C.A.R.E. Insights Blog

Thoughts on the Environment of Care

This blog explores how the environment of care influences the patient's experience and staff well-being, with a focus on how sound, visual atmosphere, pacing, and sensory load shape healing and outcomes in healthcare settings. Topics include patient safety and satisfaction, hospital noise, nurse wellness, HCAHPS, sleep, and much more. Our goal is to share practical insights to help you create environments that heal.

Ready or Not, Here Comes the Future of Healthcare

November 1, 2013

The future shows up, ready or not. Old systems fade in the sunlight of time and new systems take over, ready or not. Transform 2013, the 4th annual symposium sponsored by the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation in September, looked at the future of healthcare only slightly visible in the amazing work and dreamers of the now.

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The Love Hate Relationship with Patient Television

August 16, 2013

Years ago when we were doing educational workshops and performing concerts at hospitals, one of our clients was a non-profit psychiatric facility that had both inpatient and outpatient services. They

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Two Decades of C.A.R.E.

August 5, 2012

The C.A.R.E. Channel is 20 years old. And that means that all of us – the world, this country, and our healthcare system – are also two decades older. During

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