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Responding to COVID-19: Healthcare Surge Capacity Design for High-Consequence Infectious Disease

Responding to COVID-19: Healthcare Surge Capacity Design for High-Consequence Infectious Disease OP / POSITIONS Background Responding to COVID- Surge events are not new to healthcare organizations. Natural disasters, including floods, hurricanes, and pandemics, or human- 19: Healthcare Surge made scenarios such as mass shootings, all pose challenges to public health. While surge events may not be new, the COVID- Capacity Design for 19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented challenge for the U.S. healthcare system. As of June 10, the U.S. has more than 2 mil- High-Consequence lion confirmed cases, and more than 110,000 reported deaths Infectious Disease (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center 2020). Current experience with COVID-19 urges us to rethink the way we design our healthcare facilities to bet- ter respond to High-Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) surge events. This article describes various design approaches for responding to surge events, shares our observation of the current COVID-19 experience from a healthcare designer’s per- spective, and discusses healthcare design and planning strategies for future HCID surge events. These observations have been assembled at a time when healthcare institutions and designers have just started to reflect following the initial surge; more rigor- ous research is needed. Surge Capacity A critical component to respond to large-scale disasters is surge capacity, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Technology Architecture + Design Taylor & Francis

Responding to COVID-19: Healthcare Surge Capacity Design for High-Consequence Infectious Disease

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Responding to COVID-19: Healthcare Surge Capacity Design for High-Consequence Infectious Disease

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OP / POSITIONS Background Responding to COVID- Surge events are not new to healthcare organizations. Natural disasters, including floods, hurricanes, and pandemics, or human- 19: Healthcare Surge made scenarios such as mass shootings, all pose challenges to public health. While surge events may not be new, the COVID- Capacity Design for 19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented challenge for the U.S. healthcare system. As of June 10, the U.S. has more than 2 mil- High-Consequence lion confirmed...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2020 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
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2475-143x
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2475-1448
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10.1080/24751448.2020.1804752
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OP / POSITIONS Background Responding to COVID- Surge events are not new to healthcare organizations. Natural disasters, including floods, hurricanes, and pandemics, or human- 19: Healthcare Surge made scenarios such as mass shootings, all pose challenges to public health. While surge events may not be new, the COVID- Capacity Design for 19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented challenge for the U.S. healthcare system. As of June 10, the U.S. has more than 2 mil- High-Consequence lion confirmed cases, and more than 110,000 reported deaths Infectious Disease (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center 2020). Current experience with COVID-19 urges us to rethink the way we design our healthcare facilities to bet- ter respond to High-Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) surge events. This article describes various design approaches for responding to surge events, shares our observation of the current COVID-19 experience from a healthcare designer’s per- spective, and discusses healthcare design and planning strategies for future HCID surge events. These observations have been assembled at a time when healthcare institutions and designers have just started to reflect following the initial surge; more rigor- ous research is needed. Surge Capacity A critical component to respond to large-scale disasters is surge capacity,

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Technology Architecture + Design – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jul 2, 2020

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