Imagine a hospital…

That feels more like a home than an institution.
With pastels – green, blue, pink, yellow.
Large glass windows and skylights to let light in.
Music in each patient’s room.
Homemade muffins in the mornings.
Massage, reiki, acupuncture, yoga, meditation.
Gardens and patios in the center, with orchids and fountains, where patients and their families can walk outside.
Tropical fish floating through the atrium.
Afternoon tea.
Musicians.
A community of people working together to make a more beautiful place for our patients.
A place of healing.

In July of 2010, Soliant.com released a list of America’s most beautiful hospitals. There is more to beauty than meets the eye, but design is important part of the healing atmosphere.