ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Hayward & Associates, a provider of facility planning services to the healthcare industry, announced the publication of SpaceMed2004 - A Space Planning Guide for Healthcare Facilities.
SpaceMed2004 presents guidelines that reflect the dynamic healthcare environment. First published in 1995 as ChiPlan, this standard reference book for the healthcare industry won an Outstanding Research Award from the American Institute of Architects. SpaceMed2004 is an update of this popular facility planning tool and provides state-of-the-art planning methodologies, industry benchmarks, and planning tips from decades of consulting to healthcare organizations throughout North America.
Author Cynthia Hayward, AIA, Founder and Principal of Hayward & Associates, has been an industry leader in healthcare facility planning over the past 25 years and has assisted hundreds of healthcare institutions to economically and efficiently plan their facility investments. She was the author of the original ChiPlan space planning guide and was a partner with Chi Systems, Inc. for over 20 years.
SpaceMed2004 organizes clinical services and support functions to reflect new organization structures that are replacing the traditional “departments” of the past and promotes operational processes that are focused around the patient, exploit new technologies, and provide more efficient use of staff, equipment, and space. Each of the sixteen workbook sections includes descriptive narrative about current trends, key planning issues, space planning approaches, achieving optimal performance, facility layout considerations, and potential facility planning pitfalls. Detailed space planning templates are provided for use in developing room-by-room space programs and an additional quick calculation of treatment spaces template is provided for selected diagnostic and treatment services. All templates are included in an accompanying CD formatted in Microsoft(R) Excel.
At a cost of $480 USD, SpaceMed2004 can help healthcare organizations improve their financial position by optimizing capital investments and planning flexible facilities to reflect the needs of patients, caregivers, and payers well into the twenty-first century. Details on purchasing SpaceMed2004 can be found at http://www.space-med.com/ /.
About Hayward & Associates LLC
Hayward & Associates LLC focuses exclusively on pre-design planning and provides unique expertise in the development of capital investment strategies, clinical program integration, operations redesign, and facility master planning and space programming for healthcare organizations. For more information on Hayward & Associates, call (734) 668-0087 or visit the company’s web site at http://www.hayward-assoc.com/ /.
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CONTACT: Cynthia Hayward of Hayward & Associates, +1-734-668-0087
