Glad I didn’t miss out on this!
Planning, Designing & Developing Sustainable Healthcare Facilities in Asia.
I was privileged to attend Asia Healthcare Week 2024 and be amongst healthcare leaders to understand their challenges.
As the event featured speakers in both the public and private sector from across the region, it truly delivered thought provoking insights which help me to understand the market we operate in.
Everything in the Palm of Your Hand!
Without a doubt the game changer for organisations large and small has been the transformative nature of the mobile phone in shaping patient engagement. This has created an abundance of easy to digest data highlighting inefficiencies in the system. The mobile phone has created a feedback culture which drives quality scores ever higher. The mobile phone has also released a host of apps that improve visibility and allow patients to plan and pay for their treatment. This eliminates the need to hang around a registration or payment counter, the waiting room or indeed the pharmacy as medications can be delivered directly to your door.
With mobile technologies becoming ubiquitous, the technology focus will continue to move upstream. We already see this in the move to leverage on technology to deliver community based healthcare. We see this in the development of robotics and other high-cost models that are only justified through the advancement of patient care; i.e. there is no plausible financial gain that gives the green light to the investment.
So what of the Buildings?
Our interest in all this resides in the fabric of buildings;
How shall we design buildings and spaces for the future?
What technologies are we planning for?
How are these buildings to be used to deliver future models of care?
Riding across the landscape are the questions of affordability, ecology and sustainability. Big challenges remain such as reducing inefficiencies and cost. Then there’s the part we enjoy the most; creating better, inspirational places to work and to heal.
I’m already looking forward to the 2025 edition of Asia Healthcare Week!
Are you?
Nicholas Merrow-Smith is a certified healthcare facilities planner and accredited interior designer. Merrowsmith Design Partnership Pte Ltd provides a planning and design service to healthcare providers throughout the Asia Pacific region.
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Day 2 of AHW kicks off with our main conference Health Facilities Asia on the way! Today we will be covering topics on Smart Projects and Community Health in the main conference!
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