Healthcare facilities going high-tech to cater to millennials

Builders need to consider how buildings can accommodate the growing amount of technology


Hospital developers have to learn to cater to millennials demands, according to panelists at a recent Commercial Observer’s healthcare construction event.

Builders need to consider how buildings can accommodate a growing amount of technology from MRIs to iPads.

Buildings must carry the added electrical and HVAC load that comes with installing hundreds of servers and routers.

“The increase in technology has created a major increase in power density and cooling,” Steven Friedman, the director of facilities engineering design and construction at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, said in the article.

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September 27, 2018


Topic Area: Information Technology


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