Health care professionals showed us the true meaning of heroism and resiliency.
By KEVIN MCCAIN and JOSE SAMA
Special to the Journal
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Every industry manages facility change to some degree. Few industries, however, are as dynamic as health care. Even in the most stable of times, health care systems face the challenge of 24/7 operations, constant adaptation to new discoveries in care, shifting funding methods and the corollary space and design needs they create. Then came 2020. As we all know, the health care industry had to adapt quickly to the pandemic, a massive influx in high-acuity patients and the fallout that resulted in fewer preventive care appointments and elective procedures.