Australian Institute of Health Innovation, North Ryde, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.¿.
Cardenas Consulting Group, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
Aust Health Rev. 2022 Apr;46(2):185-187. doi: 10.1071/AH21335.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the potential value of virtual models of care to support more efficient and accessible healthcare delivery at reduced cost. In order to achieve this, the healthcare services and facilities must be designed to integrate virtual care. To date, incremental approaches have been used to accommodate virtual care innovations within existing systems and services. Infrastructure innovation is now critical to fully realise the benefits of virtual and hybrid models of care for population health and health system efficiency. With record capital expenditure on healthcare infrastructure across Australian jurisdictions, we are in a critical period for making transformative changes to the design of healthcare facilities to ensure the relevance of future facilities and redevelopments. We examine the value proposition posed by our current healthcare infrastructure approach and how system-wide planning for the integration of virtual models of care may optimise the ability of the Australian health system to meet emerging and future health needs.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行凸显了虚拟护理模式的潜在价值，它可以支持以更低的成本实现更高效和更便捷的医疗服务。为此，医疗服务和设施必须设计为能够整合虚拟护理。迄今为止，人们一直在采用渐进式方法，以便在现有系统和服务中融入虚拟护理创新。基础设施创新对于充分实现虚拟和混合护理模式在人口健康和医疗系统效率方面的效益至关重要。随着澳大利亚各司法管辖区在医疗基础设施方面的资本支出创历史新高，我们正处于一个关键时刻，需要对医疗设施的设计进行变革性的改变，以确保未来设施和再开发的相关性。我们考察了当前医疗基础设施方法带来的价值主张，以及如何通过虚拟护理模式的系统范围规划来优化澳大利亚医疗体系满足现有和未来健康需求的能力。
