[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":468},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-the-ideal-hospital":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":229,"relatedBooks":371},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":6,"modified_gmt":7,"slug":10,"status":11,"type":12,"link":13,"title":14,"content":16,"excerpt":19,"author":21,"featured_media":22,"comment_status":23,"ping_status":23,"sticky":24,"template":25,"format":26,"meta":27,"categories":28,"tags":34,"project_category":61,"contact_email_category":69,"yst_prominent_words":70,"class_list":82,"better_featured_image":127,"acf":160,"yoast_meta":174,"_links":176},33927,"2025-01-22T13:04:16","2025-01-22T12:04:16",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=33927&_wpnonce=e782e31c74&status=auto-draft&type=post","the-ideal-hospital","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-ideal-hospital",{"rendered":15},"What Would The Ideal Hospital Look Like?",{"rendered":17,"protected":18},"\n\u003Cp>If your imagination could run wild, how would you envision the future of hospitals? Hi-tech big machines, physicians analysing data obtained from patients’ devices, LED screens greeting visitors by their names using facial recognition, virtual patient visits, and robots leading operations… Well, experts have pretty much the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mckinsey.com\u002Findustries\u002Fhealthcare-systems-and-services\u002Four-insights\u002Fhospital-care-in-2030\" target=\"_blank\">same idea\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Recently, we have written a lot about the future of hospitals. We emphasised the importance of good design both \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">inside\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-healthcare-design-outside-the-point-of-care\u002F\">outside\u003C\u002Fa> the point of care. We imagined that these institutions will become “\u003Cem>health centres for patients for preventing diseases, for acute care patients and for patients who need surgical procedures or large radiology machines\u003C\u002Fem>.” \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The following points about the ideal hospital might sound utopistic or even naive; however, each one has already been implemented in a hospital somewhere in the world, proving it’s indeed not some dreamy speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The need for speed\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On The Medical Futurist \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon channel\u003C\u002Fa>, Kimberly Powell, VP of NVIDIA \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fposts\u002Fbuilding-smart-37511442\" target=\"_blank\">talked\u003C\u002Fa> about how NVIDIA could build hospitals in a matter of days. She went on about how NVIDIA envisions these institutions. “\u003Cem>Hospitals will use AI cameras to automatically screen for elevated body temperature, use genomics sequencing to predict how lethal a virus or suspected condition could be for each patient, use AI in medical imaging for detection and predicting clinical outcomes, incorporate AI into everyday cameras and microphones to monitor and interact with patients.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Fnvidia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33941\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>In going a full 360 on hospitals, we decided to give you a full insight into how a hospital in 2030 should (and even could) look like. As you’ll see, it won’t take a leap into science fiction; instead, these are logical and unambiguous steps, leading to better patient experience, lowering healthcare costs and safe data handling. We have already seen some elements of the following in practice, but not all in one institution. Let’s have a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The ideal hospital is…\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. \u003Cstrong>…paperless\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yes, it starts here. Patient data stored on paper is as old as medicine itself. Now is the time to get rid of paper entirely. There is no place for paper and handwriting in a well-functioning hospital. (Yes, this is also the end of illegible doctors’ notes.) Eliminating paper-based records is a huge undertaking – but achievable. For example, Bedfordshire Hospital NHS Trust has been successfully working with Xerox on reaching this goal. The hospital uses an electronic document management system for handling patient records, digitising paper records, thereby also adding to patient data security. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>There was an area within the paediatric service with benching on the side,\u003C\u002Fem>” Josh Chandler, associate director of IT for the Trust explained in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.itpro.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-strategy\u002Fdigital-transformation\u002F358958\u002Fhow-nhs-bedfordshire-is-building-a-paperless\" target=\"_blank\">this article\u003C\u002Fa>. “\u003Cem>It was always completely taken up with patient notes that had been tracked in for that day’s clinics. That’s now all completely empty because it’s all accessible through a computer\u003C\u002Fem>.” The next steps will be data intake and safe remote data management. That is still to come, for this particular hospital, but they set a good example for others. To see how to ensure a smooth transition, check out these \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmv.com.br\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002F5-steps-to-a-paperless-hospital\" target=\"_blank\">five steps\u003C\u002Fa> to a paperless hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. \u003Cstrong>…connected to the homes of patients\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>An ideal hospital aims for patients to spend as little time as possible within its walls. The place of treatment should be the patient’s home; just as well as the place of diagnostics and the place of rehabilitation. What is needed to achieve this is first and foremost good connection. Staff and data should be connected with the hospital and the patients’ homes. If a hospital has 5G with wi-fi in the wards, the data will run faster than people. This will allow faster decision-making and future-readiness. