Strategizing for a new hospital
- 1. Strategize For A New Hospital
- 2. Components of Hospital Planning: Objectives Strategies Standards Budget Policies Procedures Programs Rules Methods
- 3. Hospital Planning Team Representative of a governing body for fulfilling legal aspects Engineers & Architects for layout & construction Administration Committee to manage the hospital Specialists of various medical branches Nursing staff
- 4. Objectives: • Analysis of the existing facilities • Reviewing the facilities that are needed • Fulfillment of the needs of the people by providing them the best healthcare • Special care of women, children, aged people & people below poverty line.
- 5. Strategies: • Forming relationships with physicians. • Pursuing payer relationships and new revenue models. • Partnering with the community. • Focusing on the outpatient arena. • Investing in technology. • Merging with other hospitals and healthcare systems.
- 6. Standards: • Step 1: Make a list of all public hospitals, and classify them according to the level of services they provide, • Step 2: Estimate the sum total of government resources each hospital consumes. • Step 3: Identify hospitals believed to be performing poorly • Step 4: Describe the present structure of decision making and administration in this list of selected hospitals. • Step 5: Evaluate performance of the selected hospitals in accordance with how they meet the criteria of efficiency, equity, accountability, quality of care, and revenue mobilization. • Step 6: Revise, if necessary, the priorities in the list of hospitals targeted for reform.
- 7. Budget: While determining the budget following points must be considered: • Revenue comes from patient payments, donations etc. • Expenses comes from physical facilities like how much does it cost to keep up the building or buildings, maintenance cost of each department, electricity, water, other utilities, equipment costs and including non-medical cost of each bed in the hospital and advertising too. • Cost of all employees • Other facilities such as parking garages, lots, laundry, landscaping, grounds keeping or window washing. • An emergency expense fund. If some disaster occurs , the hospital must be prepared for it.
- 8. Policies: • To provide information about present complaints and medical history • To report whether he/she clearly comprehends the contemplated course of treatment and what is expected of him/her. • To report dissatisfaction with the quality of care or service to the nurse manager, physician, or patient representative.. • To assure that financial obligations of his/her health care are fulfilled as promptly as possible. • To be considerate of the rights of other patients and hospital personnel by assisting in the control of noise and the number of visitors. • To be respectful of the property of other persons and the property of the hospital.
- 9. Rules: • Smoking should be strictly prohibited. • Visiting Hours should be decided. • There should be a provision of a special visitors' pass for visitors who wish to stay. • There should a control over the noise in the hospital.