Abstract
This short paper is describing in brief the need that developed the last years for a radical change in hospitals’ spatial structure in order to help both patients and the staff to have mutual gains. Contemporary hospitals are in need of structural changes due to several political, economic, social paragons as well as due to technological advances and progress in medical science. It is the author’s goal to provide the guidelines that need to be followed in order several potential changes in terms of spatial re- organization to be achieved.
Highlights
Building a contemporary hospital can be a very challenging/ intriguing procedure for engineers, especially nowadays due to the rapid changes in needs and technical alterations in terms of surgical, medical and general hospital advances
As space management is one of the most important elements that can be the foundation of the proper organization’s run (Yusof M., 2013), it can be important for hospitals, due to the continuous increase in in patient needs, something which is the result of several paragons such as technological improvements, demography, new medical methods or approaches, political changes, economic influences, human needs etc. (Heng et al, cited in Yusof M., 2013)
As Ambulatory care and surgeries have replaced, in almost global scale the last years, the emergency department (ED) as a feeder to the hospital, the ED has become an area of specialized care, including increasingly specific requirements for trauma
Summary
As space management is one of the most important elements that can be the foundation of the proper organization’s run (Yusof M., 2013), it can be important for hospitals, due to the continuous increase in in patient needs, something which is the result of several paragons such as technological improvements, demography, new medical methods or approaches, political changes, economic influences, human needs etc. (Heng et al, cited in Yusof M., 2013). The need to respond flexibly to a range of patient care demands has caused many institutions to use a single-room model that has become larger because of increased clearance criteria Such changes have resulted in the need of a different spatial planning which can result to a more ergonomic design of the whole patient care faculty design in hospital scale, As the last advances in imaging technology and the increasing number of modalities have caused radiology departments to become very complicated areas, several issues arose in terms of operational relationships, such as proximity to the imaging department and in-suite or in-room surgical imaging. According to Little et al (2008), the materials management group is usually held responsible for the implementation of a good service in delivering products according to the inventory policies of the hospital in question This function is very important for the overall hospital function, especially when important alterations will occur in the hospital’s infrastructure, function and size. The group requires that the above mentioned policies in terms i.e. of products’ delivery should be reviewed and be prepared in order to act in accordance with the new hospital infrastructure
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