Building an Intelligent Hospital to Fight Contagion

Jerome Bataille , Philippe Brouqui (1, 2)

1 M.I.T - Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales [CHU Hôpital Nord - Marseille]
2 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes

The idea of building hospitals to fight contagion was born with the lazarettos. At the time when the microorganisms were not yet known, the mechanisms of transmission of contagion were already well apprehended. Based on the same knowledge but thanks to new technologies, such hospitals have now been built downtown, next to the most highly performing technological plateau. Regrouping patient care, diagnostics, research, and development, the University Hospital Institute Mediterranee Infection building offers a wonderful tool to contain and understand contagion, in a well-designed setting, creating excellent working conditions that are attractive for interested scientists.

Domaines: Médecine humaine et pathologie

Jerome Bataille, Philippe Brouqui. Building an Intelligent Hospital to Fight Contagion. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017, 65 (1), pp.S4-S11. ⟨10.1093/cid/cix402⟩. ⟨hal-01730962⟩