...Facility Planning Part 1 Shirley Doctor HCS/466 Facility Planning Dr. Michael Snell September 8, 2013 Franklin C. Fetter Outpatient Clinic Strategic Planning is an essential first step in the development of a result-base accountability system,” (Schilder, 2013, p. 1). In strategic planning an organization must know their goals, missions, and how to reach them. Health care facilities are in huge demand for the elderly and for people who lives in low-income communities. A person who receives good quality health care services can prevent the spread of contagious diseases. This paper will describe the need of the community, population it is serving, and a brief description of the facility. Franklin C. Fetter Family Health Center (FCFFHC) is an outpatient clinic and has served the communities, and the surrounded rural areas since 1975. This health center is greatly needed in the rural and low-income communities because the people could not get to their local hospital. Therefore, the people in those communities were not getting the necessary medical health care needed. Dr. Franklin C. Fetter, the Dean of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, and founder, provided culturally sensitive comprehensive primary health and home care services to children, and adults as part of a demonstration grant under the Medical University in 1968, (FCFFHC, 2013). The center offers support to the community by sponsoring health awareness campaigns, health fairs, and through their...
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...consequences and causes which, causes environmental losses, material, human that exceeds the community ability to cope using its own resources. The world is changing fast; more people are becoming vulnerable to disaster which governments sometimes are n.ot adequate support. B. New challenges and planning of a health care facility would involve the humanitarian coordination, concerns over accountability and standards. This new challenge and the new planning of a new healthcare facility will ensure responses ensure the well-functioning, global disaster management system is in place to addresses the needs of vulnerable people who would be affected by disasters. The new planning of the healthcare facility would consider of The Disaster Management support of management resources, responsibilities and organization for dealing with humanitarian. C. This outline will clearly describe the overview of the Disaster Management impact issue along with examining the local, state, and federal legal and regulatory requirements. This outline will also address the Certificate of Need program in the state as well the issues to consider when meeting the International Building Code for a facility. This outline will describe the measurement done in advance for a new plan and a list of stakeholders that play a role in the development of Disaster Management. II. Environmental Impact Issues on Disaster Management A. Disaster Management can be man-made or natural disasters, but most often...
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...Facility Planning Part 2 Pamela Jackson HCS/446 September 28, 2015 Rachel Rivera Facility Planning – Part II Facility planning for a health care organization or outpatient clinic takes on its own unique regulatory requirements. Regulatory requirements are requirements that have been mandated by various federal, states, and local municipalities regarding the operation and safety of business operations as well as services provided. They are the legal fence between education and catastrophe.”The basic regulatory frameworks and acts that govern the present business operations include Sarbanes Oxley Act ([SOX], 2002), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999), and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ([HIPAA], 1996).” (Ezinearticles.com 2012) The main purpose of these regulatory requirements and tools is to ensure that society as a whole reap the benefits through accountability, integrity and confidentiality. The impact on regulatory requirements is based on how they are implemented. Regulatory Requirements Effect on the Design and Equipment Many times when planning a facility for use in an outpatient clinic it is important to research the regulatory requirements for equipment utilized in the care of patients and how it will impact the over all care, safety and wellness of the organization. The design of health care facilities is governed by many regulations and technical requirements. It is also affected by many less defined needs and pressures. The facility must...
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...Facility Planning Part I Alice Dennis HCS/446 April 14, 2014 Hannah Matatyaho Facility Planning Part I Health care services are important for an individual to continue existence and accessible when needed in the community, which is harmless, and sanitary. The expansion is for the well- being of the public and the facility, which is set to develop the reconstruction or extension of the outpatient clinic. The facility is Redwood Falls Minnesota, called Redwood Area Hospital Outpatient Center. This paper will describe the community or facility need of the building, the people the facility serve, and the description of the facility. Community or Facility Need of the Building There is a need for strategic planning within any business or healthcare organization. The planning should consist of mapping out the objective, idea and purpose for the project. The renovation or expansion should have a long-term horizon that measured in years instead of months or weeks. The mapping and expanding of the outpatient facility entail too much time and deliberation with concern to rigid conditions, resources, the scheduling and expansion of the important structures and interior design of the outpatient center. In 2008, a group of workers consisted of the board members, administration and over 70 physicians and other health care provider’s position on the frontlines of patient care daily. They formed a plan for the future of health care deliverance for the community in the next decade. The...
