Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC)
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Imperial College Business School
Abstract
Modernising the UK's health and social care system is a priority for government and for the country as a whole. To do this, wide ranging organisational and funding reforms are being put in place. An unprecedented investment to renew the built and technical infrastructure for delivering care is also underway: new hospitals and primary care centres are being built, information and communication technology is being upgraded and new technologies for diagnosing and treating disease are being introduced. If world-class infrastructure is to be delivered, this investment must achieve its full potential. The aim of HaCIRIC is to establish a new research centre to help accomplish this. HaCIRIC's focus is on the built and technical infrastructure for health and social care, and the interaction between infrastructure specification and the way patients are treated. Improving the way this is planned, delivered and managed is at the core of HaCIRIC's activity. What are the challenges? The health and social care system is one of the most complex and rapidly changing organisational and technical environments in any sector of the economy. Many stakeholders are involved in delivering care, funding mechanisms are convoluted, and patterns of demand and use are changing, as are government health policies. All this places new pressures on the underlying infrastructure. These are compounded by two problems. First, there is an historic legacy of out-dated buildings and cultures within the care system. Second, the life cycles of the various elements of the infrastructure / buildings, medical and information technology / are mismatched. Each involves complex supply chains, multiple users with their own needs and differing institutional and funding arrangements. All these have to be reconciled. For example, the current PFI programme for new hospitals involves supply contracts for thirty years or more, but incorporates technologies which have five year life cycles to help deliver diagnostics and therapies which are undergoing rapid evolutionary change. Modernising the health and social care infrastructure will therefore require innovative approaches. HaCIRIC will help develop the tools and processes which will embed 'innovation as normal business' amongst those responsible for delivering the investment in infrastructure. Its research programme has been developed in partnership with all the key stakeholders from the care system, including the Department of Health, the NHS, the Department of Trade and Industry and the supply industries. Seven research themes have been identified:- Managing innovation in a context of technological change- Procurement for innovation- Innovative design and construction- Care delivery practices- Delivering improved performance through operations management- Knowledge management in complex systems - Design and evaluation of integrated systems HaCIRIC is a collaboration between existing research centres at Imperial College London and the Universities of Loughborough, Reading and Salford. Additional partners from other universities, industry and the care system will be involved in specific research projects. Together this represents a resource valued at more than 11m, of which 7.0m consists of EPSRC support, 2.9m is from the four existing research centres, 500,000 is from the Department of Trade and Industry and 720,000 is from industrial partners. HaCIRIC will therefore represent a substantial resource and a unique capability in skills and knowledge to find solutions to the key healthcare infrastructure problems of the 21st century.
Organisations
- Imperial College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Tribal Group plc (Project Partner)
- Wates Construction (Project Partner)
- MaST LIFT (Project Partner)
- Lend Lease (Project Partner)
- BWB Consulting (Project Partner)
- National Audit Office (Project Partner)
- Davis Langdon LLP (Project Partner)
- Inter Academy for Design and Health UK (Project Partner)
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- Loughborough University (Project Partner)
- MJ Medical (Project Partner)
- World Agency of Planetary Monitoring and (Project Partner)
- ArcHealth (Project Partner)
- Salford Primary Care Trust (Project Partner)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (Project Partner)
- LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL (Project Partner)
- YRM Architects (Project Partner)
- Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd (Project Partner)
- Alder Hey Children's Hospital (Project Partner)
- Complexity Solutions Ltd (Project Partner)
- NHS London (Project Partner)
- ActivePlan Solutions Ltd (Project Partner)
- West Sussex Primary Care Trust (Project Partner)
- Brighton and Sussex Uni Hosp NHS Trust (Project Partner)
- Purdue University (Project Partner)
- Clean Modules Ltd (Project Partner)
- UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- University of Illinois (Project Partner)
- MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL (Project Partner)
- Mace Ltd (Project Partner)
- West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (Project Partner)
- Architects for Health (Project Partner)
- Health Facilities Scotland (Project Partner)
- IBM (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Eric Wright Group (Project Partner)
- Unlimited Potential (Project Partner)
- Chalmers University of Technology (Project Partner)
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- Leicestershire County Council (Project Partner)
- Huazhong University of Science and Techn (Project Partner)
- P and HS Architects (Project Partner)
- Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals (Project Partner)
Publications
Bayer S
(2006)
Balancing work: bidding strategies and workload dynamics in a project-based professional service organisation
in System Dynamics Review
Ibrahim A
(2006)
The analysis and allocation of risks in public private partnerships in infrastructure projects in Nigeria
in Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction
Tzortzopoulos P
(2006)
Clients' activities at the design front-end
in Design Studies
Kappia J
(2007)
Prioritising career development in relation to recruitment and retention: a trade and craft perspective
in Construction Management and Economics
Dattée B
(2007)
Dynamics of social factors in technological substitutions
in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Hendy J
(2007)
Implementing the NHS information technology programme: qualitative study of progress in acute trusts.
