[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":318},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-the-future-holds-smart-habitats-for-people-with-special-needs":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":187,"relatedBooks":317},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":33,"project_category":48,"contact_email_category":49,"yst_prominent_words":50,"class_list":59,"better_featured_image":82,"acf":126,"yoast_meta":131,"_links":134},22232,"2021-09-09T10:00:00","2021-09-09T08:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F","2021-09-16T10:48:03","2021-09-16T08:48:03","the-future-holds-smart-habitats-for-people-with-special-needs","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-holds-smart-habitats-for-people-with-special-needs",{"rendered":17},"Health Tech And Smart Habitats For People With Special Needs",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No matter whether it’s about the problems of ageing, vision, hearing, disabilities or other permanent conditions, modern urban environments or residential places often disregard people with special needs. Luckily, technology and smart design might offer solutions on how to make cities more accessible, more inclusive and entirely suited for everyone in the future.\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cstrong>Smart cities helping people with disabilities\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to the United Nations, by 2050 70% of the global population will live in cities, of which at least 15% will be people with disabilities. Moreover, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.debatingeurope.eu\u002F2016\u002F02\u002F18\u002Fwill-new-technology-improve-accessibility-people-disabilities\u002F#.W9Ge-UszY2x\">360 million people worldwide have moderate to profound hearing loss\u003C\u002Fa>, 285 million people are visually impaired (39 million of whom are blind) and 75 million people need a wheelchair (of which, only 5-15% actually have access to one). Inclusive, accessible, sustainable and viable cities are needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What does an ideal smart habitat look like? It is a place that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedium.com\u002Fgettecla\u002Fthe-future-of-smart-cities-for-people-with-disabilities-8a54e1cfc2a0\">incorporates technology to make city life more accessible and efficient\u003C\u002Fa>, without feeling like technology is present. Imagine shopping malls and retail stores, schools, corporate offices, medical buildings and more being all fully accessible through mobile applications, voice commands, and mandatory automatic doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-22236\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FSmart-City-for-People-With-Special-Needs.jpg\" alt=\"people with special needs\" class=\"wp-image-22236\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FSmart-City-for-People-With-Special-Needs.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FSmart-City-for-People-With-Special-Needs-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FSmart-City-for-People-With-Special-Needs-512x315.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fshare.america.gov\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Walking to the bright side\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Toronto is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgettecla.com\u002Fblogs\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-future-of-smart-cities-for-people-with-disabilties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slated to be the first smart city in Canada\u003C\u002Fa> thanks to Google’s parent company, Alphabet’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sidewalklabs.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Sidewalk Labs\u003C\u002Fa>. The project’s mission is to “\u003Cem>blend people-centered urban design with cutting-edge technology to achieve new standards of sustainability, affordability, mobility, and economic opportunity\u003C\u002Fem>.” In an interview, Willa Ng, Associate Director responsible for Mobility and Streets at Sidewalk Labs said that they strive for solutions such as smart street lights, which would notice elderly people and halt the traffic as long as they crossed the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fcities\u002F2017\u002Fjul\u002F12\u002Fdutch-app-elderly-hack-pedestrian-crossings\" target=\"_blank\">Dutch application called Crosswalk\u003C\u002Fa> offers something similar. A sensor in the lights constantly scans the pavement on either side of the junction, and if it “sees” a person with the app waiting after pressing the button, it adjusts the green-light time. The app comes pre-installed with one of the four-time settings, depending on the user’s level of mobility, to minimise delays to other traffic. It basically allows anyone to “hack” the traffic lights. The Carnegie Mellon University’s \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fri.cmu.edu\u002F\">Robotics Institute\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cmu.edu\u002Fnews\u002Fstories\u002Farchives\u002F2017\u002Fseptember\u002Fsmart-signals-help-blind-cross-streets.html\">had similar experiments in Pittsburgh\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scmp.com\u002Fnews\u002Fhong-kong\u002Fcommunity\u002Farticle\u002F2130546\u002Fsmart-device-gives-elderly-and-disabled-more-time-cross\">Hongkong also introduced\u003C\u002Fa> a technological solution to help its elderly cross the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F224_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"A New Horizon\" class=\"wp-image-31357\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F224_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F224_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F224_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F224_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Making accessibility information available\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Finding your way around the city isn’t easy even when you can use all of your five senses and all of your