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...1 Laura Driver Ascension Health Course Research Project South University Principles of Management 2 I selected “Ascension Health” as my final project. As follows are the questions to this assignment. Questions: 1. Describe the manager’s functional role in the organization. 2. Explain expectations of the role. 3. Evaluate how the manager fulfills the expectations of the role. 4. Explore the different types of planning in your assigned reading. Explain what specific planning challenges you think this manager might face on a day to day basis. 5. Provide examples. 6. Compare these planning challenges to a manager in a similar position 25 years ago (1987). Background Ascension Health is considered the largest nonprofit health care in the United States. Therefore, there is many positions from doctors to staff members throughout all the facilities in the country. Ascencion Health has two systems that help them to plan, organize and control their data from Patients that come in for treatments to billing. They have web portals, nurse navigators, and hospitals programs.” In order for me to describe the manager’s functional role of this organization website, in which remarks that technical Managers are responsible for managing all infrastructure, performance and availability of all technology devices in the organization's set-up. 3 At Ascension Health, their operating model guides them on the better way to make decisions, they work together, which...
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...Public Health Preparedness Mary Anderson Strayer University Health Policy and Law Basics Professor Dorothy Moore December 15, 2013 Abstract Healthcare is one of the top social and economic problems in America today. The United States is considered by most to be the greatest country to ever grace the face of the planet. It has the largest military, the largest economy, freedom of speech and religion, and one of the first successful democracies and of course, the American dream. Yet, what is the one thing that most people seem to forget? That the United States of America, the most dominant force in the world, is also the only westernized industrial nation without a Universal Healthcare system(Capretta, Moffit, 2012). Public Health Preparedness Examine the existing procedures related to at least four of the ten essential public health services. Focus on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency. The public health system includes: Public health agencies at state and local levels, Healthcare providers, Public safety agencies, Human service and charity organizations, Economic and philanthropic organizations and Environmental agencies and organizations As the new Vice President of quality and safety; emergency preparedness is achieved by planning, training, equipping, and exercising the emergency response organization. The framework of public health systems monitors the health status in order...
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... Facility Planning II HCS/446 October 8th, 2012 Royann Schmidgall * * Health facilities are places that provide health care to people. A health care facility includes hospitals, clinics, specialized care centers, and outpatient care centers. Health care facilities range from relatively simple and small clinics to complex larger and costly research hospitals. A healthcare facility should communicate messages to patients, volunteers, visitors, and staff as an establishment of kind, comfort and welcoming compassion. Health care facilities commitment to patient’s and families’ is their well-being and safety, a health care facility should also influence employee behaviors and attitudes. Health care facilities evoke change and the advancement of a better delivery of healthcare. Very often healthcare facilities must be renovated to improve healthcare delivery. This paper will discuss Emory University Hospital’s in Atlanta, GA emergency room and surgical center new for renovations Regulatory requirement, color selection, equipment and electronic needed budget planning and cost estimate, and the role of stakeholders in facility planning and development Facility Planning Regulatory requirements and their effect on the design and equipment * * * Hospitals are the most complex of building types. Each hospital consist of of a wide series of services and functional...
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...Facility Planning Part 1 HCS/446 Elizabeth Theodorides February 09 2015 Laura Vilardi Description The facility I have chosen is an outpatient facility in Miami, Florida at Jackson Health system. The renovations will cost the public around 101 million dollars (The Miami Herald). The renovation’s will be for the Outpatient services and also for the main hospital as well, which is now part of the new outpatient facility that wil be added to this hospital. The organization is also looking to refurbish existing space, as well as build new wing to the hospital the space is essential. Community Jackson Health System will include patient room renovations, a new rehabilitation hospital and a new pediatric outpatient center, plus equipment and software the finance committee chair, expressed concern about the transparency of the expenditures, noting that no itemized list of projects was included with the resolution. Instead the resolution described four “groups” of projects: hospital facility renovations and upgrades, infrastructure projects, medical and technology equipment and software, and new facilities. (The Miami Herald). These renovations will also include an outpatient facility for pediatrics as well. It will also cater to children as well. The type of community Jackson health and The Public health trust has all types of people in the community who come to this hospital to get treatment, Jackson is said to be one of the best trauma centers in United States, and have...
