Billions of dollars are being spent on the design and construction of new health care facilities. Is our design on the right track to fit the needs of complex chronic disease patients and for their associated health care practitioners? What are the lessons to be learned here?
The Bridgepoint Health focus on complex chronic disease is quite unique internationally. A new $1.2 billion state-of-the-art health facility is being constructed that combines careful engineering and design while focusing on our patient population and their specific needs - a blend of functionality and esthetics.
The new Bridgepoint Hospital provides an unprecedented opportunity, and a natural experiment, to test its impact on health and well being, safety and other physical and social elements of prevention and care in complex chronic disease. We are in a position to systematically develop a research project to collect data before and after the move to the new facility on our patient population, clinical functioning and safety.
This research will be conducted in partnership with Diamond and Schmitt Architects (Greg Colucci, Lead Project Architect) and other groups who have been instrumental in the Bridgepoint Hospital design, as well as social science and health research examining the built environment and its effects on health and well-being.