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Benner, John

An escalating factor affecting the fundamental ability for healthcare institutions to provide aid to their respective communities is the growing scarcity of available physicians and nurses. This problem becomes intensified when considering the geographical landscape of urban density, in which more rural communities experience increased difficulty in staff retention. Through the speculation on the digitization of healthcare and our dependency with future automated technologies, we will be able to address healthcare practitioner shortages in rural hospitals by encouraging a hybridization of both in-person and automated practices. By pursuing a hybridized approach, the existing perception of hospitals being cold and lifeless institutions can be challenged through creating better opportunities for higher staff retention and its redirection for more direct care activities.

Fort St. James (B.C.); British Columbia

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University of British Columbia. ARCH 549

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0413550

Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of

Unreviewed

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