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...HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT ROLES Christopher Mosley HCS-325 Victor Kintz Key management functions for health service delivery include the following: A Policy and Planning * Local policy development (adjusting national policies to be applicable to the district, and/or developing additional local policies) * Strategic (medium-term) planning & setting priorities for the district * Financial forecasting for the district B Financial Planning and Management * Budget development - capital or investment, for the district * Budget development - recurrent or operational, for the district * Budget allocation to services and activities within the district C Human Resources Planning and Management * Deciding the number and mix of staff required for health facilities and services in the district * Long-term health workforce planning for the district * Hiring and firing staff in the district * Setting staff salaries and allowances for the district ("List Of Management Functions", 2015). Planning helps in regards to time management in my current job. It keeps me in line with whats needed to be done and when. Time management is often a necessary Strategic Managerial skill. It is also a non managerial skill. It can be a skill even non managerial staff can develop. This Development can give a non manager a chance to become a manager in which their time management...
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...Facility Planning Part 1 HCS/446 June 24, 2013 Royann Schmidgall Facility Planning Part 1 There are numerous stages involved when stakeholders think about remodeling or building a new facility. There are three specific stages when deciding to remodel or build. Stage one is the planning and defining the hospital project. This includes a strategic plan, needs assessment, and concept design. Stage two is the design development, schematic design, construction documentation, and building permits. Stage three involves the financial aspect of planning. During this phase bidding, licensing, construction, and evaluation are taking place (California Healthcare Foundation, n.d.). According to Tradition Medical Center (2013), “Martin Health System is a not-for-profit, community-based health care organization that has served the region for more than 70 years” (para. 6). This paper will outline the need for a new building, the population it is serving, a description of the new building, and a URL link for the floor plan for review. Community and Facility Needs Martin Health System has served the local community for more than 70 years. According to Martin Health System (2013) their “mission is to provide exceptional health care, hope, and compassion to every patient, every time” (para. 6). It offers variety of care to include acute and primary care, preventative services, cardiac care, cancer care, and rehabilitation services. Currently Martin Health System has two hospitals...
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...Dorothy Bascom Facility Planning Part 1 HCS/446 February 23, 2014 LITANYA SIMIEN-ROBNETT Facility Planning Part 1 Baptist Health building new $400 million cancer center . In order to provide great care to patients and stand above the rest, it is extremely important for stakeholders to make sure that the facility is built so that each area serves the designated treatment. part of the stack It is also important to make sure the building has a secure structure that could sustain anything mother nature bring its way. Planning process of a health care facility definitely plays a make part. According to an article from the Miami Herald Baptist Health South Florida, the largest non-profit hospital network in Miami-Dade, announced plans to build a new, $400 million cancer treatment and research center to open in 2016 at Baptist’s main campus in Miami. (http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/29/3901178/baptist-health-building-new-400.html#storylink=cpy) According to their website (www. baptisthealth.net)" Baptist Health is South Florida's largest faith-based, not-for-profit healthcare organization. Its network of services extends throughout Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties with Baptist, Baptist Children's, South Miami, Homestead, Mariners, Doctors Hospitals and West Kendal Baptist Hospital; outpatient diagnostic and surgical facilities, such as the conveniently located Baptist Medical Plazas; and home health care services in the region." The new...
