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Designing healthcare facilities for flexibility
Healthcare designers must address what’s necessary today while anticipating tomorrow's changes, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website.
With rapidly changing medical technology and equipment, demographic shifts and fluctuations in policy and regulations, the healthcare design field must address what’s necessary today while anticipating tomorrow's changes, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website.
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September 3, 2019
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