Design: Taking pains to comfort hospital patients

Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Ocean Medical Center are taking an innovative approach to the medical arts, utilizing natural elements and calm-inducing style to their buildings in a bid to speed the healing process. The combination of nature and nurture isn’t just some New Age fad. Instead, this kind of integrative initiative, known as Evidence-Based Design, is thoroughly grounded in research, say proponents.

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