The Patient Room of the Future

More accessible. More accommodating. More comfortable.

Owensboro Health’s patient room of the future allows for more accessibility, more accommodation and more comfort than the current hospital’s rooms. By studying nurse patterns, patient needs and effective care methods, we’ve created rooms thoughtfully designed for top quality care.

Take a Peek – The Patient Room of the Future

Key Features of the New Rooms:

• Larger rooms – 335 square feet
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• Larger door openings for bed transport
• Ample space to park a second bed next to the room’s bed for patient transfer
• “Nested” bathrooms and nurse charting stations – meaning they’re not fully contained within the room’s footprint, allowing for more open space
• Ample family space, adjacent to patient bed
• Adequate patient care space, apart from family space and nurse working areas
• Outboard toilet, meaning the toilet is on the exterior wall of the room. This allows for more observation and safer maneuvering to and from the bathroom.
• Greatly improved observation of the patient via windows from the corridor for nurses while charting or preparing for care
• Patients control the atmosphere in the room, within a certain temperature parameter
• Increased natural light
• Calming home-like décor
• Better atmosphere and organization, allowing for less patient interruptions
• Patient room designed to improve outcomes, making patients healthier quicker