limbs. Imagine how difficult it might be if you couldn’t. Luckily, startups and tech companies have started \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnet.com\u002Fnews\u002Fbuilding-better-maps-for-the-disability-community\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">to take note\u003C\u002Fa> and provide accessibility information. Google added \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnet.com\u002Fnews\u002Fgoogle-adds-wheelchair-accessibility-info-to-transit-maps\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">wheelchair accessibility navigation\u003C\u002Fa> to its Google Maps app so you can find a route that accommodates wheelchairs. In Seattle, the University of Washington’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftcat.cs.washington.edu\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taskar Center for Accessible Technology\u003C\u002Fa> created \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Faccessmap.io\u002Fabout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AccessMap\u003C\u002Fa>, a map-based app allowing pedestrians with limited mobility to plan accessible routes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The German \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.wheelmap.org\u002Fen\u002Fwheelmap-press-material\u002F\">Wheelmap\u003C\u002Fa>, wants to ease finding and rating wheelchair-accessible places. People from all over the world can spot and add locations to the map, which has been available since 2010. It’s an excellent tool for wheelchair users and people with mobility impairments to plan their day more effectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In Melbourne, Australia, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.blindsquare.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BlindSquare\u003C\u002Fa> helps create a navigation system for the visually impaired. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fcities\u002F2018\u002Ffeb\u002F14\u002Fwhat-disability-accessible-city-look-like\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Users receive audio cues via their smartphones\u003C\u002Fa>, providing directions or real-time information about issues such as escalator outages. Outside, the app offers real-time directional information; inside, where GPS is unreliable, 20 wireless Bluetooth beacons ensure users still receive information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BlindSquare - Painting a picture of the world through sound\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FJqU_jM_vkqc?start=2&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Autism-friendly accommodation\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Digital technologies could not only make public locations more accessible to people living with disabilities or permanent conditions but also private spaces to live long and prosper\u003C\u002Fstrong>. For example, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fcities\u002F2018\u002Ffeb\u002F14\u002Fwhat-disability-accessible-city-look-like\" target=\"_blank\">people with autism can be hypersensitive to sound, light, and movement\u003C\u002Fa>, and become overwhelmed by noisy, cluttered or crowded spaces. That’s what \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsweetwaterspectrum.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Sweetwater Spectrum\u003C\u002Fa>, a supported housing project in Sonoma, California, aims to address.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The site, which opened its doors in 2013, includes four 4-bed homes for 16 young adults, a community center, therapy pools and an organic farm – all designed according to autism-specific principles \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsustainability.asu.edu\u002Fstardust\u002Fproject-archive\u002Fadvancing-full-spectrum-housing\u002F\">recommended by Arizona State University\u003C\u002Fa> to promote a sense of calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Dementia Villages\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhogeweyk.dementiavillage.com\u002Fen\u002F\">Hogeweyk\u003C\u002Fa> in The Netherlands is a specially designed small residential area with houses for dementia-suffering seniors (read more about \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-and-alzheimers-disease\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Alzheimer’s and dementia in this article\u003C\u002Fa>). The elderly all need nursing home facilities and live in houses differentiated by lifestyle. The residents manage their own households together with a permanent team of staff members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Village Looks Like A Normal Town. Until You Meet How Special The Residents Are\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FOJUPQRZf1H8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In June 2020, the first \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fvillagealzheimer.landes.fr\u002Fen\u002Fthe-establishment#le-projet\" target=\"_blank\">Alzheimer’s Village opened in France\u003C\u002Fa>, welcoming 120 inhabitants with Alzheimer’s disease or related. Such villages, designed to increase the freedom and reduce the anxiety of their residents, help them remain active and retain their independence. The inhabitants are confined to the village for their own safety but are allowed to move around freely inside and are watched over by plain-clothed medical staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These facilities allow much more freedom to residents than traditional nursing homes, and they could decrease the phenomenon of dementia patients roaming around aimlessly on the streets or losing their way home – but they could still walk and live a less narrowed life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Applications, technological solutions or design tricks making spaces autism-friendly don’t solve every problem around the issue. But they represent a new approach towards people with special needs: the attitude of paying attention. It starts with small things such as halting traffic lights for as long as necessary, but after a while, these little tools will take on a global measure.