in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Tzortzopoulos, P
(2007)
Design management from a contractor's perspective: the need for clarity
in Architectural Engineering and Design Management
Tzortzopoulos P
(2007)
An investigation on the implementation of product development process models in construction companies
in Construction Management and Economics
Barlow J
(2007)
A systematic review of the benefits of home telecare for frail elderly people and those with long-term conditions
in Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Harty C
(2007)
The futures of construction: a critical review of construction future studies
in Construction Management and Economics
Rooke J
(2007)
Criteria for evaluating research: the unique adequacy requirement of methods
in Construction Management and Economics
Goulding J
(2007)
Technology adoption: breaking down barriers using a virtual reality design support tool for hybrid concrete
in Construction Management and Economics
Bosher L
(2007)
Integrating disaster risk management into construction: a UK perspective
in Building Research & Information
Fu C
(2007)
The development of an IFC-based lifecycle costing prototype tool for building construction and maintenance Integrating lifecycle costing to nD modelling
in Construction Innovation
Soetanto R
(2007)
Structural frame selection: case studies of hybrid concrete frames
in Building Research & Information
Barlow James
(2007)
A systematic review of the benefits of home telecare for frail elderly people and those with long-term conditions
in JOURNAL OF TELEMEDICINE AND TELECARE
Hanson J
(2007)
Lifestyle monitoring as a predictive tool in telecare
in Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Bassioni H
(2008)
Evaluation and analysis of criteria and sub-criteria of a construction excellence model
in Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
Ejohwomu O
(2008)
The impact of multiskilling on UK's construction manpower
in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law
Hignett S
(2008)
Need for new design guidance identified.
in Health estate
Broadbent J
(2008)
Identifying and controlling risk: The problem of uncertainty in the private finance initiative in the UK's National Health Service
in Critical Perspectives on Accounting
Mathur V
(2008)
Conceptualizing stakeholder engagement in the context of sustainability and its assessment
in Construction Management and Economics
Barlow J
(2008)
The private finance initiative, project form and design innovation
in Research Policy
Greasley K
(2008)
Understanding empowerment from an employee perspective What does it mean and do they want it?
in Team Performance Management: An International Journal
Hignett S
(2008)
Facility design needs clinical approach.
in Health estate
Codinhoto R
(2009)
Evidence-based design of health care facilities
in Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
Barlow James
(2009)
Delivering Innovation in Hospital Construction: CONTRACTS AND COLLABORATION IN THE UK'S PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE HOSPITALS PROGRAM
in CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Barlow J
(2009)
The challenges of adopting integrated mainstream telecare services: lessons from the UK
in Eurohealth
Liyanage C
(2009)
Knowledge communication and translation - a knowledge transfer model
in Journal of Knowledge Management
Lu J
(2009)
Using task analysis in healthcare design to improve clinical efficiency.
in HERD
Barlow J
(2009)
Delivering Innovation in Hospital Construction: Contracts and Collaboration in the UK's Private Finance Initiative Hospitals Program
in California Management Review
Bosher L
(2009)
Attaining improved resilience to floods: a proactive multi-stakeholder approach
in Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
Laryea S
(2009)
Commercial reviews in the tender process of contractors
in Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
Picard J
(2009)
Guidelines and the adoption of 'lipid rescue' therapy for local anaesthetic toxicity.
in Anaesthesia
Barlow J
(2009)
The challenges of adopting integrated mainstream telecare services: lessons from the UK
in Eurohealth
Caldwell N
(2009)
Procuring complex performance in construction: London Heathrow Terminal 5 and a Private Finance Initiative hospital
in Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
Codinhoto R
(2009)
The impacts of the built environment on health outcomes
in Facilities
Edum-Fotwe F
(2009)
A social ontology for appraising sustainability of construction projects and developments
in International Journal of Project Management
Raj S
(2009)
Responsiveness to change by standard-form contract drafters in the construction industry A case study of the FIDIC White Book
in International Journal of Law in the Built Environment
Ibrahim A
(2009)
Evaluation of key practices under the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) initiative for UK healthcare facilities
in Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
Lewis M
(2009)
Contracts, relationships and integration: towards a model of the procurement of complex performance
in International Journal of Procurement Management
Davies R
(2009)
Care pathways and designing the health-care built environment: an explanatory framework
in International Journal of Care Pathways
Pink S
(2010)
Ethnographic methodologies for construction research: knowing, practice and interventions
in Building Research & Information
Bresnen M
(2010)
Editorial: objects, knowledge sharing and knowledge transformation in projects
in Construction Management and Economics
Hignett S
(2010)
Space to care and treat safely in acute hospitals: recommendations from 1866 to 2008.
in Applied ergonomics
Dattée B
(2010)
Complexity and whole-system change programmes.
in Journal of health services research & policy
Liu K
(2010)
Pervasive informatics: theory, practice and future directions
in Intelligent Buildings International
Barlow J
(2010)
De facto privatization or a renewed role for the EU? Paying for Europe's healthcare infrastructure in a recession
in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Schweber L
(2010)
Actors and objects: a socio-technical networks approach to technology uptake in the construction sector
in Construction Management and Economics
Codinhoto, R
(2010)
Evidence-based design 'evolving fast'
in Health Estate Journal
| Description | For copy of final programme report and details of all (c.300) publications please visit www.haciric.org or contact Prof. James Barlow |
| Exploitation Route | see programme final report, available at www.haciric.org |
| Sectors | Construction Healthcare |
| URL | http://www.haciric.org |
| Description | For copy of final programme report and details of all (c.300) publications please visit www.haciric.org or contact Prof. James Barlow |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Construction,Healthcare |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic |