Title |
The hospital of tomorrow in 10 points
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Published in |
Critical Care, April 2017
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DOI | 10.1186/s13054-017-1664-7 |
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Authors |
Jean-Louis Vincent, Jacques Creteur |
Abstract |
Technology has advanced rapidly in recent years and is continuing to do so, with associated changes in multiple areas, including hospital structure and function. Here we describe in 10 points our vision of some of the ways in which we see our hospitals, particularly those in developed countries, evolving in the future, including increased specialization, greater use of telemedicine and robots, the changing place of the intensive care unit, improved pre-hospital and post-hospital management, and improved end-of-life care. New technology is going to increasingly impact how we practice medicine. We must learn how best to adapt to and encompass these changes if we are to achieve maximum benefit from them for ourselves and our patients. Importantly, while the future hospital will be more advanced technologically, it will also be more advanced on a personal, humane patient care level. |
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Spain | 13 | 12% |
United Kingdom | 10 | 9% |
France | 4 | 4% |
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India | 3 | 3% |
Australia | 3 | 3% |
Colombia | 2 | 2% |
Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
Other | 21 | 19% |
Unknown | 38 | 34% |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 26 | 23% |
Scientists | 10 | 9% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 5 | 4% |
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Germany | 1 | <1% |
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Researcher | 13 | 11% |
Other | 12 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 11 | 9% |
Professor | 8 | 7% |
Other | 32 | 27% |
Unknown | 27 | 23% |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 17% |
Engineering | 4 | 3% |
Computer Science | 4 | 3% |
Neuroscience | 3 | 3% |
Other | 12 | 10% |
Unknown | 35 | 29% |