Page 5 - frh_brochure

The future is now,

because healthcare is changing…

The next generation of healthcare their conditions are already informed consumers of
buildings will be very different clinical care, rather than passive recipients, and they will
from the hospitals, clinics and increasingly want to access services on smart-phones
and mobile devices. But the impact of technology
GP surgeries we are familiar with will go far beyond simply providing mobile apps for
today. A revolution in building design patients to have basic interactions with doctors, or
is already upon us, prompted by book appointments. The revolution will be driven by a
an acceleration of technological combination of the widespread use of networked smart
innovation, rapidly-ageing sensors, vastly increased computing power, ever better
populations, changing expectations telecoms, improvements in robotics, and strides forward
in artificial intelligence (AI), together with algorithmic
of how healthcare should be computer decision-making.
provided, and a growing realisation
that the environment is an important AI-powered systems will be able to analyse data from
sensors that provide continual or ‘on demand’ monitoring
part of the healing process. of a patient’s condition, while video conferencing will
enable doctors to reach, diagnose and treat patients
According to United Nations estimates, the proportion wherever they are. This means that an ever-larger
of the world’s population aged over 60 will triple by proportion of medical care is likely to be provided by
the end of this century, to make up more than a third of teams of experts all housed together in a technological
all people, leading to a huge increase in chronic health hub. Meanwhile better surgical techniques will vastly
conditions relating to old age. And the effects of ageing limit the time even those undergoing serious procedures
are likely to be exacerbated by the health problems that have to spend in hospital. Other factors will affect
accompany increasing obesity, with a fifth of all people how these changes play out, however, including the
predicted to be obese by 2025. In the UK, for example, continuing drive for efficiency and cost reduction,
the number of over-65s with four illnesses is expected to increasing bacterial resistance, and the need for resilience
more than double in 20 years to 2.5m people. Countering to climate change and future energy scarcity.
this, the rise of genomics, stem cell therapy and progress
in immunology could limit the mortal threat from
infectious diseases and cancer.
It is increasingly understood that the environment in 60+yrs
which patients are treated and cared for is a contributing
factor to the healing process. As such, patient-centred
design is a key ingredient in a successful healthcare a third of all people will be
facility not only in terms of the physical space but also over the age of 60 by the
the virtual one. Patients armed with information about
end of this century

03 Future Ready Healthcare What if we can?