RECENT TRENDS IN HOSPITAL PLANNING AND DESIGNING
INTRODUCTION
Hospital building differs from other building types in the complexity of functional relationships that must exist between the various parts of the hospital. Apart from providing right environment for patients and care providers, it should also be sensitive to the needs of visitors.
It is thus imperative to examine the emerging issues, analyse the challenges, appreciate the emerging trends and study the various strategic options available for planning and designing a hospital.
Considering the above facts, Hospaccx team work on the recent trends in hospital planning and designing. This is macroficial study on recent trends in hospital planning and designing, if you want to get into more detail you can contact info@hhbc.in
Planning and Designing of Hospital
STEPS FOR PLANNING AND DESIGNING OF HOSPITAL
RECENT TRENDS IN HOSPITAL PLANNING AND DESIGNING IN THE WORLD
1. IT is becoming increasingly important
Due to government incentives for a fully meaningful EMR system, hospitals need to integrate IT throughout the entire facility. Preparation for this included coordinating an array of data closets, support spaces and infrastructure for the EMR upgrade that would integrate current and future medical planning of campus and hospital buildings.
2. Make Space for Telehealth
Both for patients at home and those in medical facilities, telehealth is an increasingly integral mode of healthcare delivery. Installation of sophisticated patient monitors with robust communications platforms is enabling patients to consult seamlessly with physicians and care team professionals. Increasingly, telehealth is being utilized for specialty services like radiology, psychiatry, and dermatology as a way to obtain a specialist’s opinion without the inconvenience of an additional office or hospital visit.
3. Acute Care Needs Continue to Grow
We will continue to see healthcare services moving from inpatient to outpatient facilities, but hospitals will also see growth in patient-day numbers. In 2050, 80% of older people will be living in low- and middle-income countries. Inpatients will increasingly be the sickest and most acute, requiring longer stays. Maximizing the efficiency of space and movement of medical staff to serve this inpatient population, including with more private rooms and fewer shared rooms, is critical to healthcare facility design.
IMPACT OF REGULATIONS ON HOSPITAL PLANNING AND DESIGNING
- Patient safety is the reason for all of the regulations, codes, standards, etc., and to that end they do serve a good purpose.
- But most of the regulations, codes and standards are very prescriptive, meaning that they tell the designer what to do and in many cases how to do it. This method of prescriptive regulation can limit or eliminate the innovation in healthcare design.
- Additionally, there are so many regulations, rules, codes, and standards that once they are all found, read, understood, and applied, the design can be extremely complicated and costly. The designer needs a research team to vet out all the regulations before starting the project.
CONCLUSION
A hospital is made up of many different departments, having different functions, but all these must be in due proportion, relation to each other and to the environment. The design of appropriate health and health facilities for large populations requires overall understanding of the culture, specific health issues and available health professionals before appropriate facilities can be successfully planned, programmed, designed, built, operated and maintained.
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