Incorporating more and more digital technology, the design and equipment of hospital rooms, for both outpatients and inpatients, is about to be revolutionised

The patient room of the future

The ‘Concept Room’, a prototype for an innovative ambulatory surgery centre designed by Clubster Santé and Lille university hospital, offers a glimpse into the future of patient care. This project, which was presented at the last ‘Health and autonomy’ expo and sponsored by Econocom, won an HIT innovation trophy in 2013.

In 2009, a team of American designers developed a prototype called Patient Room 2020, which combines state-of-the-art architecture with cutting-edge technology, featuring sensors, monitors and touch screens to manage medical data and enable patients to keep in touch with the outside world […]

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