Focus: Facility Design

Healthcare design can transform care

Buildings must enable and support a healthcare provider's response to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates for safety, superior quality and lower costs


Healthcare design must enable and support a healthcare provider's response to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates for safety, superior quality and lower costs, according to an article on the Healthcare Construction + Operations website.

 

Aging healthcare facilities need modernization, repurposing, or replacement using a radically different approach to planning, architecture and construction, the article said.

 

Also, design driven by EHR technology that support Lean processes have proven cost-effective. 

 

Specifically, the article said, effective results can be achieved through careful allocation and arrangement of space to sustain care team delivery models. 

 

Read the article.

 

 

 

 



February 10, 2017


Topic Area: Architecture


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