HCS/446

FACILITY PLANNING

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HCS 446 Week 1 Facility Planning – Facility Selection: Part 1

Research health care facilities in your area that are either new or are being renovated.

Your research will help you select your project focus. You will use this facility in future

assignments throughout the course. Your selections are limited to

an ambulatory care clinic

a clinic within a hospital, such as an emergency room, surgical center, or an OB

unit

a family clinic

an outpatient clinic

a long-term care facility

Choose one of the facilities from your research.

AccessToolWire® MedSpace®, through the link on your student website, and choose the

corresponding facility template. This will be used for all of your facility planning

assignments.

Click on File > Save, or click the Save icon. You will then be prompted to create an

account.

Create your account and give your design a title and description.

Click on Copy URL.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you describe your selected facility. Include the

following elements in your paper:

Description of the facility you have selected

Community or facility need for the building or renovation

Type of population you are serving

URL of your design (at this point, it will only show the template you have chosen)

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

NOTE:You can access the link for MedSpace by clicking on

thePractice/Simulation/Homework/Gametab next to theInstructions tab.

HCS 446 Week 1 Facility Planning – Facility Selection: Part 2

Complete your paper as instructed in Part 1, and submit the document as Part 2.

HCS 446 Week 2 Environmental Impact Outline

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word outline for one of the following issues in renovation or new

planning of a health care facility:

Hazardous waste management

Fire and safety management

Disaster management

Security management

ADA guidelines

o Note. Each Learning Team is assigned a different area so there is no

duplication. The outline is used in the final presentation in Week Five.

Include the following information in your outline:

Write an overview of your assigned environmental impact issue.

Examine local, state, and federal legal and regulatory requirements. Consider the

following agencies:

o Occupational Safety and Health Administration

o Joint Commission of the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

o Your state’s health planning and development agency

o Department of Health and Human Services

o Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and other agencies as

applicable to facility planning

Is there a Certificate of Need (CON) program for your state? If so, explain the

program. If there is not a CON for your state, was there one in the past and when

was it eliminated?

What are issues to consider when meeting the International Building Code for a

facility?

What measurements may be done in advance of the new plan or renovation?

List the stakeholders that may play a role in your development..

Format your outline consistent with APA guidelines.

HCS 446 Week 3 Facility Planning – Considerations

Reference:Week One MedSpace® template you chose

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that includes the following elements:

Regulatory requirements and their effect on the design and equipment

Color selection implications and noise issues

List of the type of equipment needed

Electronic items needed

Examination of budget planning and cost estimates

Description of the role of stakeholders in facility planning and development

Gantt chart that details an implementation plan

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

NOTE: You can access the link for MedSpace using the Facility Planning - Facility

Selection: Part 1 assignment.

HCS 446 Week 3 Team Summary

Review the objectives from Week Three and discuss additional insights and questions

that may have arisen.

Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your discussion.

HCS 446 Week 4 Facility Planning – Final Floor Plan: Part 1

Read the following information:

Health care facilities are unique and have clearly defined characteristics based on the

needs of the facility or population being served. Poor design may lead to staff, visitor, or

patient stress. In large facilities, inability to find a department may lead to frustrations and

disorientation for older patients. Poor layout may also lead to staff inefficiencies or fines

because of failure to meet regulatory requirements.

Completea floor plan of the facility that you selected in Week One. Indicate if this will be a

new facility or the renovation of an existing structure. If it is a new or existing structure,

also explain why the renovation or new facility is needed.

Open the template you chose from week one in MedSpace®. From that point, you will be

able to modify the template and add the information listed below.

Using your MedSpace® template, focus on the following environmental design elements:

The health care structure such as walls, doors, hallways, waiting areas, and

related structural components

Diagnostic and treatment space equipment and location

Customer service and amenities, such as the reception desk, bathroom, shower,

vending machine, and so forth

Clinical support areas, such as nurse's station, charting areas, and so forth

Physician or dentist office space for patient consultation

Administrative offices

Building support, such as laundry, generator facilities, housekeeping, and so forth

Mechanical equipment, such as space for laboratory equipment, radiology

equipment, gases such as oxygen, and suctions

Color and noise elements

Regulatory elements such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration and

ADA guidelines

Other elements such as IT or creative healing environmental ideas

Save your design once it is completed.

Copy the URL by clicking on Share > Copy URL > Copy URL.

Write a 350- to 700-word summary that includes the following information:

Reason you selected the floor plan you designed

Any recommendations or suggestions for completing your floor plan

differently--what would you do differently next time?

Something that you learned from doing this process and completing your own

floor plan

URL for your completed floor plan

Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.

NOTE: You can access the link for MedSpace by clicking on

the Practice/Simulation/Homework/Game tab next to the Instructions tab.

HCS 446 Week 4 Facility Planning – Final Floor Plan: Part 2

Complete your paper as instructed in Part 1, and submit the document as Part 2.

HCS 446 Week 4 Team Summary

Review the objectives from Week Four and discuss additional insights and questions that

may have arisen.

Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your discussion.

HCS 446 Week 5 Environmental Impact Presentation

Develop a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with 12 to15 slides and detailed speaker’s

notes.

Include the following information in your presentation:

Overview of the environmental impact issue

The current issues with your environmental impact situation

Ways to improve the environmental impact and possible suggestions or solutions

Format your slides consistent with APA guidelines.