Healthcare Design: Introduction & Books

Healthcare Design incorporates multiple disciplines. While rooted in architecture and interior design, it often integrates medical research to produce evidence-based designs.

To uncover relevant medical studies, designers search outside traditional design publications and into the scientific literature. Successfully navigating these databases and resources may require learning the vocabulary of other disciplines. This guide will direct designers to pertinent research tools and provide suggested terminology applicable to healthcare design. These search terms are not comprehensive and additional investigations are likely necessary.

Additional resources on Journals & Databases and websites are accessed on the left. Additional design-focused resources can be found on the Architecture Library Resource Guide.

On Campus Access

Kent State University Libraries provides online access to the following FGI guidelines. NOTE: The KSU license is limited to 3 simultaneous users. If you cannot access the ebooks, please try again at another time.

1) 2022 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals

2) 2022 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Outpatient Facilities

3) 2022 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Residential Health, Care, and Support Facilities.

Off Campus Access

Currently, off campus access to FGI guidelines requires connecting to the KSU VPN (Global Protect). Visit this help page for the VPN software and setup instructions

Once installed and set up, log into the Global Protect VPN and visit the links above.

Library Search provides one-stop searching for books, e-books, journals, articles, videos, digital media and helps you manage your research. Results can be quickly limited to books using options below the search bar.

Selecting  "KSU & Ohiolink print books" from the search box drop down menu to explore and request books from college and university libraries across Ohio.

Selecting  "Beyond my Library" from the search box drop down menu will explore resources beyond our collection that may require requesting the item through Interlibrary Loan.

The following subject headings may serve as starting points in Kent State Library Search