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Healthcare environments must balance the need to protect staff and patients with creating and maintaining a welcoming, restorative environment, especially as recent acts of violence at healthcare facilities, as well as an uptick in Covid-related stress and anxiety among patients have placed a renewed focus on caregiver safety. Here, we discuss design solutions that do both, from ambulatory care centers and patient floors to hospital entries and emergency departments. A version of this article was originally published in Forbes.