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CASE HISTORIES
KI Healthcare Case Histories
View KI's extensive library of case histories, including healthcare-specific installations. View photos, download PDFs, or request more information about the products shown.

WHITE PAPERS
White Paper: Application of Color in Healthcare Settings
In the last half of this century, a vast number of books have been written on the topic of color—the psychology of color, color theory, color and the environment, color and light, and color and culture … to name a few.
White Paper: Infection Control
Research and experience contribute to best practices when designing and specifying healthcare interiors.
White Paper: Color and Healing
Color is a powerful medium that can stimulate positive emotional reactions, which promotes conditions for recovery.
White Paper: Seating With Dignity
The bariatric segment of the population continues to increase, and this fact has profound implications for the design of furnishings for public spaces, especially those in healthcare facilities.
White Paper: Healing Spaces
This research examines whether the physical attractiveness of an outpatient practice influences patients’ perceptions of healthcare quality, including patient and staff perceptions of the quality of staff-patient interaction.

DESIGN FOR HEALING ENVIRONMENTS
SCAD and KI to co-host design forum focusing on health care's built environment
Two international design leaders come together to explore the importance of design in health care's built environment, the Savannah College of Art and Design interior design program and KI.

OPERATIONAL TRENDS + HIPAA
Emory Dean Warns of Scarcity of Nurses to Care for Aging Population
The United States is in the midst of a major healthcare challenge: A dearth of registered nurses is mounting as aging baby boomers are requiring more care.
Accommodating Patient Privacy and Visiting Family Members
How well-planned patient rooms can meet the needs of patients, their family and hospital staff
Using an Information-Based Approach to Nursing Unit Planning
Nursing units are generally planned around the nurses’ impression of the best working environment. While the experiences of nurses and administrators are certainly valuable information, they can also be the most dangerous.

HEALTHCARE CONSTRUCTION
California Hospitals Struggle under Financial Burden of Seismic Retrofits
California hospitals are facing a fast-approaching seismic upgrade deadline that is causing many of them to wonder how to fund the mandate.

INFECTION CONTROL
Education the Key to Sustainable Hand Hygiene Compliance
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent one of the leading threats to the safety of patients admitted to hospitals.
Preventing Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
Consumers of healthcare are increasingly concerned with the safety of their care. Recently, there has been heightened awareness of strains of germs that are resistant to several classes of antibiotics called multidrug-resistant organisms, or MDROs, within facilities and in the community.
Disrupting the Infection Chain
Each year, an estimated two million patients obtain an infection that is associated with a hospital visit, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). About 90,000 of those end in death.

HIGH TECH HOSPITALS
Hospitals Create Security Programs to Safeguard Laptops and Data
The theft of laptop computers and private data is happening nationwide. Hospitals are not exempt, according to recent reports by the news media.
Designing for Technology and People
Healthcare design—more than any other type of project—is driven by the challenge of two conflicting needs.