Massachusetts General Hospital's brain surgery recovery suite atrium
- After installing the atrium on the 8th floor, the hospital noticed an increase in recovery rates and performances in it's patients post brain surgury
Roger Ulrich et al. Science Magazine 1984
- Study showed that patients who were recovering from gall bladder surgery, who had views of a grove of trees, left hospital, on average, a day sooner, needed less pain medication, and had fewer negative nurse notes than patients who had a view of a brick wall