Medical Planning Services
Philosophy
We believe that Planning of Healing Environments is a social art that is the synthesis of site specifics, culture, and programming. Rather than deriving our solutions from preconceived or abstract theories, we offer a process that strives for solutions that uniquely allows planners and design engineers to respond and design to the particular spatial and functional needs of each Client.
Service
We listen to and learn from our Clients everyday and have a reputation for working with our clients to transform program goals into unique and meaningful functional solutions. We have continued to reinforce our core commitment to the values of collaboration, mentoring, communication, and above all, Service to Clients.
PRE-DESIGN
• Establish Medical Program
• Establish and Define Program Components
• Establish Functional Space Planning
• Establish Space Relationships
MEDICAL PLANNING METHODOLOGY
• Set Reporting Protocol
• Establish and Agree to International Codes to be followed
• Meet User Groups to explain and establish Approach to Project
• Conduct Idea Sessions
• Develop preliminary Space Program
• Conduct Detail Work Sessions with Users
• Analyse User needs and Institutional Objectives and Budget to agree with Client Management on FORWARD PATH.
• Develop detailed Functional Space Program
Master Plan
• Medical Planning inputs during Site Master planning and Review
Schematic Plan
• Medical Planning inputs during Block Schematics and Stacking and Review
• Medical Planning inputs during Schematics as per Medical Plan/FSP
Design Development
• Medical Planning inputs for Typical Medical Room Layouts and Review
For ICU Rooms, ORs, Patient Rooms
MEDICAL PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING OUTCOMES
We strive for the following outcomes though diligent Space Planning and Medical Planning:
• A world class “patient focused” health care provider / system
• The organization to be built as an "institution of excellence" on the ‘strategic business unit’ model
• To have operational state of art technologies and keep ahead at all times
• To install and be able to implement the most efficient and effective protocols / practices across all functional areas of the institution
• To build the institution as a knowledge domain for health care activities and services, towards being a hub for a wider health care network
• To institute the latest and futuristic systems of health care delivery
• To build a center of excellence for clinical research & continuing medical education
STANDARDS & CODES
The Industry standards used by us for the Space Programming & Medical Planning purpose are the following:
• Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Hospital & Healthcare Facilities from the US Department of Health and Human Resources [USA]
• Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospital Organization [JCAHO] standards [USA]
• USA Federal Guidelines and Codes for Hospitals
released in April 2006.
• International & Country specific Radiation Regulations
• Drug and Cosmetics Act [Local]
• Standard Codes for Building Construction, [International & Local]