The document discusses how future hospital designs need to move beyond existing concepts that are outdated. It notes that most projects simply elaborate on familiar hospital models rather than innovating for the future. It also points out issues with the current criteria for determining which specialists should manage which patients, saying criteria are often non-existent and patients can be overlooked if placed in the wrong area of the hospital.

1. Andy Black
Design and organization of hospitals of
the future – how can we collaborate?

2. “...in studying the projects submitted, it is
striking that they in fact elaborate on the
existing and familiar concept of a
hospital... taking us along well trodden
paths leading to hospitals that are out of
date the minute they are completed.”
(E. Borst 1997)

3. “Criteria for determining which patient should be
managed by which specialists are often non existent,
with care defaulting to the admitting generalist.
Where clear criteria do exist, the patient remains at
risk of being overlooked by the specialty if they are
placed in a bed other than those designated for that
specialty.”