Articles and White Papers
"Hospital Noise and the Patient Experience: Seven Ways to Create and Maintain a Quieter Environment" by Susan Mazer. Healing HealthCare System's white paper, October 2010.
"Ways to Improve Patient Safety: Why the Environment Plays a Critical Role" by Susan Mazer. Healing HealthCare System's white paper, September 2010.
"The Outdoors for an Inpatient" by Susan Mazer. Published in American Society of Landscape Architects, August Newsletter, 2010.
"Music and Nature at the Bedside" Part 1 by Susan Mazer. Published in Research Design Connections, 2009.
"Music and Nature at the Bedside" Part 2 by Susan Mazer. Published in Research Design Connections, 2010.
"Nursing, Noise and Norms: Why Nightingale is Still Right" by Susan Mazer. Healing HealthCare System's white paper, March 2009.
"Tuning in to the Sound Environment" by Susan Mazer. Published in June 2008 issue of Long Term Living Magazine.
"The Power of Music: The Transformed Moment" by Susan Mazer. Published in March 2008 issue of San Francisco Medicine, the official publication of the San Francisco Medical Society.
"Creating a Culture of Safety" by Susan Mazer. Published in Kansas Healthcare Engineers Association Newsletter, September, 2007.
"Increase Patient Safety by Creating a Quieter Hospital Environment" by Susan Mazer. Published in Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, March/April 2006.
"Speech Privacy: Beyond Architectural Solutions" by Susan Mazer. Paper presented at the Institute of Noise Control Engineering's NOISE-CON conference, October 17-19, 2005.
"Curing the Noise Epidemic" by Susan Mazer. Paper presented at Institute of Noise Control Engineering's NOISE-CON conference, October 17-19, 2005.
"Now Hear This" Q&A with Susan Mazer. Published in Healthcare Construction & Operations, September/October 2005.
"A Second Womb" article by Paul Raeburn on the effect of the environment on newborns. Published in The New York Times, August 14, 2005.
"The Power of Language" short essay by cardiologist Harvey Zarren, M.D., F.A.C.C., who records guided imagery excercises for The C.A.R.E. Channel.
"Hear, Hear: Assessing and Resolving Hospital Noise Issues" by Susan Mazer. Article published in Health Facilities Management (April 2005).
"Stop the Noise: Reduce Errors by Creating a Quieter Hospital Environment" by Susan Mazer. Article published in Patient Safety & Healthcare Quality (March/April 2005).
"Curing the Noise Epidemic in Hospitals" by Susan Mazer. Article published in Jackson Organization's e-newsletter, Fall 2004.
"Sound Effects: Design and Operations Solutions to Hospital Noise" Cover story by Dana Dubbs in September 2004 issue of Health Facilities Management quotes Susan Mazer.
"Maintaining Good Communication Under HIPAA" by Susan Mazer. Article published in HHN Online (August 24, 2004).
"Live Concerts Break Through Resident Isolation" by Susan Mazer. Article published in Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management (September 2003).
"Quiet Please: Healing in Progress" by Susan Mazer. Article published in Hospital Development (January 2003).
"Speaking With: Susan Mazer." Article published in Facility Care (July/August 2002).
"Sound Advice: Seven Steps for Abating Hospital Noise Problems" by Susan Mazer. Article published in Health Facilities Management (May 2002).
"Tuning into the Sound Environment" by Susan Mazer. Article published in DESIGN, an annual publication of Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management (March 2002, Medquest Communications and SAGE).
"What's at Stake in the Sound Environment?" by Susan Mazer. Article published in Healthcare Design (November 2001, Medquest Communications and The Center for Health Design).
"In the Wake of the Attacks: The Role of Patient Television" by Susan Mazer. Essay written after the September 11, 2001 attacks on America.
"The Third-Party Role of the Environment" by Susan Mazer. Essay published May 2001 on The Center for Health Design's website.
"Patients Find Comfort in Auditory Environments" by Susan Mazer. Essay published October 1999 on The Center for Health Design's website.
"Beyond Silence: Music as Environmental Design" by Susan Mazer and Dallas Smith. Transcript of presentation given at the Fifth Symposium on Healthcare Design, 1992. Journal of Healthcare Design, Volume V (Center for Health Design, 1993).
"Sing a Song for the Sick and Tense," by Susan Mazer and Dallas Smith. Article published by Healing HealthCare Systems. Download pdf.
"Public Healthcare Settings and Health Promotion" by Emily White, Healing HealthCare Systems intern, August 8, 2006. whiteea@purdue.edu
