Complementary Care. Extraordinary Results.

The Healing Environment program helps reduce stress, renew the spirit, and nurture an overall sense of hope in patients, their families and staff. Beginning in the Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center in 1996, The Healing Environment program has spread throughout Baylor University Medical Center and to other parts of the Baylor Health Care System. 

The program's proven philosophy is that true healing involves not only the physical care but spiritual and emotional nurturing as well. Sight, sound, touch, smell, meditation and humor are all tools used to complement

and enhance the medical treatment that patients receive.

Scientific research at Harvard Medical School and other scientific

research have validated the positive effects of these non-invasive

techniques1. And similar programs are used around the country

including St. Lukes Episcopal Health System in Houston, all 172

Veterans Administration medical centers, Cedars-Sinai Medical

Center – L.A., and NYU Medical Center.

The Healing Environment provides:

• 24 hour relaxation TV programming reduces anxiety, offering a sense of well-being and peace of mind
• Scenic nature art reduces stress by giving the patient a calming focal point during procedures
• Humor through clown performances and video programs stimulates joy and hope
• Music contributes to increased feelings of self-worth and hope, reduces fear and anxiety, and increases personal control of surrounding environment
• The Interfaith Garden of Prayer provides a sacred place of beauty and serenity for people of all faiths to come to nurture the soul's longing for prayer
• Aromatherapy provides relaxation, a positive self-image and a reduction of nausea
• Touch therapies reduce pain and stress
• Aquariums located in areas of high stress reduce anxiety, lower blood pressure and pulse rates