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Healthcare Facility Planning

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Healthcare Facility Planning: Thinking Strategically       

By Cynthia Hayward

This book focuses on the important, but often overlooked, phase of a healthcare renovation or construction project ― predesign planning. Decisions made during this phase have the most impact on long-term operational costs and future flexibility. Detailed examples, guidelines, and case studies lead the reader step-by-step through a prove predesign planning process ― gaining an appreciation for predesign planning, understanding the trends affecting space allocation and configuration, and learning techniques for planning flexible facilities. 

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SpaceMedGuide        

A Space Planning Guide For Healthcare Facilities

By Cynthia Hayward

The SpaceMed™ workbook and CD-ROM present guidelines that reflect the dynamic healthcare environment. This standard reference for the healthcare industry provides state-of-the-art planning methodologies, industry benchmarks, and planning tips from decades of consulting to healthcare organizations throughout North America.

Clinical services and support functions are organized to reflect new organization structures that are replacing the traditional "departments" of the past and promotes operational processes that are focused around the patient, exploit new technologies, and provide more efficient use of staff, equipment, and space. 

Each of the sixteen workbook sections includes descriptive narrative about current trends, key planning issues, space planning approach, achieving optimal performance, facility layout considerations, and potential facility planning pitfalls. Detailed space planning templates are provided for use in developing room-by-room space programs and an additional quick calculation of treatment spaces template is provided for selected diagnostic and treatment services.

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Preparing a Long-Range Facility Investment Strategy       

By Cynthia Hayward

A self-study course is also available through the American College of Healthcare Executives (six Category I ACHE credit hours). 

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