FACILITY PLANNING AND SPACE PROGRAMMING SERVICES

A number of major trends, such as changes in the mix of inpatient and outpatient services, older and sicker patient populations, new treatment patterns, advances in technology, and the need to optimize operational efficiencies, are exerting significant impact on facility planning.  Health care organizations must also allocate scarce capital resources for facilities within the context of the organization's strategic and program priorities.

Health Strategies & Solutions helps clients understand the facility implications of trends in the organization and delivery of health care services. We develop alternative facility solutions and help clients establish priorities among capital projects that address current problems and maximize future flexibility.

Our facility planning and programming services for health care organizations include:

• Strategic campus and facilities planning
• Master planning
• Functional and space programming
• Capacity requirements
• Capital prioritization

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Working with Our Architect Partners

Health Strategies & Solutions consultants have worked extensively with health care industry architects to resolve critical planning questions before architectural design is completed. We can help architects address the strategic and business rationale for facility development so that clients feel more confident moving forward with a project. 

Health Strategies & Solutions provides the following planning services to our architect partners:

• Strategic and clinical business planning
• Confirmation of program priorities based on strategic and clinical plans
• Identification of future service delivery trends and impact on patient care and program configuration
• Demand forecasting for full range of inpatient, emergency, and outpatient services
• Determination of future capacity requirements including bed need, operating rooms, imaging rooms, emergency treatment stations, and other clinical services
• Evaluation of existing utilization and capacity including benchmarking
• Financial feasibility and impact analysis
• Capital project prioritization
  

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Helping Architects and Their Health Care Clients Resolve
Strategic and Facility Issues

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Relocating Ambulatory Care Services: Is This the Right Strategy for Your Client?

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The Service Line Approach to Facility Planning