Hospital guide system is a bridge between patients and hospitals. The guidance system not only has the core guidance function, but also plays the role of beautifying the hospital environment and shaping the hospital cultural brand, thus enhancing the "soft power" of the hospital.
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In order to give full play to the above functions of the guide system, hospital administrators should pay attention to the design of the guide system and try to avoid the following common misunderstandings:
You can find an advertising company once and for all. At present, many hospitals will reserve special funds and invite advertising companies or professional organizations to plan, design, manufacture and install the guide system. This practice is in line with the current social development trend. Many hospitals have made great progress in beautification, lighting and standardization of identification systems, but there are still some problems that cannot be ignored: First, traditional advertising companies are "unprofessional". This unprofessionalism does not refer to the level of design and landing technology, but the research and understanding of hospital buildings and medical processes by these companies are not deep enough, and there is no relevant project experience and professional background. Secondly, the architectural design of the hospital has its own advantages and disadvantages, and there is a differentiated demand for the guidance system. With the development of hospitals, the practical use of many hospital buildings has already deviated from the original design concept, and the functional division of hospital areas has become more and more subdivided. In such an unrecognizable space, it is difficult to achieve the guiding purpose perfectly only by relying on a few simple guiding signs, and other auxiliary means are needed for hospitals.
The more signs, the better. Hospitals are special and often face various inspections. Therefore, many managers are very keen on "rectification". As long as they have a problem with the guiding signs, they will adopt them immediately. This blind patching can easily lead to the infinite increase of guiding signs and information confusion.
Chief Design Company | Hospital Guide Design
▲ The key nodes of a domestic children's hospital do not win by quantity. In fact, the number of signatures is not as large as possible. According to the regional division, under the premise of finding the "landmark", it is necessary to highlight the "landmark" unit and refine other guidance signs in order to achieve the purpose of guidance, which is the core function of the guidance system, and the realization of this function does not require excessive pursuit of the number of guidance signs.
Undoubtedly, the excessive pursuit of beauty and a beautiful guide system can add a lot of color to the hospital image. Therefore, this has caused some managers to pursue the appearance of the guidance system excessively, and may ignore the inspection of the functionality and rationality of the guidance system.
Rough design
▲ Guidance system with both aesthetic and guidance functions Although aesthetics is an indispensable attribute of hospital guidance system, if the pursuit of aesthetics blindly obscures the basic functions that the guidance system should highlight, it will not be worth the candle.
Lack of humanization Many hospitals' guiding signs can achieve eye-catching and convenient effects, but for hospitals, it is not enough to do this.
▲ Pedestrian streamline of guidance system
The core of the hospital is "people", and patients want to know the medical path accurately as soon as possible. Let patients quickly find a way to seek medical treatment in the most nervous and helpless situation, saving a lot of time. This is the real humanistic care for patients that the guide system can embody. This requires that the guide system should have a scientific plan for the movement of people when it is designed. A scientific and reasonable guide system highlights the humanistic care of the hospital for patients.
All stages of the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of the guidance system should be given equal attention, and we should not favor one over the other. The installation work affects the final effect of the signboard. If there is a mistake in the installation process, the previous efforts are likely to be in vain. In addition, daily maintenance is also extremely important. If the installation is unattended, the service life of the sign will be greatly reduced, which will hinder the maximization of its value and efficacy.