CallisonRTKL has created Medical Motherboard, a mobile hospital that travels to crises to provide disaster care. This new innovation is modular, scalable and can be customized to meet a variety of needs in any situation. Medical Motherboard draws inspiration from artificial intelligence and advanced automotive technology. Read More …
Emerging Global Trends
While funding, utilization rates and strategies for growth vary across the heath industry, a growing cohort of healthcare clients in the Middle East, Asia and India are benchmarking with leading healthcare institutions in North America, Western Europe and Australia. Clients with facilities in these areas historically had a narrow focus to address “the big three” of shortages: beds, skilled clinical staff and medical technologies.
Three Trends Shaping Healthcare Facility Design in Germany
It’s no secret: The healthcare industry is undergoing rapid and transformational change. Whether it’s policy changes, new models of care or technology advances, the only constant is change and it’s happening all around the world. While change is inevitable, it’s important to remember that organizations, communities and countries must design for their unique end-users, resulting in vast design differences across the globe. Read More …
Virtual Design & Construction: Transforming the operation of healthcare facilities
Innovations in technology have advanced the way design and construction teams collaborate to develop new healthcare facilities. Virtual design and construction, the use of multi-disciplinary digital models of a facility and its processes to inform design and construction decisions, is a strategic process that affords numerous benefits. By advancing collaboration between building owners, designers and contractors, and integrating design and construction data within a shared virtual model, VDC enables schedule compression, cost savings and better alignment between design intent, completed construction and facility operations. Read More …
Taking Shape: Trends, new care models, research set pace for facilities of tomorrow
It’s no secret that the healthcare industry has seen major shifts over the last few years. Government regulations, technological advancements and new models for care have all played a role in transforming approaches and expectations when it comes to healthcare in the U.S. This new mindset is causing ripple effects across the entire healthcare ecosystem with healthcare facilities often at the frontlines, facing the challenge of incorporating these upgrades and updates before anyone else. Read More …
Envisioning the Future: Technology, spaces pave way for constant connectivity of tomorrow’s healthcare environment
Ten years ago, no one had heard of an iPad or iPhone. Now, 94 million iPhones are in use in the U.S. It was also just 10 years ago that the first true hybrid operating room (fixed imaging in a surgical environment) was installed in the U.S. Now almost all community hospitals, teaching facilities and cardiac hospitals are planning a hybrid OR in surgical suite projects. Read More …
Lessons from Clinic 20XX: How to design for an ever-changing present
Healthcare is at a crossroads, shifting significantly from inpatient to outpatient care. Given this change, how do we design outpatient facilities, not for a faceless future, but for a dynamic present? Researchers recently set out to find answers to better prepare for the healthcare industry of tomorrow. The result is a report by the Center for Advanced Design Research and Evaluation, Clinic 20XX, Designing for an Ever-Changing Present, which delves into the drivers of change, the trends in response and principles for clinical design. The findings of this report are summarized here, along with some additional case studies and insights on how principles outlined in this report have been implemented in practice. Read More …