RT Journal Article T1 COVID-19 disease: the hospital of the future is already here. T2 Enfermedad COVID-19: el hospital del futuro ya está aquí. A1 Garcia-Alegria, J A1 Gómez-Huelgas, Ricardo K1 Hospitals K1 Delivery of Health Care K1 Quality of Health Care AB A few months ago, a working group from the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI), in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Foundation (IMAS), reflected on the characteristics that the ‘‘hospital of the future’’ should have in our healthcare system. This initiative was captured in a final document with various recommendations. Recently, a summary was published as a special article in an issue of REVISTA CLINICA ESPANOLA. In general, changes to improve the quality of healthcare systems in Western countries come slowly and are plagued by difficulties: they are care structures comprising multiple professionals whose management—human, technological, and organizational—entail a high degree of complexity. PB Elsevier YR 2020 FD 2020-06-03 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15776 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15776 LA en LA es NO García-Alegría J, Gómez-Huelgas R. COVID-19 disease: the hospital of the future is already here. Rev Clin Esp (Barc). 2020 Oct;220(7):439-441 DS RISalud RD Apr 4, 2025