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Investment in the
Arts Benefits All
"I believe that our decision to invest in the arts reoriented
our acute care environment toward wellness, the ultimate objective.
There is indeed a cost to benefit ratio that is worthy of exploration
by today's healthcare leaders."
Larry Warren, CEO
of Howard University
Hospital, Washington,
DC
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Putting
Research to Work
"Studies have shown that the arts can
reduce stress and patient anxiety, improve the working environment for
employees and elevate the patient-visitor experience. AtlanticCare Regional
Medical Center
has adopted a corporate arts policy to include evidence-informed arts
programming in all of their future projects."
Glen Ann Stoll, Director of Community & Cultural Enrichment,
AtlantiCare
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The Arts are
Vital to Health and Wellness
Research confirms
that the arts improve healthcare for patients
and caregivers, and help lower medical costs.
Notable benefits include the following:
- Reduced length of hospital stays and
fewer medical visits
- Improved patient compliance during
medical procedures and self-care regimens
- Reduced use of pain and anti-anxiety
medications
- Improved recovery time and therefore
reduced need for higher levels of acute care
- Reduced levels of depression and
improvements in quality of life variables
- Decreased use of medical
interventions covered by Medicare among the aging
Strengthening Our Nations Healthcare through the
Arts: Issue Brief - Americans for the Arts
Nearly half of
the nation's healthcare institutions provide arts programming for patients, families, and staff.
New Jersey
has hundreds of arts programs in healthcare facilities that improve
patient medical and mental health, lower healthcare costs, and create
healing environments and greater staff satisfaction.
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Edie Elkan, Founder of Bedside Harp
Program, performs for a patient. Designed to promote the therapeutic
use of the harp, the program has placed harpists with almost 50,000
patients in five hospitals since the program's inception in 2002.
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Arts Plan NJ, a blueprint for a better NJ through
and for the arts, calls for a stronger partnership between the arts and
healthcare industries statewide to improve patient care, caregiver
satisfaction, lower costs, and provide jobs for artists.
With the generous support of Johnson & Johnson and in collaboration with the
NJ State Council on the Arts and ArtPride NJ Foundation, an Arts Plan Working Group
convened the NJ Summit on Arts in Health and Wellness to develop a
network linking arts, health and wellness professionals. The June 8th
Summit of 75 invited attendees included artists, physicians, arts
administrators, therapists, educators, funders and healthcare
administrators.
Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno
enthusiastically welcomed the group who went on to learn from the Society for the Arts in Healthcare (SAH) about
developing a New Jersey
network of the international organization. New Jersey would be the first state
to have its own network of SAH! Ultimately, the day provided an
opportunity for coming to consensus on the needs, goals and priorities
of the proposed network.
The next convening will
be in November and will be open to all interested. Learn more about the
Summit here. Join the mailing list for upcoming announcements and events.
Or get involved on a committee to develop the network.
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