The opening of a first integral Emergency Station marks the completion of another key phase in the modernisation of the BovenIJ Hospital in Amsterdam. After a new Mother-Child Centre, renovated outpatient departments and a modernised Acute Care Unit, the hospital is taking another enterprising step towards the future as a healthcare organisation.
Emergency Station built result of Integral Care Agreement
Fresh, friendly and uncluttered. That describes the new Amsterdam-Noord Emergency Station, which was opened in May by the Minister for Health, Ernst Kuipers. This first integral Emergency Station is a built result of the Integral Care Agreement, reached to ensure the quality, accessibility and affordability of healthcare. Bringing together the emergency department of the BovenIJ, Noord GP Station and the Amsterdam GP Station ensures that all care providers can offer adequate acute care to patients more quickly and efficiently as one team.
Calmness in chaotic surroundings
The Emergency Station is always a stressful working environment, since each patient expects to be helped immediately. That is why the new station is designed to exude a sense of calm, for both care providers and patients. Rounded shapes, warm materials, plenty of greenery, functional lighting and clear signposting characterise the design. For patients there is just one entrance, one reception and registration counter and one waiting area. The heart of the department is the central Team Station. Both the general practitioner and the emergency doctor can do their work in the surrounding 12 rooms, letting patients remain in the same space. The design ensures that the logistical flows occur intuitively.