{"id":7887,"date":"2020-12-26T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/?p=7887"},"modified":"2021-03-26T21:52:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T21:52:32","slug":"acuity-adaptability-larger-rooms-staff-culture-shift-among-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imegcorp.com\/insights\/blog\/acuity-adaptability-larger-rooms-staff-culture-shift-among-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Acuity Adaptability: Larger rooms, staff culture shift among challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fourth 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 A<\/span>cuity adaptab<\/span>le<\/span>\u00a0healthcare design \u2013 keeping a patient in the same room from admission to discharge \u2013 has many benefits<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>but it<\/span>\u00a0is not a perfect solution, nor is it a universal cure-all. Hospitals often face challenges in implementing acuity-adaptable design concepts. Some facilities or specialties are better able to absorb these drawbacks or overcome these challenges than others.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The problems may become more pronounced in larger facilities, where the introduction of acuity-adaptable design may reduce the number of beds and increase the time doctors and nurses spend walking from one wing of the acuity-adaptable unit to another.\u00a0<\/span>In addition:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n These<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and other\u00a0<\/span>challenges and drawbacks must be weighed against the benefits for each facility considering an acuity adaptab<\/span>le mod<\/span>el.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the next blog, we will explore different<\/span>\u00a0specialties and settings that are more apt to benefit from acuity adaptability.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Previous:\u00a0<\/span>Acuity Adaptability: Benefits to patients, caregivers, and healthcare facilities<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Next:\u00a0<\/span>Acuity Adaptability: Settings that benefit<\/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":7888,"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-7887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-design-tips","category-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n