Goco health square; providing close & person-centred care in GoCo health innovation city

Abstract

There is an ongoing reform of the Swedish healthcare system towards close care. The reform aims to make primary care the hub of care with good interactions with other health and social services and the transition also means a shift in focus to working in a more person-centred, cohesive, proactive, and health-promoting way. Although research has shown positive outcomes from the person-centred approach to care, analyses made of the latest International Health Policy Survey show that people’s experiences of care in Sweden still are weak in continuity, person-centeredness and accessibility. The healthcare reform, and further implementation of person-centred care, opens up for new collaborations in healthcare and with this thesis there have been opportunities to investigate how collaborations between different actors in GoCo Health Innovation City could look like. The thesis aims to start a discussion on how the transition to close care, as well as person-centered care, can be supported through the proposal of a new healthcare building in GoCo Health Innovation City. In GoCo Health Innovation City, Mölndal, the first building phase is partly done and the second phase is being planned at this moment. Based on the results from the conducted studies a design proposal for phase two has been made. The proposal includes a health centre with treatment and meeting rooms for primary care, psychiatry, dentistry, and specialist care. The investigation was based on participatory and qualitative methods, including meetings, interviews, and questionnaires. By interviewing GoCo Founding Partners, the result and design proposal became more relevant to the client. By including healthcare professionals, the understanding of specific needs grew and could be turned into design strategies to implement in the design proposal. The result contributes to inspiration for the client of what healthcare facility could be relevant to include in the development of GoCo Health Innovation City.