{"id":7884,"date":"2020-12-26T04:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T04:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/?p=7884"},"modified":"2021-03-26T21:53:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T21:53:28","slug":"acuity-adaptability-certain-settings-benefit-more-than-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imegcorp.com\/insights\/blog\/acuity-adaptability-certain-settings-benefit-more-than-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Acuity Adaptability: Certain settings benefit more than others"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fifth in a series of excerpts from the free executive guide,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u201c<\/span><\/i>Acuity Adaptability: Innovative Planning and Design for Responsive Healthcare Delivery.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n By Mike Zorich and Corey Gaarde<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Certain\u00a0<\/span>healthcare\u00a0<\/span>specialties and settings have been theorized or observed to\u00a0<\/span>benefit more from acuity adaptability<\/span><\/a>\u00a0than others<\/span>, including cardiovascular, neurosurgical, and orthopedic service lines, as well as women\u2019s services and oncology.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n C<\/span>ardiology<\/span>, however,<\/span>\u00a0is the specialty observed to benefit most significantly. Cardiac care is protocol-driven, with comparably predictable patient progress and a predictable number of patients within a population requiring intensive care for cardiac conditions. Recipients of cardiac surgery also have particularly predictable care pathways.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Other\u00a0<\/span>healthcare situations<\/span>\u00a0that could benefit from acuity adaptability include:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While many hospitals can benefit from acuity adaptable spaces, t<\/span>ransitioning areas such as th<\/span>o<\/span>se\u00a0<\/span>noted above\u00a0<\/span>would come at a lower cost of renovation.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In our next blog, we look at why acuity adaptability is important now.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Previous:\u00a0<\/span>Acuity Adaptability: Drawbacks and challenges<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Next:\u00a0<\/span>Acuity Adaptability: What makes acuity adaptability important now<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For an unabridged version of this content, download the executive guide,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u201cAcuity Adaptability: Innovative Planning and Design for Responsive Healthcare Delivery.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>A recorded webinar<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0on the topic is also available.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Current trends in healthcare include innovative healthcare delivery models that address patient acuity, such as the acuity adaptability design concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,60,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-design-tips","category-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n