The goal for hospitals is obvious: help people get better. However, hospitals employ many stakeholders, and the goals of these stakeholders are not always aligned. This research focused on the patients and how to heal them, but also on understanding the needs of physicians, nurses, custodial staff, families, hospital administrators and architects in order to design a system that would help them all achieve their shared goal: better patient care.
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