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Hospitals 

A hospital must provide health services with high safety and efficiency for the patients. At the same time, the patients and their families should feel that they are in an environment which supports the individual patient's need for comfort and safety.

This is a delicate balance which requires that the consultant has in-depth knowledge of both the technological possibilities and the human needs. This in-depth knowledge is the centre of COWI's consultancy, and it is always updated with the most recent initiatives within both the technical and humanistic areas.

We think about totality

The planning and implementation involved in building a hospital are more than time schedules, finances and building processes. The ability to understand the needs of the patients, their families and the staff is equally important, and so is knowledge about which technical and practical solutions are available to the specific challenges.

COWI combines this approach with extensive expertise within medical engineering, installations, IT solutions and the flexible building of hospitals, and we can provide consultancy on operation of the hospital, including new public and private forms of financing and collaboration. At the same time, COWI has the advantage of having an extensive knowledge base within various types of tasks and areas in the health and hospital sectors.

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Excellent patient security

It is vital for our consultancy that we support and improve the patient's safety. We have widespread expertise within technical hygiene and the area of minimising and handling mistakes and accidental incidents. A way to avoid this could for instance be appropriate arrangements and adapted technical installations.

It is because of this accumulated knowledge that COWI is capable of contributing to the flexible and up-to-date building of hospitals with the best facilities for all users.