Podcast

The future of healthcare: How to design a better blueprint

Show contributors: Matthew Holmes, Dr. Diana Anderson, Arthur Jones
Digital Infrastructure Health
Matthew Holmes
Matthew Holmes
GSD Health Infrastructure
Diana Anderson
Diana Anderson
Physician, Healthcare Architect
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How do you build resilient healthcare that benefits patients, health carers and communities?  

It’s a complex challenge that requires a new approach, one that builds on lessons from the pandemic and introduces evidence-based design, tech-led innovation, cross-sector collaboration and hybrid skill sets. 

Our guests for this episode are pioneers in these fields: Global Director of Health Infrastructure at Jacobs, Matthew Holmes, and Dochitect and healthcare principal at Jacobs, Dr. Diana Anderson.  

Tune in to find out 

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What a dochitect is, and the impact on healthcare architecture 
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How building design directly affects health 
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How evidence-based design and tech-led innovation integrate
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How changing lightbulbs can help reduce hospital-based injuries 
  • Matthew Holmes

    Matthew Holmes

    GSD Health Infrastructure

    Matthew Holmes is a chartered U.K. and French registered architect who leads Jacobs’ Global Health infrastructure business. After completing his professional training in the U.K., he worked in mainland Europe for 10 years working on a range of health projects...

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  • Diana Anderson

    Diana Anderson

    Physician, Healthcare Architect

    As a dochitect – that’s a doctor + architect – Dr. Diana Anderson is triple board-certified as an internist, geriatrician, and a healthcare architect. With this unique worldview, she pushes the norm by rethinking hospital design with a mindset of...

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