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One of the world’s first 5G-enabled hospitals was the Veterans Affairs Department’s healthcare facility in Palo Alto, California. At the launch of the concept, the hospital \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nextgov.com\u002Femerging-tech\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Fveterans-affairs-launches-its-first-5g-enabled-hospital\u002F162949\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">stated\u003C\u002Fa> “\u003Cem>VA providers are presently tapping into virtual reality to treat patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and piloting exoskeleton devices to help vets with spinal cord injuries regain their mobility—both of which could possibly be enhanced through the budding technology.’\u003C\u002Fem> The team primarily used the capacities and the connectivity in medical education. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, with the pandemic, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nextgov.com\u002Femerging-tech\u002F2020\u002F08\u002Fsix-months-vas-5g-enabled-hospital-project\u002F167593\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the team also\u003C\u002Fa> “\u003Cem>recognised that the system also offered an opportunity to bring people who are meant to be social distancing together in a virtual environment and enable them to collectively interact.\u003C\u002Fem>”\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=\"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>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. …designed, not built for a purpose\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Through its \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.architectmagazine.com\u002Fproject-gallery\u002Fpatient-room-2020-3166#:~:text=Patient%20Room%202020%20is%20a,patients%2C%20families%2C%20and%20caregivers.&text=The%20prototype%20hospital%20room%20is,Studio%20in%20New%20York%20City.\" target=\"_blank\">Patient Room 2020\u003C\u002Fa> project, non-profit design organisation NXT Health aimed to design the future of hospital rooms. It’s a high-achieving, inspiring project built with designers along with healthcare professionals with \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealthmanagement.org\u002Fc\u002Fhospital\u002Fissuearticle\u002Fthe-patient-room-2020-next-generation-in-patient-care\" target=\"_blank\">the aim\u003C\u002Fa> to “\u003Cem>both improve patient experience and optimise caregiver performance\u003C\u002Fem>.” It features a streamlined, patient-centered design, deployable bedside work area with embedded technology as well as various safety features. Unfortunately, the project has not (yet) been deployed anywhere, proving that even the best ideas can get stuck at viability. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But indeed, the design of a hospital building should not facilitate the meeting of patients and doctors; it should be planned so that patients and doctors can meet there\u003Cem> in the best conditions.\u003C\u002Fem> We \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care\" target=\"_blank\">recently wrote\u003C\u002Fa> about the specific hospital design both in- and outside the point of care in our articles. There we explained with our experts how interior spaces and patient rooms should be built; and pointed out four key elements for future (re)designs of medical institutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. …would use patient design\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We wrote about it over and over again: the ideal hospital is designed by patients. This is exactly what Professor Stefaan Bergé did. He \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fpeek-into-the-future-of-hospitals\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">redesigned\u003C\u002Fa> his whole department based on the book, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Famzn.to\u002F1w0O3sx\" target=\"_blank\">The Guide to the Future of Medicine\u003C\u002Fa>, covering patients’ suggestions. It turned out that patients wanted the simplest things like more privacy and more information. But as hospital design \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bdcnetwork.com\u002Fblog\u002Fhealthcare-architect-turned-patient-what-i-learned-when-admitted-facility-i-helped-design\" target=\"_blank\">directly affects\u003C\u002Fa> how patients receive care and, ultimately, how they heal, the design of these institutions should also change. The spaces should help the best possible patient experience, should be compassionate, and should even decrease the stress of incoming patients. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Who else would know better how to create a human-centered hospital room than the patients themselves? We described this in detail in a scientific \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jmir.org\u002F2022\u002F8\u002Fe39178\">paper\u003C\u002Fa>.\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=\"Why is Patient Design Essential in Healthcare? \u002F Episode 6 - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FhjPcpVaJ9xU?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\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. \u003Cstrong>…would have special places for telemedicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>COVID-19 has changed how we look at healing altogether. It helped us realise how many tasks could be conducted from afar, often with much greater efficiency. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\" target=\"_blank\">Telemedicine\u003C\u002Fa> came and conquered, and will stay with us even with the pandemic gone. The fact that patients don’t actually need to get to the hospital\u002Fclinic, and doctors don’t necessarily need to meet them in person decreases stress and time wasted – but the effectiveness of the consultation remains, at least in most cases. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Remote patient monitoring works well for example at UCLA Health in their post-surgical remote monitoring program. Their \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uclahealth.org\u002Ftelehealth\u002Fremote-patient-monitoring\" target=\"_blank\">Cardiac Telehealth Program\u003C\u002Fa> is for patients who undergo heart surgery. Therein patients receive a cardiac telehealth kit upon leaving the hospital. This telehealth technology can send important health data over the internet to UCLA nursing staff, but patients can also contact their doctors using the tablet provided in the kit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hospital design needs to follow this transformation; and even provide doctors with dedicated teleconsultation spaces with appropriate \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cssspnql.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fdefault-source\u002Fcentre-de-documentation\u002Fdoc_telesante_salle_eng_web.pdf?sfvrsn=2\" target=\"_blank\">design\u003C\u002Fa>, devices, connection, lamps, and an acceptable hospital background for the video. Pretty much like a miniature studio within the hospital. It’s important to have proper patient rooms in the hospital; it should be just as important to have the right venue for remote care because that is the new norm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>6. …has places for healthcare personnel to relax\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The well-being of healthcare personnel also got exposed during the pandemic – and hospitals, in general, were falling short. Well-maintained and equipped common rooms and resting spaces should be provided for frontline personnel even outside a pandemic. The pressure for these people both physically and mentally is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-medical-workers-deal-with-ptsd-after-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">so h\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-medical-workers-deal-with-ptsd-after-covid-19\u002F\">igh\u003C\u002Fa> that hospitals need to create the opportunity for them to recharge. The ideal hospital should be a wellness centre for patients AND health personnel alike. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A good example here is the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Here David Putrino, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Abilities Research Center and Director of Rehabilitation Innovation at the Mount Sinai Health System, has “converted his lab into recharge rooms for front-line healthcare workers.” Along with his team, he created “\u003Cem>multi-sensory experiences that can reduce stress in just 15 minutes\u003C\u002Fem>” – he explained in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mountsinai.org\u002Fabout\u002Fnewsroom\u002Fpodcasts\u002Froad-resilience\u002Frecharge-room\" target=\"_blank\">this podcast\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Fptsd.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33943\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fmiss_pilling\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>7. …should resolve the issue of alarm fatigue\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even today’s institutions are packed with technology, and the hospital of the future will be even more so. All these devices have their own alarm systems. Caregivers can therefore become desensitised to alarm signs from the myriad of devices emitting a cacophony of beeps all day in the clinical setting. There are as many as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC4206416\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">187 alarms per bed per day\u003C\u002Fa>. 72% to 99% of these are \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnurse.org\u002Farticles\u002Falarm-fatigue-statistics-patient-safety\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">false alarms\u003C\u002Fa>, it’s understandable that alarm fatigue came to exist. Healthcare practitioners are easily at risk of disregarding important alerts, which might even be fatal. A.I. could be a solution to this issue: researchers have developed an A.I. solution to help caregivers cope with auditory overload.\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\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-768x432.png\" alt=\"alarm fatigue\" class=\"wp-image-26271\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Describing \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC402202\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">The Ideal Hospital of the Future\u003C\u002Fa> in 1932, authors argue that there is no need for radical change in hospital operations. Perhaps it wasn’t needed then, but it certainly is today. With the increasing use of digitisation, AI, other technologies, as well as the flourishing development of patient empowerment, the demands towards our hospitals are changing rapidly and radically. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":20,"protected":18},"\u003Cp>The following points about the ideal hospital might sound utopistic or even naive; however, each one has already been implemented in a hospital somewhere in the world, proving it’s indeed not some dreamy speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,33933,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":18,"footnotes":25},[29,30,31,32,33],6261,504,521,499,800,[35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60],609,6947,697,6949,1221,6951,1385,821,6953,1434,862,6955,200,6957,275,6295,6959,6397,6963,6941,6965,6943,6967,543,6945,6969,[62,63,64,65,66,67,68],947,948,949,950,951,952,953,[],[71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81],2139,2605,2607,2609,2611,1631,1683,1693,1721,1803,1883,[83,12,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126],"post-33927","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forecast","category-artificial-intelligence","category-future-medicine","category-healthcare-design","category-healthcare-policy","tag-healthcare-design","tag-josh-chandler","tag-hospital-design","tag-bedfordhire-hospital","tag-ehr","tag-xerox","tag-patients","tag-a-i","tag-veteran-affairs","tag-health-records","tag-nvidia","tag-stefaan-berge","tag-design","tag-nijmegen","tag-healthcare","tag-alarm-fatigue","tag-the-guide-to-the-future-of-medicine","tag-epatients","tag-ucla-health","tag-patreon","tag-david-putrino","tag-kimberly-powell","tag-mount-sinai","tag-future-of-hospital","tag-paperless","tag-digitization","project_category-company","project_category-developers","project_category-educators","project_category-medical-professionals","project_category-patients","project_category-policy-makers","project_category-researchers",{"id":22,"alt_text":25,"caption":25,"description":128,"media_type":129,"media_details":130,"post":158,"source_url":159},"If