers, administrators and the users themselves. This change is revolutionizing how we approach designing spaces that focus on mental well-being, bringing fresh teamwork and ideas into play. At Scott Rice Office Works, we're actively involved in this transformation.
How we do this
Human-Centered Design
We put people at the center of our designs.
Comfort & Safety
We aim for warm, safe and comfortable environments.
Innovative Solutions
We use new materials like rotationally molded furniture and adjustable setups for both security and practicality.
Safety Focus
Our experts stress the importance of creating physically and mentally safe spaces for everyone involved, including patients, families and staff.
Continuous Improvement
We're constantly learning, collaborating and considering everyone's needs to design spaces that promote wellbeing.
HEALTHCARE SPACE DESIGN SOLUTIONS
Less Clinical, More Conversational
Exam rooms are hardworking, high-functioning spaces that support the activities and relationships of patients and clinicians. No longer just a place for medical exams and treatments, the exam room is a place to foster conversation, consultation and education.
Space for Change
In a changing healthcare industry, there is an increased need for a range of spaces for a clinician to utilize within their shift as they meet the demands of their day. Space for collaboration, space for focus and space for respite. For organizations optimizing performance and well-being, reimagining their clinician workspaces can be a strategic asset to increase the overall performance of their healthcare environment.
Healing through Hospitality
Patient rooms are intimate environments where patients, families and clinicians come together around care. At their best, they are environments that aid a patient’s recovery, improve how clinicians do jobs and welcome family members as active participants in care. By integrating hospitality, empowerment and comfort throughout the space, well-designed patient rooms can provide better experiences and enhance a hospital’s reputation for delivering quality care.
Oncology Spaces: A Person-Centered Approach to Care
The “one-room-fits-all” approach to oncology treatment centers is out. Hospitals are opting for a more empathic and inclusive way of supporting those through their healthcare journey. Oncology spaces are now designed as an ecosystem of spaces to serve a wide range of people with different needs and preferences. From private treatment areas to communal spaces that encourage patients to form friendships, a suite of oncology treatment applications accommodates many scenarios.
Advancing Waiting Rooms
Patients and their families are frequently left waiting. Waiting to meet with their care provider. Waiting for a diagnosis. Waiting to receive information or literature. And the places where they wait are often uncomfortable and unappealing. At Scott Rice, waiting rooms are being reimagined as places for connection, comfort, education and time with family.
Behavioral Health: A Human-Centric Approach to Design
For too long, behavioral health has been a place of drab decor and uninspired interiors. We believe that a better environment sparks wellbeing for patients, visitors and clinicians. That's why our innovative behavioral health products offer both comfort and durability for high-use settings while creating positive environments for everyone.
Scott Rice really did their research and understood what we were looking for. We felt very heard and understood. When clients walk in, they immediately notice the difference and feel more at ease, knowing they're in a place where they're cared for. And because of that, we've seen a positive change in behavior and an overall better experience for everyone involved.
Travis Freed, FSGC Director of Crisis and Recovery Services
The Family Service Guidance Center