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The Intentional Clinic Environment

February 4, 2013 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

clinic environment of ronan kavanaughFirst Day at School, a post from rheumatologist Ronan Kavanagh, sheds some interesting light on our clinic environment.  He writes about a picture on the wall of his office. How the picture arrived there and the reaction it draws from patients is worth thinking about and the subject of a bigger discussion.

This brief post resonates with me because the accessories in traditional American clinics are universally banal.  It’s always reassuring to see even small pieces of the clinical environment shaped with intent. It’s these corners that reflect on us as providers and have the most interesting impact on patients.

The stories our clinic environment tell our patients and as well as the stories that our spaces draw from our patients deserve more attention.

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