your imagination could run wild, how would you envisage the future of hospitals? These are our suggestions.","image",{"width":131,"height":132,"file":133,"sizes":134,"image_meta":156},1920,1080,"2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01.png",{"medium":135,"large":141,"thumbnail":146,"medium_large":150,"1536x1536":151},{"file":136,"width":137,"height":138,"mime-type":139,"source_url":140},"tmf_article_259-01-370x208.png","370","208","image\u002Fpng","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-370x208.png",{"file":142,"width":143,"height":144,"mime-type":139,"source_url":145},"tmf_article_259-01-768x432.png","768","432","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-768x432.png",{"file":147,"width":148,"height":148,"mime-type":139,"source_url":149},"tmf_article_259-01-150x150.png","150","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-150x150.png",{"file":142,"width":143,"height":144,"mime-type":139,"source_url":145},{"file":152,"width":153,"height":154,"mime-type":139,"source_url":155},"tmf_article_259-01-1536x864.png","1536","864","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":157,"credit":25,"camera":25,"caption":25,"created_timestamp":157,"copyright":25,"focal_length":157,"iso":157,"shutter_speed":157,"title":25,"orientation":157},"0",13003,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01.png",{"subtitle":25,"cta_type":161,"cta_color":25,"related_posts_footer":162,"related_posts":18,"related_books":166,"key_takeaways":169},"subscribe",[163,164,165],26153,30683,33421,[167,168],24764,24759,[170,172],{"title":171},"\u003Cp>We summarized the major features of an ideal hospital in the age of digital health and AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":173},"\u003Cp>Some of these ideas have already been implemented in practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":175,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":128,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":13},"What Would The Ideal Hospital Look Like? - The Medical Futurist",{"self":177,"collection":183,"about":186,"author":189,"replies":192,"version-history":195,"predecessor-version":199,"wp:featuredmedia":203,"wp:attachment":206,"wp:term":209,"curies":225},[178],{"href":179,"targetHints":180},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F33927",{"allow":181},[182],"GET",[184],{"href":185},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[187],{"href":188},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[190],{"embeddable":24,"href":191},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[193],{"embeddable":24,"href":194},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=33927",[196],{"count":197,"href":198},27,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F33927\u002Frevisions",[200],{"id":201,"href":202},58399,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F33927\u002Frevisions\u002F58399",[204],{"embeddable":24,"href":205},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F33933",[207],{"href":208},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=33927",[210,213,216,219,222],{"taxonomy":211,"embeddable":24,"href":212},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=33927",{"taxonomy":214,"embeddable":24,"href":215},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=33927",{"taxonomy":217,"embeddable":24,"href":218},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=33927",{"taxonomy":220,"embeddable":24,"href":221},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=33927",{"taxonomy":223,"embeddable":24,"href":224},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=33927",[226],{"name":227,"href":228,"templated":24},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[230],{"id":165,"date":231,"date_gmt":232,"guid":233,"modified":235,"modified_gmt":236,"slug":237,"status":11,"type":12,"link":238,"title":239,"content":241,"excerpt":243,"author":245,"featured_media":246,"comment_status":23,"ping_status":23,"sticky":24,"template":25,"format":26,"meta":247,"categories":248,"tags":252,"project_category":268,"contact_email_category":269,"yst_prominent_words":270,"class_list":276,"better_featured_image":296,"acf":317,"yoast_meta":325,"_links":328},"2021-03-16T17:00:00","2021-03-16T16:00:00",{"rendered":234},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=33421&_wpnonce=ee67b932e0&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-03-18T10:42:27","2021-03-18T09:42:27","the-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care",{"rendered":240},"The Future Of Hospital Design – Inside The Point Of Care",{"rendered":242,"protected":18},"\n\u003Cp>Interminable waiting lines; long, boring corridors; piles of paperwork; these are processes and scenes we’re used to when turning to healthcare institutions. But they attest to the relics of a workflow from the 20th century; while 21st-century technology can radically improve the system from the inside out. Quite literally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Indeed, in designing the future of hospitals, much will be offloaded to the outside of these institutions by leveraging digital health technologies. Patients could monitor their vitals wherever they are thanks to wearables and share the data to their physicians remotely. But that does not make hospitals obsolete altogether. Rather, they will become health centres for patients for preventing diseases, for acute care patients and for patients who need surgical procedures or large radiology machines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While these are long term goals, several adjustments can be undertaken in the short term to build up to the ideal design of future hospitals. These could help better incorporate digital health tools to fight the pandemic, which could help those institutions become more