Digital health on fast forward

15 Oct 2020

As the influence of tech on our lives expands, so too does the reach of digital health – from video check-ups to home-based heart monitors, from skeletal robotics to remote surgery.

With the help of the Centre for Online Health, Centre for Health Services Research at The University of Queensland, Hassell is investigating implications of increased digital healthcare delivery on hospital design. How can we take advantage of this significant change in healthcare delivery to design places and spaces that support individual wellbeing and maintain human connections between clinicians and patients?

In the midst of dealing with infection control issues and community anxiety about Covid-19 through the early months of 2020, Australian healthcare providers delivered the long-anticipated widespread uptake of telehealth consultations.

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The Centre for Online Health, in collaboration with Hassell (a leading international design practice), are also looking for participants to complete a survey to assess the design and space needs of hospitals in Australia

Have your say! This survey will take about 10 minutes to complete.

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