Presenters: John L. Williams, Washington State Department of Health, and Kirsten Waltz, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, LEED AP, Baystate Health
Description: The new Guidelines for Design and Construction of Outpatient Facilities was developed to meet the needs of the health care industry as new treatments are performed in new locations, traditional inpatient services move to outpatient settings, and new practices and facility types emerge. The idea is to create flexible facilities that can readily be reused for newer procedures, technologies, or purposes in the future. The presenters will discuss two approaches to applying the Outpatient Guidelines requirements-one for facility types detailed in the document and the other for facility types that have requirements scattered in multiple chapters. Several case studies are presented to demonstrate using the Guidelines to design different outpatient facility types.
This webinar will enable viewers to:
1) Describe the importance of developing a functional program at project outset to ensure the finished project supports patient and staff safety and the safe, effective delivery of care.
2) Explain how the Outpatient Guidelines requirements can be applied to an outpatient facility type not specifically included in the book to support design of safe, effective buildings as outpatient facilities continue to be moved out of hospitals.
3) Discuss the importance of using a safety risk assessment to identify risks associated with services provided in an outpatient facility to ensure the completed facility can help mitigate those risks.
4) Recognize when input from the authority having jurisdiction is needed to confirm code requirements for a new or unusual outpatient facility type.
*Please note that continuing education credit is no longer available for this webinar.
14 окт 2024
