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Hospitals are where we go for safety and healing. Increasingly, though, healthcare campuses are becoming scenes of violence and threat. How do architects balance designing secure environments while creating welcoming and comforting spaces for those seeking medical care? Integrating bag scanners, cameras, ID checkpoints, and spaces for security guards can feel counterintuitive or jarring next to the features that might reassure a small child, calm an expectant mother, and soothe the sick and injured. Page Principal, Senior Medical Planner, and Managing Director of our Charleston office Sarah Walter, AIA, and Page physician advisor Dr. Nora Colman frequently speak on current trends in designing security features to protect medical staff and patients. They recently participated in a panel discussion on “Designing for Security in an Era of Increased Violence” during the AMFP Atlanta-Association of Medical Facility Professionals Healthcare Summit held in Atlanta. Making hospitals more secure is the topic of our latest blog: https://bit.ly/4elZXJn #CuratingCare #HospitalSecurity #HospitalViolence #DesignThatMakesLivesBetter #Hospital #Architecture

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Mary Loftus

Medical writer/editor; Emory University; Page/ design, architecture, engineering

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I was privileged to moderate this forum when Sarah, Nora, and Adrian presented it in Atlanta, and learned so much from their free-form discussion. Emotions are running high in hospitals and there are areas open to the public that are difficult to secure. How healthcare systems are facing this challenge, without hospitals resembling lockdown units, is fascinating.

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