SMART HOSPITALS
The prescription for smart hospital success
Deteriorating infrastructure, an ageing and growing patient population, and budgetary constraints, have resulted in hospitals facing significant operational challenges. Digitalisation offers healthcare facilities an unprecedented opportunity to do more with less, as Steve Jamieson, Healthcare Sector lead at Siemens Smart Infrastructure, explains.
Across the whole of the built environment, hospitals are arguably the facilities that host the most complex array of functions. The sheer variety of different interactions between employees and patients – and the range of equipment and environmental factors that are needed to facilitate those interactions – means that they can be more challenging to manage than any other kind of building. In theory, this means that hospitals stand to make the greatest gains from the advent of digitalisation. Automated data analysis and the integration of smart technology bring huge potential to deal with both the big-picture operational challenges and the minute-by- minute interactions that are crucial to efficiently delivering excellent patient care. By utilising operational data and developing actionable solutions, digitalisation can deliver efficiencies across the full breadth of processes required for a hospital to run. Patient expectations are increasing, and more look towards the private healthcare providers, where digitalisation is more mature than in the public sector,
offering ‘digital front doors’ for a seamless check-in, single person rooms, and the ability for patients to determine their own environment for lighting, temperature, and entertainment. Information about the facility is also readily on hand. Staff productivity can also be boosted by streamlining workflows and asset management, cutting the administrative burden on employees, and reducing time wasted by searching for equipment, rooms, or people. Meanwhile, Facilities managers can take better care of their assets by implementing data-based security protocols that prevent access by unauthorised individuals, minimise fire and environmental hazards, and help secure medical equipment and critical supplies against
Siemens Smart Infrastructure says Ankara City Hospital in Turkey ‘offers a powerful demonstration of the transformative power of digitalisation in healthcare’.
October 2024 Health Estate Journal 91
With a floor area of 1.3 million m2
, and nearly
4,000 patient beds, those behind Ankara City Hospital in Turkey ‘embarked on a journey to build one of the world’s most modern smart hospitals’.
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