Floor Plan of a Doctor's Office
Facility Planning Template—Floor Plan
Health care facilities have uniquely defined characteristics based on the needs of the facility or population served. Poor design may lead to staff, visitor, or patient stress. In large facilities, the inability to find a department may lead to frustrations and disorientation. Poor layout may also lead to staff inefficiencies or fines because of failure to meet regulatory requirements.
Throughout this course you will design a floor plan for the facility you selected in the Week 2 Facility Selection and Research assignment. This assignment illustrates the difficult balances between patient flow, workflow, safety, and aesthetics. You will use this document as a guide to understand the environmental design elements you should include in your final design. You will submit this document each week as your assignment.
For this project, you may use the program of your choice to complete the floor plan. Some programs to consider are Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Visio®, Publisher®, Excel®, or online floor plan programs such as Edraw, SmartDraw, Gliffy, and Lucidchart. Your faculty member will need to approve your choice, since he or she must be able to view your project in order to grade it. It is important to note that the purpose of this project is not to be an expert at creating a facility using your chosen program, but rather to ensure the concepts learned in this course can be applied to the facility design principles. Your use of the floor planning program is meant to enhance your learning of the course and program concepts.
Week Two: Facility Selection and Research
Select a facility from below to use in your final project. You will use this facility in Weeks 3 through 5. If you would like to use a facility not listed here, please check with your instructor for approval.
• Assisted living
• Birthing center
• Clinic
• Doctor’s office
• Hematology lab
• Hospital security layout
• Outpatient clinic
Research the facility.
Write a 260- to 350-word summary. Your summary should:
• Describe the facility you selected and its purpose in the health care industry.
• Identify the populations who use the facility.
• Identify key characteristics of the facility.
• Explain why you have selected this type of facility.
Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.
Submit your assignment.
I would like to choose the Doctor's Office to complete this assignment and Thank you
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The facility I selected is the doctor’s office. I always find it fascinating as it’s an important aspect of healthcare. Patients who visit the doctor’s office can get to know their ailments and find appropriate medical attention. In the doctor’s office, they will get to learn of their treatment plans once the doctor has ordered tests and analyzed their results. If their condition warrants seeing a specialist, a doctor will refer them. A doctor’s office is the first primary care setting where patients interact with a physician. It is where they get to review the services offered and offer complaints or compliments based on the services offered. It is where a doctor gets to record medical history and perform medical procedures that can assist in evaluating patient satisfaction. A basic office will usually contain a waiting room and an examination room. The examination room will often have an examination table or bed where patients can lie down or sit.
A doctor’s office gets visits from populations of all races, gender, and age. It may consist of men, women, and children. Patients come from different races, cultures, and religious or political affiliations. A doctor will often attend to 50 to 100 patients every day. The number may vary depending on the medical specialty or the community size.
The key characteristics of a doctor’s office include accessibility, efficiency, safety, securit...