What will the hospital of the future look like?
The Joint Research Platform Healthcare Infrastructures has been set up to answer this question, a platform of excellence for innovation led by Politecnico di Milano – Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (Design & Health Lab) and Fondazione Politecnico di Milano. It is aimed at companies and institutions in the healthcare sector for the development and testing of innovative research and infrastructure projects.
Mario Cucinella Architects, Philips, Politecnica Ingegneria e Architettura, Eredi Rossini Domenico, Siemens SpA, and Tecnicaer Engineering are the companies that have joined the platform and will work in synergy with the Politecnico, in particular to develop a sustainable model of “user-centred” healthcare, capable of going beyond the exclusively hospital-centric perspective.
User-centred hospitals have been shown to improve patient and healthcare operator satisfaction, increase productivity, lower management costs, help reduce the risk of falls by 30%, care-related infections by 35%, staff turnover due to burnout by 30%, adverse events by 15%, and average length of stay by 10%.
The new Hospital 4.0 will be designed by developing, validating and testing design models for the different functional areas of the hospital (Surgery and Critical Patient, Diagnostics, Emergency, Outpatients, Inpatients, General, Logistic and Technical Services) or strategic characteristics (flexibility, resilience to maxi emergencies, sustainability).
The ambition of the JRP Healthcare Infrastructures is to define the new paradigms for the Hospital of the Future. It ‘s the first example in Italy for which the world of research, business and institutions activate a joint working table that aims to address the social, epidemiological and technological challenges related to innovative and sustainable healthcare infrastructures. The JRP is a new multidisciplinary initiative by Politecnico di Milano that will generate multiple frontier actions with important spin-offs for the world of healthcare.
Stefano Capolongo, Professor of Hospital Design at Politecnico di Milano and Scientific Coordinator for this initiative.
The JRP is a new multidisciplinary initiative by Politecnico di Milano that will generate multiple frontier actions with important spin-offs for the world of healthcare
On a national level, current guidelines all focus on investing in healthcare by creating people-centred systems. With JRP Healthcare Infrasctractures we promote a new vision of Hospital 4.0 and best practices in healthcare. As a foundation, we know that, in order to create valuable services for citizens, it is essential to understand the needs of society through dialogue with all stakeholders and to connect the industry sector with that of academia and the institutions. With this project we bring together major players in the healthcare sector, academia and the institutions in order to share the direction of development in healthcare infrastructures
Andrea Sianesi, President of Fondazione Politecnico di Milano.
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