b'PROJECT PROFILEA SMARTCANADIAN FIRSTPatient rooms in the Gucciardi Family Pediatric Inpatient Unit will be spacious and filled with natural lightAS CONSTRUCTION NEARS ITS END, ALL EYES ARE ONMACKENZIE VAUGHAN HOSPITALS INNOVATIVE SMART TECHNOLOGYBy Matthew BradfordITS BEING HERALDED as CanadasCanadas first smart hospital is howsystem, the hospital will know precisely first true smart hospital, and byit will integrate all of those systems inwhere they are. all accounts the cutting-edge Mackenziereal-time, explains Guy Logan, director of Vaughan Hospital will live up to itsprojects with Infrastructure Ontario.What Logan describes is just one of many reputation. The 1.2-million-square-foottech-enabled workflows that will be set facility is the first net new hospital to For example, an overarching platformup within the hospital to address all kinds be built within York Region in over will connect and inform systems andof scenarios. three decades.technologies throughout both hospitals. Those include real-time staff locatingAccording to David Stolte, vice president Construction is slated for completionsystems, advanced patient monitoringof strategy and redevelopment with in late 2020, at which point Mackenziedevices, intuitive building controls,Mackenzie Health, it is capabilities like Health will receive the keys and getcutting-edge medical equipment, roboticthese that will enhance the experience the hospital ready to welcome its firstpharmacy tools, and patient amenitiesfor staff and patients alike. A smart patients. The facility will introduce 350such as MyCare, a bedside tablethospital is about more than having the new beds (expandable to 550) and asolution that will provide patients with amost up-to-date technology and systems, wealth of critical medical services that willpersonalized health experience at notes Stolte, Its about using technology relieve capacity pressures at the existingtheir fingertips.and information to anticipate the needs of Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital andpatients and health care professionals.the surrounding areas. Moreover, theThis hospital has a platform whereby all new hospital will showcase a range ofof these various systems speak to it allNEXT-GEN DATA MANAGEMENTcutting-edge healthcare technologies,in different languages, explains Logan.Mackenzie Health is on track to set a innovations and data-management toolsSo lets say a patient with a high risk ofnew bar for data management. Already, that are sure to position it as a role modelfalling is trying to get out of bed.TheirMackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital for intelligent hospital design. smart bed will immediately recognizehas become the countrys first acute-that they are at risk of falling and sendcare hospital to earn the Healthcare We already see hospitals adopting newan alarm to the response team through aInformation and Management Systems and innovative technologies, but whatsmartphone alert. Since theyll be wearingSocietys (HIMSS) Electronic Medical makes Mackenzie Vaughan Hospitaltags attached to a real-time locatingRecord Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 724Quarter 4 2019 BUILDERSDIGEST'