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A simple, round table with a desktop computer and a projector, where the patient and the doctor have their friendly chat. Whenever an examination is necessary, they cross the “blue line” in the room indicating the “boundaries of the clinic” elegantly. It’s definitely not rocket science, but the patient satisfaction index is soaring. What’s the secret?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let’s Design The Hospital Of The Future! - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FGeYvybkoPLI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Radboud University Medical Centre & Cleveland Clinic leading the way into the future of hospitals\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The scenery takes place at the \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The head of the department, Prof. Stefaan Bergé redesigned his whole department based on the book, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Famzn.to\u002F1w0O3sx\">The Guide to the Future of Medicine\u003C\u002Fa> and designed the rooms based on patients’ suggestions. Dr. Bergé said patients asked for the simplest things: to have more privacy, more information and more new games for kids in the waiting rooms – to kill time more easily. They asked for amiable architecture with a lot of light and friendly colors, and round tables instead of the square one: to put an end to the “confrontation” between the “contending parties” and to have a more balanced patient-doctor relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_blue-line.jpg\" alt=\"Future of Hospitals_Blue Line\" class=\"wp-image-15756\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_blue-line.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_blue-line-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_blue-line-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_blue-line-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_blue-line-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Across the Atlantic, the \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Cleveland Clinic\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong> invested heavily in digital health: the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealth.clevelandclinic.org\u002F\">Health Essentials Blog\u003C\u002Fa> for the patient and provider education, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fconsultqd.clevelandclinic.org\u002F\">Consult QD\u003C\u002Fa> for medical professionals and corresponding social media sites or \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmy.clevelandclinic.org\u002Fmobile-apps\">mobile apps\u003C\u002Fa>. Patients are able to access their personal health records or pay their bills online, live chat on medical questions, have a second opinion service, view their imaging studies and request a telehealth service. Physicians are able to offer teleradiology or view records of a referred patient. The medical center is among the few hospitals in the US providing same day appointments in ambulatory clinics in areas surrounding Cleveland, Ohio, in southern Florida and Toronto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ambient Experience solutions for more relaxed patients\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The reputation of the Cleveland Clinic grew so successfully that even people in \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Abu Dhabi\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong> decided they have to build one. John Sharp, a Senior Manager at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), who previously worked at Cleveland Clinic, believes in the idea of digital first, physical second. He said that the Abu Dhabi hospital applied the same patient-and-digital first philosophy and combined it with state-of-the-art facilities and a group practice model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The fuelfor healthcare design consultancy believes in changing healthcare into human care by turning painfully long waiting hours into consciously designed time periods, by designing family-based cancer care centers, by rethinking the hospice service or personalizing the imaging experience for patients. Three children’s hospitals in \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Stockholm\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u002FSweden, \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Adelaide\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u002FAustralia, and \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Orlando\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u002FUS applied their \u003Cem>Ambient Experience\u003C\u002Fem> solutions with amazing results. Due to the special lights, decorations, toys and playful tools, kids are distracted and their fears are played away. The results: examinations are less painful, doctors have calmer patients and can work more effectively. Since the introduction of fuelfor’s design in 2008, the volume of patients in the Emergency Department of the Florida Hospital for Children has doubled and the overall patient experience rating index is soaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Ffuelfor-hospital-room.png\" alt=\"Fuelfor - Future of Hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-14689\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Ffuelfor-hospital-room.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Ffuelfor-hospital-room-768x366.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Ffuelfor-hospital-room-512x244.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Ffuelfor-hospital-room-458x218.png 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>And what’s common in all of these projects? \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They all point towards the future of hospitals. They all suggest that the average hospital with its sterile, neutral and mostly unfriendly rooms, the closed doors of doctor’s offices resembling hierarchical positions, the long and narrow, monotonous corridors and many windowless spaces without plants where the only sound is the buzz coming from the vending machine is an overaged and oversized dying dinosaur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Currently, there is a howling difference between the average hospital and the level of technological development. Healing,\u003Cem> a 19th-century process is actually taking place in 20th-century buildings while technology is already in the 21\u003Csup>st\u003C\u002Fsup> century.