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...Facility Planning Shrunda Young-Johnson HCS/446 August 6, 2015 Janice Chilton Facility Planning Houston Texans new ambulatory clinic in Cleveland, Texas will be opening soon. It will feature state of the art surgical center. The Houston Texans Ambulatory Clinic will be have outpatient same day surgery center and imaging center. Our Ambulatory Clinic will have an unveiling in the summer of June 2016. This paper will focus on regulatory requirements and the effects on design and equipment, color selection implication and noise issues, electronic item needs, examination of budget planning and cost estimates, description of stakeholders and implementation plan. Health care organization know the regulatory requirement and their effect on design and equipment, especially for ambulatory clinics. Outpatient clinic have beds that are devoted to “hotel function” the typical nursing units of hospital and the extensive dietetic and housekeeping area that accompanying them (WBDG,2014). The implementation is organized in three steps which are routine, predictive maintenance and preventive. Manager for this ambulatory facility will have contractor and city of Cleveland public health to provide what compliance and regulation on material used for the facility. The color selection is very important in an outpatient ambulatory clinic due to it can create an illusion of a higher ceiling or a wider room or facilitate cueing in way finding orientation. In our health setting, there are...
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... Regulations, Requirements, and Standards A health facility should be safe for staff and patients in the facility. When planning the setup of the health facility the management should provide key safety measure that will make the facility safe to both the staff and the patients thus enabling a peaceful environment (Guenther & Vittori, 2008). The setup should include exit route in case of fire, fire extinguishers, adequate spacing of pathways to enable people to escape from the venue without causing a stampede. With high level safety measures the facility will be secure and safe for effective performance of tasks by medical staff. It will also be conducive for the patients and clients of the institution who come on daily basis for checkup. A safe environment for a health care facility is favorable as it enhances the safety standards of the institution. The facility should be on secure location for the sake of both the client and all staff working in it, as the institution is highly labor based the security of all people to use the facility should be put on consideration (Guenther & Vittori, 2008). In January of last year, the emergency room of Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan (DHM) closed and was later converted it into a 24-hour Urgent Care. This paper will discuss regulations, requirements, and standards that will affect facility design and renovation of DHM’s urgent care department. A health care should incorporate operational functions and sustainability...
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...GUIDE FOR MAJOR HAZARD FACILITIES: EMERGENCY PLANS Safe Work Australia is an Australian Government statutory agency established in 2009. Safe Work Australia consists of representatives of the Commonwealth, state and territory governments, the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Australian Industry Group. Safe Work Australia works with the Commonwealth, state and territory governments to improve work health and safety and workers’ compensation arrangements. Safe Work Australia is a national policy body, not a regulator of work health and safety. The Commonwealth, states and territories have responsibility for regulating and enforcing work health and safety laws in their jurisdiction. ISBN 978-0-642-33376-6 [PDF] ISBN 978-0-642-33377-3 [RTF] Creative Commons [pic] Except for the Safe Work Australia logo this copyright work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Australia licence. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/au/ In essence, you are free to copy, communicate and adapt the work for non commercial purposes, as long as you attribute the work to Safe Work Australia and abide by the other licence terms. Contact information Safe Work Australia Phone: +61 2 6121 5317 Email: info@safeworkaustralia.gov.au Website: www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au Table...
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...UNIT 18: FACILITIES OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT Get assignment help for this unit at assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com LO1 Understand the operational responsibilities of a facilities manager Staff: structure and responsibilities; employment terms and conditions; training and development; appraisal; legal issues eg equal opportunities, discrimination, dismissal, working time regulations, transfer of undertakings Buildings: uses; allocation of space; capacity; essential services and supplies (mechanical, electrical, electronic); maintenance and repair (planned, preventative, emergency/reactive); refurbishment and development; security Customers: identifying and assessing needs; expectations and reactions; providing information and advice; providing customer care and control; accessibility; safety and security; legal obligations and liabilities; processing and monitoring sales and bookings; maintaining communication systems and databases; ancillary services and sales Employer/funding agencies: private and/or public ownership of facilities; management board/trustees; local authority; funding partnerships and sources; financial management; personal contract and accountability; lines of management responsibility; impact on facilities operations LO2 Understand the legal, health, safety and environmental obligations to be addressed by facilities operations Statutory regulations: types eg local authority, fire authority (expectations and requirements), employment and insurance law, building...
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