Healthcare Application guide - Philips Lighting

What if light could
activate and energise you?
What if light could propel you into action?
What if it could support vitality?
Did you know that how we experience the different seasons has a lot to do with
light? For example, most people usually feel much more energetic in spring and
summer compared to autumn and winter. Hospital staff and patients alike can
really benefit from the energising effects of light, which complement our natural
biological rhythms.
Scientific evidence
Blue enriched white light in the
workplace improves self-reported
alertness, performance and experience
of evening fatigue.
University of Surrey research
Frequency of prescription-dispensing
errors is reduced when work surface
light levels are relatively high. But suboptimal
lighting intensity (too dark or too
bright) leads to an increase in errors.
Buchanan et al., 1991
Inspiration
Mobile light therapy clinic – the light bus
A mobile bus to provide a light boost where
there is little natural sunlight and also to act as
a vehicle to promote Philips lighting products.
Sunlight is crucial in preventing issues such
as seasonal affective disorder and insomnia.
A mobile light therapy clinic (possibly a bus
organised in partnership with a vehicle company
and/or a medical facility) could travel to different
locations and act as a locally-accessible therapy
and meeting place. Typical areas of use would be
in Nordic countries where there is little winter
sunlight, or in urban areas to encourage people
out of their homes.
Such a mobile location could also act as a
platform to promote lighting products for
domestic use.
Light therapy courses could be organised to
educate care providers. Communities could
organise their own light therapy get-togethers
to promote overall well-being.
Break rooms for regeneration – light hammam
Light solutions to create a space in which staff
can relax and reenergise between shifts and take
a step back from the hectic pace of the hospital.
A hammam-inspired rest room could replace the
traditional staff room as an oasis for relaxation
and a place to socialise.
Special light settings and programs will adjust the
ambience to actively promote regeneration in an
area away from the work floor.
Better wellbeing as the result of frequent
and regenerating rest periods will increase
productivity and staff satisfaction levels, resulting
in increased efficiency, fewer errors and greater
job satisfaction. And happy staff means happy
patients and better quality care!
The hammam concept could be replicated in, for
example, shopping centres or other public places
to promote general wellbeing of the population.
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