ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Responsiveness and Adaptability of Healthcare Facilities in Emergency Scenarios: COVID-19 Experience.
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- Challenges in healthcare facilities' response to past outbreaks: a systematic review of reviews.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
- Rapid adaptation of first contact physiotherapy services for musculoskeletal patients in the UK and Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multiple case study.Journal of health services research & policy · 2026Article
- Transforming health care systems towards high-performance organizations: qualitative study based on learning from COVID-19 pandemic in the Basque Country (Spain).BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Resilience of hospitals in an age of disruptions: a systematic literature review on resources and capabilities.Health systems (Basingstoke, England) · 2024Review
- The Constrained-Disorder Principle Assists in Overcoming Significant Challenges in Digital Health: Moving from "Nice to Have" to Mandatory Systems.Clinics and practice · 2023Review
- A Fuzzy Hybrid MCDM Approach for Assessing the Emergency Department Performance during the COVID-19 Outbreak.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Pandemic Responsiveness in an Acute Care Setting: A Community Hospital's Utilization of Operational Resources During COVID-19.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed many vulnerabilities of the contemporary built environment along with limited preparedness and low efficiency in mitigating unexpected and unprecedented challenges. This article discusses the efficiency and responsiveness of basic hospital spatial layouts in three different scenarios: normal operation; the segregation of a large number of patients and still providing them with access to emergency healthcare, typical for a pandemic; and a sudden, extremely high number of admissions typical for compound disasters and terrorist attacks. A set of parameters and a method for general adaptability assessment (GAAT) that can be used as a tool in decision-making processes as well as evaluation of both existing facilities and the new models for resilient hospitals resulting from the experience of the pandemic are proposed. The paper emphasizes why factors among which adaptability, convertibility, and scalability should be at the very core of hospital development and management strategies. It also discusses new models of adaptable healthcare facilities that enable day-to-day operations to continue alongside a pandemic, and other emergency scenarios.
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