EuHPN 2010 Workshop, May 5-7, Stockholm: One problem, many solutions - how to make healthcare infrastructure deliver for society
Update - download the workshop programme here.
The coming years will see ever greater pressure on healthcare infrastructure, as the buildings used by health services across Europe have to respond to rapidly evolving models of care, the financial consequences of global recession, an increasing drive towards a low-carbon economy, greater workforce and patient mobility, and continued public expectation of high quality care. Overall, the message is that healthcare buildings have to deliver for society – by contributing to improved patient outcomes and better population health, by giving health workers high quality working environments, by ensuring best value for money, and by ensuring continued advances in medical knowledge.
In the light of these pressures, can we plan for incremental changes to the health estate or should we aim to rationalise and build new health facilities? What tools and methodologies are available to help with this decision, and which of them have proved to be successful?
The 2010 EuHPN workshop will examine the emerging options open to those who make decisions about the design, planning and financing of healthcare buildings. While the context of decision-making varies greatly across different regions and different countries, many of the key questions are the same: · What is the right balance between investment in new hospitals, clinics, and primary care centres, and decisions to reconfigure and refurbish existing infrastructure? · Which tools and methodologies can help in deciding the future direction of capital investment? · What will be the consequence of rebalancing care between secondary and primary care? · How can building design and architecture contribute to maximum benefit for regional, national, and international health economies? The workshop programme, including information on registration and hotel information, is available here.
