Ground Control to Major Growth in Hospital Command Centers

Top photos are courtesy of Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, and feature Andy Day, GE Healthcare's Chief Tile Designer of Clinical Command Centers. Bottom photo is courtesy of Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Canada, a leading partner in command center innovation. When the world rallied around the celebration of the Apollo 11 anniversary this past July, another moonshot was unfolding to somewhat less fanfare not far from where NASA launched Apollo at the Kennedy Space Center – a medical moonshot. Two Florida hospitals, Tampa General Hospital and AdventHealth Orlando, launched mission control-like centers to serve as the nerve-center of their hospitals. Surrounded by big screens, monitors and flashing lights – all meant to help staff across the hospital coordinate care, drive efficiency and improve the way patients move around the hospital – those who were there could be forgiven for thinking they had stepped into a NASA control center.