Wk 2 Summary: Facility Selection and Research
Homework Content
Scenario
The administrator’s presentation, based on your briefing, was so well received by the board members that they asked to see a proposal for a hospital.
based outpatient facility. In fact, the board suggested that the administrator ask you to take the lead in the project. Your administrator is already working
at her max, so she fully supports you in leading the way. Incidentally, the new facility will be housed in a separate off-campus building and will be owned
and operated by the hospital.
Preparation
Select and research a hospital-based outpatient facility type from the list below to use in your course project. You will plan this facility throughout
Weeks 3, 4, and 5. If you would like to use a facility type not listed here, please check with your faculty member for approval.
• Doctors office (specify specialty)
• Diagnostic facility (specify lab, imaging, etc.)
• Rehabilitation or treatment facility (specity type)
• Satellite department (specify department) |
• Long-term care facility (specity type)
Note: This assignment does not include a drawing and needs to be an original facility plan.
Assignment Deliverables
Develop a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation of your selected facility. Your summary should:
• Identify the type of facility you selected (this should be the same throughout the class).|
• Identity the specific location where your facility will be built (e g.must include city and state).
• Describe services to be offered at the facility (citation)
• Describe the National Statistics (connect to your type of facility and population) compared to the State Statistics … GRAPH iS
acceptable to support statistics). BE consistent -use same statistics in the comparison of National and State (citation)
• Describe the facility’s role in the area’s health care industry. Include information on anticipated referral patterns and competition
(citation) |
• Describe key physical structural characteristics of the facility (citation). Health care facilities have uniquely defined characteristics
based on the needs of the facility or population served.
Reference and cite the textbook, Heolthcare Facility Plonning: Thinking Strotegicolly, and at least 1 additional peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar
reference.
Slide design (highlights on the slide) and details go in the speaker notes with the citation(s). NOTE that speaker notes are required (150 words
minimum)- as well as color, design, graphs and photos to support the presentation.
Format your citations and references according to APA guidelines.
