The healthcare design industry must adapt to regulatory changes, financial pressures and emerging technologies in 2019, according to E4H Environments for Health Architecture.
Four design trends to watch:
1. Moving administrative staff and outpatient services to off-campus locations
2. Shifting recovering patients away from inpatient facilities
3. Using artificial intelligence to examine the environment's effect on the flow of patients, staff and materials
4. Leveraging AI to better predict supply and delivery needs, ultimately reducing storage space