Steps in Planning & Designing a Hospital

• Healthcare Plan : Doctors , Equipment, Area, Beds etc.

1. Objectives of hospital : Long and short term
2. Doctors availability/ Disease pattern {everything related to healthcare delivery is documented) {Based on extensive Market Study}
3. Level of sophistication
4. Evaluate the healthcare plan on basis of resource plan on basis of resource plan with the owners

• Resource plan
• Evaluate whether resource plan meets the healthcare plan
• The final resource plan within healthcare plan

• Functional Plan :  Functional analysis /Activity analysis /Processes in departments. Flow charting every activity of the hospital in a logical sequence of how it happens in every conceivable activity. Designing parameters should be taken care for vs. the cost simultaneously.

• Conceptual Equipment Plan: All movable/immovable furniture and equipment are defines to calculate the area allocation. Specific room wise dimensions are also calculated accordingly.

• Systems Plan: There are at least 14 parameters which are to be defined to describe the engineering/civil services listed room wise based on the functional plan.

• Design process Starts – Architectural Plan
• Review of the Plan
• Installation requirements according to functional plan
• Construction
• Commissioning