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fdesign-thinking-in-healthcare.png\" alt=\"Design Thinking in Healthcare - Future of Hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-15757\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fdesign-thinking-in-healthcare.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fdesign-thinking-in-healthcare-768x363.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fdesign-thinking-in-healthcare-512x242.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fdesign-thinking-in-healthcare-458x217.png 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>As if hospitals had cognitive dissonance needed to be resolved. So how could it be done? \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Beyond the projects already mentioned above, trends are setting the path of future hospitals crystal-clearly. John Sharp believes that hospitals will shrink in the future to emergency units and post-surgery rooms to heal patients with injuries and illnesses requiring operations, while chronic diseases will be treated at home with the help of healthcare sensors, wearables and the constant connection to a medical professional (telehealth). Paul Farmer, co-founder of \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.pih.org\u002F\">Partners In Health\u003C\u002Fa>, also believes that we need hospital-based care for those who are critically ill or injured, but for chronic conditions, community-based care is more suitable than clinic-based.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>21st-century medicine will be about technology coupled with patient empowerment. We believe that adequate hospital design could accelerate our journey into 21st-century healthcare and will help turn these monstrous, unfriendly buildings into truly positive, life-giving spaces. So, here we have some suggestions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fhenry-ford-west-bloomfield-hospital.jpg\" alt=\"Future of Hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-15758\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fhenry-ford-west-bloomfield-hospital.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fhenry-ford-west-bloomfield-hospital-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fhenry-ford-west-bloomfield-hospital-512x327.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fhenry-ford-west-bloomfield-hospital-392x250.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Who says that patients need to lie in bed all day long in a hospital? \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What if patients could sit in comfortable chairs instead of lying somewhere constantly? Why do we put everyone to bed-rest when \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F8417639\">Dr. Morton Creditor already in 1992 wrote\u003C\u002Fa> that there is no therapeutic value to strict bed-rest. In fact, immobilization of patients leads to muscle breakdown, which can be quantified: approximately 2 percent per day for an elderly person and 1-1.5 per cent for a younger adult. Thus, staying in bed is not only super boring and depressing, but it actually causes damage, especially to the elderly. So why don’t we design hospitals with smaller rooms and more space for therapy? Why don’t we design more lively social spaces to keep up a more positive and less lonely environment? Why don’t we use the corridor spaces more effectively – where medical professionals and family members could meet, chat, while patients might keep themselves fit by walking around more?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What if patients had the chance to walk even more in beautifully kept, green parks around the buildings? Sometimes even the sight of green trees helps. A \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F6143402\">1984 study published in Science\u003C\u002Fa>, which brought the relationship between the built environment and health outcomes to the forefront, compared the recovery records of gall bladder surgery patients who had a bedside window view of either trees or a brick building wall with no nature. The results showed that those with the nature view compared to those who looked out at the wall had shorter hospital stays, suffered fewer minor post-surgical complications (such as a persistent headache or nausea), and needed far fewer doses of strong narcotic pain drugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fhassels-projects-future-of-hospitals.gif\" alt=\"Hassels Projects - Future of Hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-15759\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Why are hospitals not applying more groundbreaking medical innovations into their everyday operation?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The hospital of the future might truly benefit from such current trends, as augmented reality glasses, walls that project \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5-ways-medical-vr-is-changing-healthcare\u002F\">virtual reality\u003C\u002Fa> images, 3D printers, cognitive computers, telemedicine or medical robots which can render care less expensive and more efficient. Portable radiology devices will communicate wirelessly with other gadgets. Minimal waiting times brought about by cognitive computers that organize logistics will result in better quality of life. It will direct people when and where to go by analyzing their records, and automatically responding to doctors’ notes and prescriptions. Robots will move freely, engaging either in telemedical services or disinfecting rooms in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Healthcare facilities will be enhanced with high-tech devices and broad data availability projected on large screens and mobile devices. Rooms will accommodate families and technology seamlessly. For instance, hospital room TVs will be flat screens for entertainment and patient education. But they will also let the care team call up images and data to explain the patient’s health issues to both the family and patient. Mobile devices, like tablets, will be in the hands of providers as well as patients so that they can record their pain, for example, other symptoms, and contact the nursing station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fpatient-room-of-the-future.jpg\" alt=\"Patient Room of the Future - Future of Hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-15762\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fpatient-room-of-the-future.