Abstract
With the continuous improvement of the medical level in China, the quality of hospital service and the environment have attracted people’s attention. The hospital is a place with relatively dense population, and the general hospital consists of a number of departments with complicated procedures and staggered routes. In order to improve the efficiency of medical treatment, stabilize the mood of patients, and respond to the call of establishing a human-oriented hospital, it is particularly important to design a reasonable and comprehensive hospital wayfinding and signage system. In this paper, the universal design concept and principles which are more suitable for everyone are applied to the hospital wayfinding and signage system. Through the field investigation of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, the author analyzes the problems and sums up the design criteria which are suitable for the hospital wayfinding and signage system.
Highlights
Universal design is produced on the basis of barrier-free design and is an extension of the human-oriented concept
The universal design is used to optimize its wayfinding and signage system, to improve the difficulty of people’s medical treatment caused by the lack and confusion of wayfinding and signage, to enable patients to arrive at the destination clearly, quickly and accurately, to improve the service quality and image of the hospital, and to provide reference for the design and application of the wayfinding and signage system of the general hospital
This paper summarizes the existing problems of the Second Affiliated Hospital’s wayfinding and signage system, such as lack of planning and unreasonable setting
Summary
Universal design is produced on the basis of barrier-free design and is an extension of the human-oriented concept It refers to the design of the environment, products and services that can be used by anyone without special design or adjustment[1]. Chen Le, from Anhui University of Engineering finished the Research on the Individualized Design of Modern Medical Environment Wayfinding and Signage System. In this paper, he explores the methods, processes and principles of hospital individualized design, and makes case analysis of municipal hospitals, which involves less universal design theory. The universal design is used to optimize its wayfinding and signage system, to improve the difficulty of people’s medical treatment caused by the lack and confusion of wayfinding and signage, to enable patients to arrive at the destination clearly, quickly and accurately, to improve the service quality and image of the hospital, and to provide reference for the design and application of the wayfinding and signage system of the general hospital
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