Eventually, all health care facilities will need to be built or retrofitted to accommodate intelligent system management and automation. Gain an understanding of what will be needed to implement, support, and manage these systems in terms of design consideration, implementation costs, and expected return on investment. This session will enable you to:

* Describe what is meant by “intelligent building” and its importance in the health care physical environment.
* Develop a checklist that can used to determine if a facility has the appropriate foundation to support an intelligent building infrastructure.