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fpatient-room-of-the-future-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fpatient-room-of-the-future-512x410.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fpatient-room-of-the-future-313x250.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is amazing how different a hospital visit might look like with all these technologies. While robots might help the nurses with monotonous tasks, doctors might provide medical advice from afar through telemedical services and AI aids for the diagnostic process, virtual or augmented reality, might help to get into a completely different world. Through a smartphone and virtual glasses, a Dutch company, VisitU makes live contact possible with a 360-degree camera at the patient’s home, school or special occasions such as a birthday celebration or a football game. Through the use of this technology, hospitalized, young patients and small children can escape the stressful and alien hospital environment, and stop thinking about going home all the time – since they will virtually be there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Why are patients not involved in the design of hospitals? \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>How is it even possible that most of the hospitals were built and designed without having asked what patients need and only with blurry guesses about how they would feel better? Dr. Bergé already showed the direction, we believe that other hospitals should also consider design recommendations from patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>And – most surprisingly – why do medical professionals not have the chance to say anything about the environment where they work often 24\u002F7? \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The most striking discovery regarding hospital design was that medical professionals are often not involved in all the planning phases of their own working space.  Designers should have the chance to walk the halls, shadow individuals as they go about their daily routines, talk to physicians to get a deeper insight into how a hospital works to be able to design a better and more adequate one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Besides, alongside patient feedback, the needs of the medical staff might also be incorporated into the design plans. Recently the design pendulum has swung heavily towards patient care, but we also need to be caring for the caregivers. We should not design an exam room only for the patient. It is a common practice that doctors examine patients from the right-hand side, however more often than not exam rooms do not take that into consideration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-hospital.jpg\" alt=\"Future of Hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-15761\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-hospital.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-hospital-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-hospital-512x285.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-hospital-448x250.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Dr. Bergé mentioned that during the design phase leaders of his medical department should not spare money and effort to build a great social room for the department. It is the space where colleagues could relax after or during a stressful workday, blow off some steam, play some billiard or drink coffee and chat. As Dr. Bergé said – everyone should keep in mind that the most brilliant ideas are usually not born in research meetings, but coffee corners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Statistical research underpins his views. A study within laboratory design found that 80 per cent of scientific breakthroughs occurs outside the laboratory environment, in social settings. That is the reason why the architect Louis Kahn designed blackboards and gathering spaces at the Salk Institute in California, to draw scientists out of the labs and to share their ideas together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>So are we ready to change?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2013, “Intel Health Innovation Barometer” was released by Intel Corporation indicating that patients’ healthcare needs worldwide are principally focused on technology and personalization. Traditional hospitals, according to 57% of people, will be obsolete in the future. Not surprisingly, 84% of people would be willing to share their personal health information to advance care and lower costs; more than 70% are receptive to using toilet sensors, prescription bottle sensors, and swallowed health monitors; 72% would be willing to see a doctor via video conference for non–urgent appointments; and 66% said they would prefer a care regimen designed specifically for them based on their genetic profile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_3.jpg\" alt=\"Future of Hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-15763\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_3.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_3-768x305.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_3-512x204.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals_3-458x182.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It seems that people are ready to incorporate the changes technologies bring into their lives. 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