Madison Messenger - Madison Health Special Edition - January 13th, 2019

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PAGE 14 - MADISON MESSENGER SPECIAL EDITION January 13, 2019 Design choices lend to healing environment By Kristy Zurbrick Madison Editor Qualified staff and state-ofthe-art equipment are key to a hospital’s ability to help patients heal. Obvious, right? What might be less obvious is that a hospital’s interior design and architectural choices also can have a positive impact on patients’ health. Jill Brengman Woods, senior interior designer at Trinity: PDA (Planning Design Architecture), kept one central question in mind when selecting everything from flooring to window designs for Madison Health’s expansion: What will help to create a healing environment? “Instead of entering a place that feels institutional and reminds you that you are dealing with health issues, we’ve created an environment meant to be welcoming and reduce stress,” Woods said. Madison Health’s new main entrance looks like a nice hotel lobby. A fireplace crackles in the surgery waiting area. Wood tones throughout the expansion mimic the warm feeling of home. Neutral finishes and Natural light brightens the waiting area outside the medical specialist offices on the second floor of Madison Health’s expansion. paint colors continue the serene theme. One of the main design features is one you can’t touch—natural light. Woods and the team at Trinity: PDA incorporated windows wherever possible. Natural light floods hallways, waiting areas, and employee work spaces and break rooms. More importantly, light from outside fills patient care areas. A prime example is the Cancer Center, nicknamed “the gem” for the sparkling light that streams through the floor to ceiling windows. “Studies show the healing benefits of natural light,” Woods said. “Patients who have a window by their bed versus those who don’t experience fewer complications, require less pain medication, and need to return less often for additional care.” The abundance of windows serves a practical purpose, as well. In nearly every part of the expansion, visitors have a view to the outside, so they can orient themselves to where they are at any given time. “You don’t feel like you’re buried inside the hospital,” Woods said. Design features in the floors and ceilings also help visitors to find their way to and through different departments and back out again. Carpet signals places to slow down and stop, like waiting areas. Ceiling tiles and lighting create a feeling of linear movement that flows with the flooring. A concourse with consistent floor coloring and tiling ties everything together. A visitor need only look for that tiling to know they’re on the path back to where they started. “A big concern for people who come to the hospital is not being able to find their way around,” Woods said. “Even for someone who is adept at directions, the pressure that can come with a trip to the hospital or the emergency room can impact how they think. That’s why we’ve done everything we can to help guide them and move them through the space.” Finishing touches inside and out lend to the creation of a healing environment. Woods worked with Melinda Elliott of Fine Designs & Interiors in London to select artwork that stands out or blends in, depending on its location. “For lobby spaces, we went with artwork with pops of color and things to study or interact with,” Woods said. They chose a different tact for patient care spaces. “We didn’t want to present more challenges for patients, so we went with scenes that are easily identifiable and soothing,” Woods said, adding that nature is a common theme. “When you see something that is green and flourishing and healthy, subconsciously it makes you think of healing.” This thought carries to the expansion’s exterior where trees, shrubs and flower plantings are planned. Healing gardens are a possibility in the future. A big plus, Woods said, is that views from the expansion include the city of London’s Cowling Park. BREAKTHRU Medical Withdrawal Management Addiction is a medical condition. It needs to be treated like one. Medical Withdrawal Management Service at Madison Health • Private, confidential 3-day hospital stay • Care from trained medical professionals • Individualized after-discharge e plan for recovery Call (740) 845-7140 If you or someone you know is suffering from addiction or substance abuse, please contact BreakThru at Madison Health. BreakThru at Madison Health 210 North Main Street London, Ohio 43140
January 13, 2019 MADISON MESSENGER SPECIAL EDITION - Page 15 Wound care center opens in March By Kristy Zurbrick Madison Messenger Editor So, what do you do once you wrap up a $25 million expansion and renovation project? Take a breather? Nope. The leadership at Madison Health continues to look at what’s next for patient services. And in the short term, what’s next is a wound care center set to open at the hospital in March 2019. “We have a lot of patients in the community with disease processes, like diabetes and malnutrition, that leave them with wounds that don’t heal,” said Jennifer Piccione, vice president of nursing and clinical services at Madison Health. “The center will specialize in caring for these kinds of complex wounds.” Because the service is not offered elsewhere in Madison County, patients often travel to Columbus for care. The hospital is partnering with Healogics, the nation’s leading wound care management company, to offer this specialized care locally. “It brings another service close to home,” Piccione said. Through Healogics, the hospital will have access to: * nationally recognized protocols for wound treatment; * specialized training; * advanced wound care technology; * a network of specialists to assist with challenging cases; * the world’s largest accumulation of wound data; and * community education programs. Healogics provides wound care and consulting services to nearly 800 hospitals across the United States. Based in Jacksonville, Fla., the company works to drive wound science forward by developing new treatment and prevention techniques and sharing that expertise widely. Madison Health’s wound care center will be staffed by a wound care specialist and equipped with the latest in equipment and technology, including a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. The center will be located in the space formerly occupied by the oncology department. Hospital leaders are working with Trinity: PDA (Planning Design Architecture) to determine the best uses for other spaces vacated in the hospital as a result of the expansion. A top priority is to transform space to accommodate additional medical specialists. “We’re already filling up our new area upstairs,” said Bob Waldeck, vice president of strategy and construction management, referring to specialist offices located on the second floor of the expansion. Hospital Fast Facts Opened on Sept. 11, 1962 Not-for-profit community hospital Licensed for 94 beds Affiliate of the Ohio State University/Mount Carmel Health Alliance since 1999 Accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Park Avenue Medical Building opened in 2006 Has primary care offices in West Jefferson and Mount Sterling Madison Health Foundation organized in 1974
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