Sixty-three percent of respondents to the 2016 Hospital Construction Survey say they include patients in the new-facility design process, sometimes with live mock-ups, according to an article on the Health Facilities Management website.
When Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas created mock-ups before finalizing parts of its 2.8 million-square-foot campus, some were as simple as cardboard facsimiles while others were built as fully detailed replicas.
Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital created full-scale departmental mock-ups of its emergency department, ambulatory surgery department and neonatal intensive care unit.
The health technology incubator MATTER created a 425-square-foot mock doctor's office where vendors and doctors can try out new equipment and technology in a lifelike setting.
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