The future of healthcare lies in smart, adaptable and AI-driven environments.

Artificial Intelligence is poised to transform hospitals and healthcare environments forever.

Tomorrow’s facilities will blend virtual and augmented reality, and AI-enabled technology will guide every interaction. From admission to discharge, in the not-too-distant future environments will be more efficient and patient care more personalized than ever before.

In many areas, these changes are currently underway, with over 75 percent of healthcare organizations already investing in artificial intelligence.

This is why experts from Perkins&Will, Introba, and Currie & Brown have pinpointed three key areas where we anticipate AI could have the most significant impact – in patient care, operational efficiency, and helping clinicians respond to changing cultural norms.

Enhancing patient care through immersive reality

The ability of AI-enabled technology to support human care is enormous. In an age of staff shortages and time pressures, VR and AR will create tailored experiences, guiding apprehensive patients through complex treatments, and ensuring better health outcomes.

Improving operations through the power of data

The next generation of hospitals will see every interaction – from admission to discharge and beyond – guided by artificial intelligence. When harnessed mindfully, AI will fully optimize hospital operations and become a cornerstone of designing and building modern facilities.

Respond to changing cultural norms

AI will complement the running of each facility’s complex social networks, ensuring the human being is at the center everything, and every detail – from the smallest light switch to the largest data center – works to provide an optimal experience.

New thinking in design

To truly leverage this bold future for care, new thinking in design is needed – operators must plan carefully for the changes ahead, and hospitals themselves will need to become smarter, more adaptable and AI-driven.

To aid this process we have identified ten spaces within healthcare environments that could see the biggest shifts in terms of design and operation.

With technological change happening at a pace never seen before, healthcare providers will need to move quickly if they are to truly be ready for this once-in-a-generation change.

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