Becker's Healthcare January 22, 2025
As hospitals evolve over time, their physical layouts often tell the story of their history. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, which opened in 1927 on Davis Islands, is no exception.
What started as an 198-bed hospital nearly a century ago has grown into a sprawling, 981-bed academic health system. Over the years, new buildings have been added, creating a flagship hospital campus with a diverse patchwork of inpatient units of varying sizes and layouts. This complexity has created inefficiencies for modern-day care workflows, with nurses often having to travel far distances between patient assignments.
“A nurse would have an assignment in one hall, have another patient way down the hall and sometimes have another patient over on the other side...
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