{"id":7890,"date":"2020-12-26T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/?p=7890"},"modified":"2021-03-26T21:51:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T21:51:27","slug":"acuity-adaptability-flexibility-faster-response-among-its-many-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imegcorp.com\/insights\/blog\/acuity-adaptability-flexibility-faster-response-among-its-many-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Acuity Adaptability: Flexibility, faster response, among its many benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"
Third 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 Flexibility is the primary benefit of acuity adaptable healthcare design, allowing facilities to adapt to the needs of the patients and communities they serve.\u00a0<\/span>Since most facilities have tight space constraints, the ability to adapt inpatient rooms or\u00a0<\/span>support spaces during surge events is a valuable prospect.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Required level of care where needed is also a major benefit. Patients who arrive at acuity adaptable facilities are less likely to need to be transferred to another facility \u2013 and incur the incumbent risks of transfer \u2013 since the staff likely has the training and capability to treat conditions of varying severity, especially in remote, rural, or small hospitals.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Additional benefits of acuity adaptability in healthcare design include:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Our next blog will explore the drawbacks and challenges of acuity adaptable design.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Previous:\u00a0<\/span>Acuity Adaptability: Components of healthcare design<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Next:\u00a0<\/span>Acuity Adaptability: Drawbacks and challenges<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/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":7891,"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-7890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-design-tips","category-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n