Designing emergency departments to shrink wait times
Healthcare organizations are looking to designers for practical solutions to emergency room inefficiency, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
Healthcare organizations are looking to designers for practical solutions to emergency room inefficiency, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website. Designers are focusing on technology, modularity and flexibility, and staff engagement and satisfaction.
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May 31, 2018
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