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How will COVID-19 Change Healthcare Design?

January 1, 2021 / Dochitect / Design for Infection Control, Design for Resiliency

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Publication: Design Museum Magazine
Date: Published in print and online Winter 2020
Author: Diana Anderson, MD, ACHA & Matthew Holmes, ARB, RIBA
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Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested the overall resilience of our health system infrastructure to cope with increased demand. It has also brought the importance of design and the built environment to the forefront when considering emergency preparedness and infection control.

Now, nine months into the pandemic, there have been lessons learned from the immediate challenges of medical facility design, in addition to ongoing discussions of the long-term changes which are likely to impact how, where, and when we access our care.

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