Insights & Solutions

As part of the technology toolbox, in this issue brief you will learn about why systems approach is needed to successfully integrate technology into the built environment, implications of the socio-technical system framework on planning and design around medical technology, and the impact of current and future technology on the continuum of care. 

This tool provides healthcare designers and professionals with technology principles/goals and how environmental, operational, and people measures can be implemented to achieve said goal.

Learn about: why a systems approach is needed to successfully integrate technology into the built environment, implications of the socio-technical system framework on planning and design around medical technology, and the impact of current and future technology on the continuum of care. 

This list of resources is made of up of articles, books, policies, organizations, and more, related to technology. Use this list to learn more about this topic.

Learn about: Geisinger Health System’s efforts to create a new Hybrid Operating Room that flexes to accommodate different surgical setups and storage needs, how vendors working closely together around common goals can improve efficiency and maximize results, and the need to maintain flexibility in the built environment to allow designs to meet changing circumstances and incorporate improved technologies. 

The following are compiled from research literature, case studies, interviews, and other materials to provide an overview on the topic of technology. 

This list of resources is made of up of articles, books, policies, organizations, and more, related to patient-centered medical homes.  Use this list to learn more about this topic.

This tool provides healthcare designers and professionals with patient-centered medical home principles/goals and how environmental, operational, and people measures can be implemented to achieve said goal.

The following are compiled from research literature, case studies, interviews, and other materials to provide an overview on the topic of patient-centered medical homes.  

A key effort in healthcare reform, the rapidly growing and evolving patient-centered medical home model of care calls for design innovations to support its successful implementation.