resilient against future health crises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>First, let’s see how the point of care can be redesigned from the inside. Read the second part of this article, the future of the hospitals – \u003Cem>outside\u003C\u002Fem> the point of care \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-healthcare-design-outside-the-point-of-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Accommodate digital health technologies\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The pandemic accelerated the trend to adopt digital health technologies, many of which \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-tech-here-to-stay-after-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">are here to stay\u003C\u002Fa>. Healthcare facilities should be ready for such events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, robots also have \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F8-exciting-medical-robot-facts\" target=\"_blank\">a myriad of uses in healthcare\u003C\u002Fa> from making in-house deliveries to disinfecting surfaces; with the added bonus of not risking cross-infection or succumbing to burnout. Hospitals can be designed with these robotic assistants in mind to help them better navigate the building such as with wider corridors and automatic doors to access rooms easier.\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\u002F2021\u002F01\u002F054-telemedicine-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31927\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002F054-telemedicine-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002F054-telemedicine-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002F054-telemedicine-1.png 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While disinfectant robots clean surfaces off microorganisms, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-surfaces-in-healthcare-and-beyond\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">surfaces themselves might look totally different\u003C\u002Fa> in hospitals of the future. A doctor’s desk could turn into their computer with a rollable screen or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Faugmented-reality-in-healthcare-will-be-revolutionary\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">augmented reality technology\u003C\u002Fa> to plan for a procedure while decluttering their workspace. The \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.anatomage.com\u002Ftable\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Anatomage Table\u003C\u002Fa> already offers a virtual dissection surface on a desk-sized screen; and designers could factor in such options when visualising new hospitals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Another promising technology to accommodate is telemedicine. It saw \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">a surge in adoption\u003C\u002Fa> to continue providing care to patients remotely during the pandemic. Already, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2021-02-23\u002Fhow-the-pandemic-is-transforming-hospital-design\" target=\"_blank\">a McKinsey report estimates\u003C\u002Fa> that 25% of outpatient services could be conducted this way in the future. In the U.S., 911 emergency calls that do not require prompt medical assistance \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2021-02-23\u002Fhow-the-pandemic-is-transforming-hospital-design\" target=\"_blank\">can be relayed to\u003C\u002Fa> telemedical consultations. This practice benefits overburdened hospitals by drastically reducing unnecessary visits and making queues a thing of the past; while also enhancing the patient experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To further support telemedicine consultations, hospitals “\u003Cem>require dedicated spaces for virtual consultations. These will include user-friendly sound and lighting control, with dual screens to simultaneously converse with the patient and access to their medical records\u003C\u002Fem>” – Dr. Diana Anderson, the ‘\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dochitect.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Dochitect\u003C\u002Fa>‘ said in an interview with The Medical Futurist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Flexible design\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In our conversation with Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, and Principal of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jacobs.com\u002Fdelivery\u002Farchitecture\" target=\"_blank\">Jacobs\u003C\u002Fa>, together with Cath Lewin RN, BN, senior health planner at Jacobs for our \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\u002Fposts\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon site\u003C\u002Fa>, they explained that “\u003Cem>one of the main innovations to perpetuate is designing flexible space that allows for conversion to ‘pandemic mode’. There are great opportunities for us to really rethink patient flows on the site, at the front door, and within treatment facilities\u003C\u002Fem>.” Dr Anderson added that “\u003Cem>there are great opportunities for us to really rethink patient flows on the site, at the front door, and within treatment facilities\u003C\u002Fem>.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Asking about the implementation of such flexible designs, Diana Anderson and Cath Lewin have several ideas. For instance, “\u003Cem>open areas like at-grade car parks and external entry foyers can double as external triage areas when accommodating increased patient capacity and implementing physical distancing strategies. Dual hospital entry points and waiting rooms can separate infectious and non-infectious patients in both pandemic and non-pandemic mode.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F03\u002Fhospital-designed-for-mass-casualty-events-768x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33423\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F03\u002Fhospital-designed-for-mass-casualty-events-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F03\u002Fhospital-designed-for-mass-casualty-events-1536x1160.