Arts in Health Innovation is an interdisciplinary approach facilitated by Studio Poesis, exploring the synergies between art and healthcare—not as an alternative to existing clinical practice, but as a supportive and human complement. It helps healthcare professionals reduce fear, strengthen relationships, and radically improve the work environment and culture within their departments.
Arts in Health Innovation is carried out in several phases to ensure that each artistic intervention responds directly to the concrete needs of patients, staff, and clinical environments. The process includes:
Needs assessment through interviews, workshops, and on-site observation
Matching with relevant artists selected through a professional expert panel
Development of artistic concept proposals tailored to the identified needs
Production and implementation of the final artworks within the healthcare setting
Throughout the entire process, both users and healthcare professionals are actively involved. The impact on health and wellbeing is continuously evaluated, generating evidence on how sensory and existential stimuli can drive innovation and create meaningful improvements within the healthcare sector.
These methods have been developed by researchers from Studio Poesis in collaboration with Danish health and art researchers over the past 10 years. The methods have been tested in the Departments of Intensive Care, Palliative Care, Urology, Maternity, and Dementia—each domain showcasing different sensory and existential needs, and each domain suggesting a particular stimuli and intervention.
Throughout the entire Arts in Health Innovation process, the impact of the artistic interventions is continuously assessed. The aim is to generate evidence on how art can foster:
Better patient experiences
Improved staff wellbeing
More humanised clinical environments
Innovation in healthcare culture
These results help demonstrate the value of art as a catalyst for innovation and improvement in the healthcare sector.
Listen to the Testimonials:
“Bringing art and artists into a hospital expands the perspective we have as healthcare professionals. It adds another dimension in working with people and their health. The further into the hospital we go, the closer we get to where the patients stay, and the less we actually have of art and culture. It’s an ambition and a vision we have. It’s that art and culture should go all the way into the hospital rooms where the patients are.”
Director of Nursing, Rikke Degn, RHG
“Some of what has given me the most knowledge in this innovation project is ensuring that people from other professional fields are involved from the start. That collaboration has been truly unique, and for me, it’s the greatest gift I’ve received, and to become aware of the importance of working interdisciplinary and moving outside the hospital frame to find our collaborators.”
Leading midwife, Ann Fogsgaard, RHG
The final result is a site-specific, health-promoting environment ready for full clinical use.
Fase 1: Develop a strong shared foundation
Our experts support you in strategic development and help build a common ground, founded in the return to the senses.
Atmospheric Gap Analysis
Through interviews, workshops, and on-site observations, professional artists from Studio Poesis gathers deep insights into the challenges, emotional and sensory atmospheres, and spatial dynamics of each hospital department. Both staff and patients are invited to share their experiences, concerns, and wishes, providing a holistic understanding of the department’s “DNA.”
The analysis results in a comprehensive, 20–25 page report that includes:
Department facts and workflows
A narrative patient story
Visual mapping of the department and its zones
Identification of potential art zones
Key themes linking art and health
Recommendations and “just don’t” guidelines
The A-GAP report serves as:
Onboarding for healthcare staff
Guidance and inspiration for artists
Research data for evaluating impact
Fase 2: Setting the team & building a strong proposal
Our team helps you develop concrete tailored concept and prepare value demonstrations.
Setting the team
Every project has its own needs, sometime the focus is on the sensory Atmospheric experience, other time it is the Rituals and body language, which is on focus.
In respect for the professional knowledge foundation we always strive to set a multidisciplinary team of professional artists in each specialization.
We have experience leading interdisciplinary innovations processes with Health professionals such as Expert Surgeons, Doctors, Nurses, Midwifes Priests and Therapists.
From the Artistic side we are open for any professional artistic contribution, and enjoy working with Sculpture, Sound artists, Nature Photographers, Animators, Painters, Architects, Designers, Theater Actor and Instructors.
The selected artists develop tailored concept proposals rooted in the identified needs, atmospheres, and themes of the department. These concepts are reviewed in collaboration with healthcare staff and refined to ensure feasibility, safety, and emotional appropriateness.
Crafting a Strong Proposal
Funding research/innovation projects in the domain of Arts and Health, often needs a professionally crafted proposal i key to raise financial support.
This include a document including:
Output:
A carefully crafted document describing the site specific proposal.
Fase 3: Artwork Production
Work with our award winning professional artists crafting Tailored Site-specific Artworks for you demonstrations.
Artwork production
Artworks are produced in close dialogue with staff, healthcare and technical teams on the hospital. The focus is on creating site-specific, health-promoting artistic environments that support wellbeing, reflection, identity, and care.
The artwork production vary depending on the sensory and existential needs and prioritization in the projects. We have been involved in immersive artworks, crafting new ritual/performance, soundscape design, animations, nature photography, sculpturing, painting & design.
Fase 4: Implementation
Benefit from our 15 years experience of crafting sensory artworks in the danish healthcare sector.
Training with staff
Through clear guidelines, tailored training, and practical workshops, we help health staff understand and use the new spaces with confidence.
This secure a smooth transition and enables departments to move into full-scale operation without disruption, ensuring that the artwork becomes a natural and supportive part of everyday care.
Technical implementations
“The devil is in the detail”
With more than 10 years of expperience navigating the infrastructure on a hospital. We know where to help our clients all the way through the implementation of the solutions to secure a healthy implementation and operation. This also secure a extensive technical documentation and handover of all rights to software code.
We are a trusted partner with the expertise, creativity, and commitment to deliver exceptional sensory solutions that transform healthcare environments. As pioneers in the field of art-integrated healthcare design, we bring nearly a decade of proven experience with hospitals, midwives, and clinicians — ensuring every solution is both visionary and clinically relevant.
Our award-winning Sensory Delivery Rooms are internationally recognized for their impact on patient well-being, staff performance, and spatial innovation. Backed by published research, peer-reviewed validation, and close partnerships with leading Danish hospitals, we combine scientific evidence with artistic excellence to deliver tailored environments that set new standards in care.
From strategic consultation and interdisciplinary co-design to implementation and long-term evaluation, our end-to-end approach ensures that your investment results in spaces that are not only functional but also healing, inspiring, and future-ready.
Join the growing number of visionary hospitals embracing Studio Poesis solutions. Contact us today to learn how we can help you shape the next generation of care environments.
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