Monday, 6 July 2015

The Main Components Of Healthcare Facility Planning

By Jordan Schmidt


Developing real estate properties in California is often a challenging undertaking. The challenge is likely to be even bigger when that property is a healthcare facility. The three stages that are involved in property development are planning, design and construction. Each of these stages is important to the entire project and should therefore be treated as that. We will explore some of the main components of healthcare facility planning.

The plan of your property serves as a powerful communication tool. It conveys the message of the organisation to clients, staff members and other players in the industry. Healthcare is a very sensitive industry and continues to become very competitive by the day. Patients and their relatives will only choose a hospital believed to offer the best care. Proper planning helps to influence this perception and will unboundedly sway clients in your direction.

Planning should take care of every little detail in the property. One of the areas that you will need to spend time on architecturally is the entrance. This is what people see first when they make the trip to your hospital. As such it should be designed around a compassionate theme and patients should feel that they will get better. Research has shown that the appearance of a hospital may help relieve stress in some patients.

It is impossible to discuss the success of any real estate property without mentioning capital. Whether you intend to build from the ground up or to be based in rented premises, you need money. The amount of capital that is required in dependent on the size of the structure to be constructed and the quality of service that one intends to provide. Have these two variables crystal clear from the very beginning.

Technology has changed the landscape of doing business I healthcare a great deal. You must know what is available in the market and its benefits both in the short term and long term. Technology can be adopted in areas such as diagnosis, treatment, and data management. Due to the rapidly changing technological environment, be ready to keep adapting so as to ensure you remain at par with other players in the industry.

Finding a feasible and cost effective operation model is another important task of the planner in managing the business aspect of the hospital. You need to have an idea of how many patients you are likely to handle periodically and whether or not these numbers can sustain the business. The insurance industry is a major stakeholder in healthcare all over the world. Identify the main players in the industry and plan on how to work with them.

The healthcare industry is labour intensive. On most occasions you will need to employ high skilled personnel that have to be paid well. This may take up a half to two thirds of your budget and may eventually lead to very high operational costs. It is vital that you plan carefully for this aspect. It is better to have a small efficient facility that a large inefficient one.

Failure to properly plan is to create a recipe for disaster as regards the success of your project. Many firms that fail to succeed in the industry are usually poorly planned as has been demonstrated through research. Ensure that you create as good a plan as possible.




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