Healthcare Window Shade Solutions

Daylight is the Medicine,
Automated Hospital Grade Window Shades Provide the Dose

Mecho’s automated healthcare solar solutions are designed to maximize daylight + views for healthcare occupants by raising shades, and keeping them up as much as possible, without glare. The sun regulates our circadian rhythms, which controls everything from sleep to metabolism. As people continue to spend upwards of 90% of their time indoors, we are increasingly reliant on the built environment to provide a circadian stimulus.

In healthcare facilities, studies* demonstrate that patients with access to daylight and views have shorter postoperative inpatient stays, require less pain medication, and experience less distress. Similar, healthcare facility staff with access to daylight experience less stress, laugh more frequently and feel more positive about their job than those who do not have access to natural light.

*2014 - The Impact of Windows and Daylight on Acute-Care Nurses' Physiological, Psychological, and Behavioral Health
*2006 - The Impact of Light on Outcomes in Healthcare Settings

Personalized Control
with Healthcare Shade Control Systems

Mecho window coverings for hospitals can include seamless control options that enhance patient empowerment by simply integrating shading controls directly to the patient’s bedside. Along with bedside controls, wall-mounted controls give the caregiver the flexibility to adjust room shading for maximum patient satisfaction.