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F03\u002Fhospital-designed-for-mass-casualty-events-2048x1546.jpg 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F03\u002Fhospital-designed-for-mass-casualty-events.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002F\u003Cbr>The Rush University Medical Center in Chicago which was designed to handle mass casualty events.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One existing model that was designed to handle such crises is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2021-02-23\u002Fhow-the-pandemic-is-transforming-hospital-design\" target=\"_blank\">the emergency department\u003C\u002Fa> of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, which opened in 2012. Ventilation in patient rooms is isolated thanks to glass doors. These also enable medical staff to observe patients while reducing the risk of cross-contamination. Moreover, the building’s lobby itself \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rushu.rush.edu\u002Fnews\u002F%E2%80%98-what-rush-was-built-%E2%80%99\" target=\"_blank\">can accommodate extra beds\u003C\u002Fa> as it is already equipped with electrical and medical gas outlets. Virtually any room of hospitals could incorporate such flexible spaces; whether it’s a conference room or offices to support the extra load of patients when needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Enhancing the workplace of caregivers\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While the design of future hospitals will enhance the patient experience, it should also create an improved workplace for caregivers. Enabling hospitals to accommodate more patients in emergency situations can lift the psychological toll off the staff who might be forced to prioritise whom to allocate resources to, as it happened \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fchoosing-between-life-and-death-during-covid-19-the-a-i-trolley-problem\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">during the COVID-19 pandemic\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, before the pandemic, healthcare workers were already afflicted by another epidemic: \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fartificial-intelligence-could-solve-alarm-fatigue-in-hospitals\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">alarm fatigue\u003C\u002Fa>. It refers to the point when caregivers become desensitised to alarm signs and can miss those that actually need medical attention. Caregivers can experience as many as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC4206416\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">187 alarms per bed per day\u003C\u002Fa>; but \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnurse.org\u002Farticles\u002Falarm-fatigue-statistics-patient-safety\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">up to 99% alarms\u003C\u002Fa> from patient beds can be false ones. But an artificial intelligence-based solution \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fartificial-intelligence-could-solve-alarm-fatigue-in-hospitals\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">can help reduce such notifications\u003C\u002Fa> received by the caregivers by up to 99.3%; enabling them to only hear those which require medical assistance. The design of new hospitals could integrate such solutions.\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\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-768x432.png\" alt=\"alarm fatigue\" class=\"wp-image-26271\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Dr. Anderson and Cath Lewis also think that algorithms have a place in these institutions. “\u003Cem>Ongoing data collection would be an invaluable source of information for designers to prove (or disprove) design principles and their intended outcomes,\u003C\u002Fem>” they told The Medical Futurist. “\u003Cem>Consider the ability to track staff travel distances via GPS to understand inefficiencies in them, which could then plug into a parametric algorithm to inform more optimised departmental flows.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Integrating patient design\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One crucial element for properly designing future hospitals will be patient design, which involves patients’ input in designing these facilities. As the recipient of healthcare services, they are better placed to identify which areas need improvements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Take, for example, the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands. They \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fpeek-into-the-future-of-hospitals\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">redesigned the whole department’s rooms\u003C\u002Fa> based on patients’ suggestions. This involved simple yet important changes that enabled a more balanced patient-doctor relationship and friendly atmosphere. They prioritised round tables over square ones for more friendly conversations and also suggested brightly lit rooms with friendly colors. Dr. Anderson also hopes to see “\u003Cem>more end-user input”\u003C\u002Fem> in healthcare design practices as they incorporate a more interdisciplinary approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPatient-Doctor-Partnership-768x360.png\" alt=\"empowered patient\" class=\"wp-image-23467\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPatient-Doctor-Partnership-768x360.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPatient-Doctor-Partnership-1536x721.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPatient-Doctor-Partnership-512x240.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPatient-Doctor-Partnership.png 1547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>But patients will have an even bigger role in the future of hospital designs as digital health tools turn them into the point of care. This aspect is what we are looking at in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-healthcare-design-outside-the-point-of-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second part\u003C\u002Fa> of this series.\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?hl=en&cc_lang_pref=en&cc=1\" 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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