Relocation of hospital facilities: guidelines for resilient performance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relocation of a hospital unit is a complex process that demands both formal planning and informal self-organization on the spot to cope with unexpected events under time pressure. However, guidelines to support this process are fragmented and concealed in the literature. This article addresses this gap by presenting guidelines for the relocation of hospital facilities, using the complexity-informed lens of organizational resilience.

Methods

The guidelines were based on the study of relocating a surgical unit, in which the new facilities were approximately 400% larger. Data collection involved interviews with professionals holding leadership positions in the relocation project, non-participant observations of the meetings of the relocation project committee, an

SUBMITTER: Tocchetto NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11927210 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature