{"id":7884,"date":"2020-12-26T04:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T04:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/?p=7884"},"modified":"2021-03-26T21:53:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T21:53:28","slug":"acuity-adaptability-certain-settings-benefit-more-than-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/insights\/blog\/acuity-adaptability-certain-settings-benefit-more-than-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Acuity Adaptability: Certain settings benefit more than others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fifth in a series of excerpts from the free executive guide,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/library\/acuity-adaptability-innovative-planning-and-design-for-responsive-healthcare-delivery\/\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Acuity Adaptability: Innovative Planning and Design for Responsive Healthcare Delivery.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">By Mike Zorich and Corey Gaarde<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Certain\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">healthcare\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">specialties and settings have been theorized or observed to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthdesign.org\/knowledge-repository\/making-acuity-adaptable-units-work-lessons-field\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">benefit more from acuity adaptability<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0than others<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, including cardiovascular, neurosurgical, and orthopedic service lines, as well as women\u2019s services and oncology.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ardiology<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, however,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is the specialty observed to benefit most significantly. Cardiac care is protocol-driven, with comparably predictable patient progress and a predictable number of patients within a population requiring intensive care for cardiac conditions. Recipients of cardiac surgery also have particularly predictable care pathways.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Other\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">healthcare situations<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0that could benefit from acuity adaptability include:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Community hospitals with fewer than 100 beds. Small or remote community hospitals such as critical access hospitals are unlikely to contain multiple specialties under one roof, making flexibility and adaptability of care a high-return investment.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Organizations with limited staff<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">often require that their personnel be cross-trained generalists. Acuity adaptability enables this generalist staffing model by providing everything the provider needs to render any level of care within one room.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Environments with clustered\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">acuity<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">adaptable<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0rooms in proximity to each other<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This allows<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0doctors and nurses\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0preserve the time and energy that otherwise would be needed to run themselves and equipment all over the hospital from one acuity-adaptable room to the other.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While many hospitals can benefit from acuity adaptable spaces, t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ransitioning areas such as th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">se\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">noted above\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">would come at a lower cost of renovation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In our next blog, we look at why acuity adaptability is important now.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Previous:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/resources\/blog\/acuity-adaptability-larger-rooms-staff-culture-shift-among-challenges\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Acuity Adaptability: Drawbacks and challenges<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Next:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/resources\/blog\/acuity-adaptability-what-makes-it-important-for-healthcare-now\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Acuity Adaptability: What makes acuity adaptability important now<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">For an unabridged version of this content, download the executive guide,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/library\/acuity-adaptability-innovative-planning-and-design-for-responsive-healthcare-delivery\/\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cAcuity Adaptability: Innovative Planning and Design for Responsive Healthcare Delivery.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/library\/acuity-adaptability-innovative-planning-and-design-for-responsive-healthcare-delivery-2\/\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">A recorded webinar<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on the topic is also available.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current trends in healthcare include innovative healthcare delivery models that address patient acuity, such as the acuity adaptability design concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,60,147],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Acuity Adaptability: Certain settings benefit more than others - 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