How would you leverage principles of sustainable health care, Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED), “green” design, etc., when designing or renovating an existing health care facility?

1. How would you leverage principles of sustainable health care, Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED), “green” design, etc., when designing or renovating an existing health care facility?

 

2. How will you build flexibility into your facility design and why?

 

3. Discuss some considerations and challenges in the retail facilities:

 

1. 1.     Location
2. 2.     Architecture

• 3.     Visibility

4. 4.     Patient Experience
5. 5.     Care Philosophy
6. 6.     Electronic Health Record

• 7.     Telehealth
• 8.     Standards of Operations & Regulations

9. 9.     Building Systems
10. 10.  Types of services
11. 11.  Staffing

 

 

4. This chapter discusses some clinic models -pick one and discuss:

 

1. 1.     Convenient Care Clinics (CCC’s)
2. 2.     Clinics in Retail Settings

 

5. Discuss some trends in retail care facilities–pick one and discuss:
   1. Healthcare reform
   2. Cultural shifts

• Wellness vs Disease management

1. Landlord attitudes
2. Consumerism
3. Economics

• Reimbursement structures
• Return on Investment

1. Demographics
2. Ownership

6. How are demographic needs (e.g., culture, race, gender, age, religion, etc.) considered when designing a health care facility? What role does population density play regarding the availability of comparative health care services in the design of health facilities?

 

 

7. Discuss one of these future trends shaping medicine:
   1. Gamifying health
   2. Empowered patients

• Telemedicine

1. Re-thinking Medical Curriculum
2. Surgical robots
3. Genomics

• Body Sensors
• Portable diagnostics

1. DIY Biotechnology
2. 3D printing revolution
3. Iron Man & prosthetics

 

8. Future tech trends – discuss one that interests you:
   1. Artificial Intelligence
   2. Growing organs

• Eating in the future

1. Augments/Virtual reality
2. The end of human experimentation
3. Nanorobots

• Future hospitals
• Virtual – digital brains

1. Cryonics and longevity

 

9. How are electronic medical/health records, telemedicine, and smart devices affecting the health care organization where you work or are a patient at? What impact does the rate of technological change have on the delivery of health care services?

 

10. Research the standard operating procedures for waste management, fire and safety, and disaster management for your selected facility.

Select 1 area below to use in your presentation:

• Security management

 

Write a 2 slide presentation on Security management in renovation or new planning of a health care facility. Include the following in your outline: DO ONLY INTRO & CONCLUSION!!!

• Introduction- Only DO THIS!
• Explain the standard operating procedures for your selected issue
• Explain the local, state, and federal legal and regulatory requirements. Consider the following agencies:
  • Occupational Safety & Health Administration
  • Joint Commission of the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  • Your state’s health planning and development agency
  • Department of Health & Human Services
  • Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and other agencies as applicable to facility planning
• Identify issues to be considered when meeting the International Building Code for your selected facility.
• Describe measurements that may need to be done in advance of the new plan or renovation.
• List the stakeholders that may play a role in your development of the facility.
• Conclusion- Only Do THIS!

Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references. Must include speaker notes. Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

 

11. Use the facility design to Writea 500- to 700-word summary that includes the following:

• Analyze future trends in technology, equipment, and design of the health care facility you designed.
• Describe your process for designing your facility.
• Discuss any recommendations or suggestions for completing your floor plan differently.
  • Describe successes experienced while designing your facility.
  • Describe failures experienced while designing your facility.
  • Describe what you would do differently to address your failures.
• Imagine this facility was a renovation of an existing structure and describe what you would have done differently while building your facility.
• Describe what you have learned from designing this facility.

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.