Signage

Purpose

Signage is created to help guide clients through the medical process in the most efficient manner, by creating a clear message on where they can find different services. By supplying proper signage, alternate care facilities can provide a more orderly, less-stressful interaction for its clients and staff.

Goal

Create a display mechanism to identify, direct, reassure, and instruct the public and staff. Develop signage that is readily understood, available in different languages, clear to those with a low literacy level, and easily identified.

Pictogram Development Process

The development of pictograms occurred in tandem with the development of signage to be used at Alternate Care Facilities. However, pictograms can be used in customized ways, on a wide variety of signage, print materials and on the Web. These were designed to be scalable (use for BIG signs as well as small signs/handouts). See an example of how the pictograms were incorporated in to handouts.

Our appreciation to Hablamos Juntos (a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) for being a leader in the development and use of health services pictograms, www.hablamosjuntos.org