Peek into the Future of Hospitals: Smart Design, Technologies and Our Homes

A simple, round table with a desktop computer and a projector, where the patient and the doctor have their friendly chat. Whenever an examination is necessary, they cross the “blue line” in the room indicating the “boundaries of the clinic” elegantly. It’s definitely not rocket science, but the patient satisfaction index is soaring. What’s the secret? Radboud University Medical Centre & Cleveland Clinic leading the way into the future of hospitals The scenery takes place at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The head of the department, Prof. Stefaan Bergé redesigned his whole department based on the book, The Guide to the Future of Medicine and designed the rooms based on patients’ suggestions. Dr. Bergé said patients asked for the simplest things: to have more privacy, more information and more new games for kids in the waiting rooms – to kill time more easily. They asked for amiable architecture with a lot of light and friendly colors, and round tables instead of the square one: to put an end to the “confrontation” between the “contending parties” and to have a more balanced patient-doctor relationship. Across the Atlantic, the Cleveland Clinic invested heavily in digital health: the Health Essentials Blog for the patient and provider education, Consult QD for medical professionals and corresponding social media sites or mobile apps. Patients are able to access their ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design architecture future of hospital gc4 hospital design Innovation technology Source Type: blogs