As hospitals look towards the “post-COVID-19” doom, they are shifting their focus to increase operational facilities and immediately create additional cost and workflow opportunities. The old saying “necessity is the mother of invention” holds true now more than ever before. Patient care decision, dictated by necessary safety measures, has obligated hospital leaders to completely recalibrate…
For any healthcare organization, getting accreditation means getting recognition for its performance standards, by a national accreditation body (NABH) or international accreditation organization (JCI). It means that the organization has managed to meet the stringent standards at various levels set by the body, which is an independent external peer. Accreditation is a testimony to a…
As the demand for healthcare is increasing, the importance of health care equipment planners and health system planning is also increasing. However, the healthcare industry is quite complex to understand because it’s always changing because of technological advancements or government mandates. Therefore, hospital space planners play a crucial role to provide success in the healthcare organisation….
The hospital should prepare for any emergency case that can come at any time. That’s why hospitals hospital equipment planners play an important role to keep all the essential pieces of medical equipment on hand. To provide complete treatment for patients, there is a need for a standard set of equipment like: 1. Hospital Stretchers…
Every year in India, thousands of patients die due to avoidable hospital errors and lack of safety measure. Safety in hospital building design can improve team performance and avoid errors by limiting harm and reducing the likeliness of mistakes. Here is the list of 5 factors that top health organisations implement to achieve the safety…
Designing an advanced and modernised hospital layout needs a well-maintained plan. However, there are some complicated situations where you find it difficult to select the right layout for the hospital. Nowadays, a perfect hospital design plan addresses many functions to the patients, family and staff. To provide such functions, one should consider the following factors…
The construction of a new hospital project can take a long time, expensive endeavors and high specialization. Hospital space planning design requires significant oversight because of the safety of patients and health requirement, advanced technology and strict regulations the need to be supported. Hospital construction maker faces mounting pressures to build the hospital in less…
Around the world, national healthcare emergency plans have struggled to cope with the force of Covid-19, with healthcare facilities and critical care systems buckling under extraordinary pressure. Faced with a massive inrush of long-term intensive care patients, overstretched hospitals have often had to rely on medical evacuations organized by regional health agencies and even the…
Accreditation is a voluntary program in which trained external reviewers evaluate a healthcare organization’s yielding and compare it with pre-established performance standards. In an ever-evolving healthcare landscape, important regulatory updates occur rapidly and frequently. The accreditation approach has pushed the bar for healthcare organizations quite high and induces continuous improvements in healthcare organizations. In this…
The waiting rooms of an oncology hospital are very special places. During the treatment process against the disease, which can be very long, these spaces become the routine environment of patients. Patients who usually face long waits and moments of high emotional load and stress. History and classic concept of waiting rooms in hospitals In…
