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elevation, we help caregivers reduce existing back injuries or help them avoid it. We can install floor lights that direct a patient and/ or a caregiver to the bathroom – a small design feature that makes a lot of difference at night. The Total Room Solution represents the next stage for patient room design in hospitals. It goes far beyond how a room simply looks, it influence how patients feel and what they experience. It can also improve the productivity of care providers, enabling them to focus on providing the most efficient care. We are now focused on creating interconnectivity with our por tfolio of communication and patient flow solutions, and its intelligent bed and therapy surface products. Delivering the right information to the right people at the right time helps the hospital staff care for patients more safely, efficiently and effectively.
Q. How do you see your room designs differ in the Middle East region, compared to the rest of the world – are there any cultural differences in particular to take in to consideration? A. It really is more dependent on medical considerations, as well as individual preferences of medical- and care facilities. What we have observed is that Eastern or Asian societies, where families are more involved in their members’ long-term care, prefer to look after their loved ones, especially the elderly, rather than entrusting their care to nursing homes.
Q. How do you see the development of healthcare in this region and how will Hill-Rom be a part of that? A. Hospitals in the Arab world will be adding 138,965 more hospital beds by 2050 in a bid to boost healthcare services throughout the region. Increased expenditure on new hospital
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builds by health authorities in the region is a positive sign that shows a determination to address growing demand. In addition to having the ideal patient-to-bed ratio, healthcare decision makers should take into consideration current and future advances in patient suppor t systems this time to fur ther enhance the provision of healthcare services in the GCC, and this is where we will play a significant par t – in the early stages of planning and designing the hospital room – to ensure that it will be an integral par t of achieving the best patient outcomes.
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