Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Planning for tomorrow’s medical enterprise

BY BILL WOODSON, CATHERINE MAJI, AND DOROTHY SCOTT

Planning facilities for tomorrow’s healthcare is challenging. Newly built facilities are expected to last for decades, but care delivery is changing so rapidly and new facilities are expected to fix so many operational issues, that by the time new facilities are occupied they are often outdated. Rising construction costs mean design flaws are expensive to remedy. How can hospital executives, architects, and planners avoid costly mistakes and build flexible, cost-effective medical facilities?
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