Assessing Patient Experience and Orientation in the Emergency Department with Virtual Windows

dc.contributor.author Keschner, Yonatan G.
dc.contributor.author Hasdianda, Mohammad Adrian
dc.contributor.author Miyawaki, Steven
dc.contributor.author Baugh, Christopher W.
dc.contributor.author Chen, Paul C.
dc.contributor.author Zhang, Haipeng (Mark)
dc.contributor.author Landman, Adam B.
dc.contributor.author Chai, Peter R.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-24T17:54:53Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-24T17:54:53Z
dc.date.issued 2022-01-04
dc.description.abstract Patients have benefitted from increasingly sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic innovations over the years. However, the design of the physical hospital environment has garnered less attention. This may negatively impact a patient’s experience and health. In areas of the hospital, such as the emergency department (ED), patients may spend hours, or even days, in a windowless environment. Studies have highlighted the importance of natural light and imagery, as they are essential in providing important stimuli to regulate circadian rhythm and orientation, and to mitigate the onset of certain medical conditions. In hospital locations where standard windows may be infeasible, the use of a virtual window may simulate the benefits of an actual window. In this pilot study, we assessed patient experience and orientation with virtual windows in the ED. We demonstrated that virtual windows are an acceptable technology that may improve patient experience and orientation.
dc.format.extent 5 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2022.487
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-5-7
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/79823
dc.language.iso eng
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Patient-facing Information Technology Implementations in Healthcare
dc.subject artificial simulation
dc.subject healthcare design
dc.subject healthcare innovation
dc.subject patient experience
dc.subject technology implementation
dc.title Assessing Patient Experience and Orientation in the Emergency Department with Virtual Windows
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