Introduction
The members of any community require easy access to health care services, and the number of effectively functioning health care facilities can be discussed as directly associated with the health statistics in the community. That is why, to improve the health statistics in the local community, it is necessary to focus on the ideas of redesigning the existing health care facilities and building new ones to respond to the persons’ health care needs. Thus, while selecting the object for redesigning or building in the community to address the community members’ health care needs, it is necessary to research and describe the health care facilities in the community, to select the specific project focus for redesigning or rebuilding, and to provide the rationale for realizing the project.
The Summary of the Research and Description of the Local Facilities
The research in the local community to examine the state of health care services and facilities includes the focus on a range of facilities offered and on their features to be improved or redesigned. The community proposes a range of healthcare and dental services to address the daily health care needs of the community members. Thus, the services are offered by the ambulatory care clinic for adults, by the hospital with the Obstetrics Unit (OB) and ambulatory surgery unit, by the ambulatory care clinic for children, and by private dental clinics. The majority of the community members attend the ambulatory care clinic because of its appropriate location. The large hospital with the Obstetrics Unit (OB) and ambulatory surgery unit are located far from the community’s center that is why only the patients with problematic cases and those who need ambulatory surgery assistance are sent to the discussed hospital.
The Local Ambulatory Care Clinic for Adults
The Ambulatory Care Clinic is the health care facility that is selected to be redesigned to address the health care needs of the community members. The Ambulatory Care Clinic is located in the large green territories near the central part of the city where the minor clinic facilities are organized as the city’s medical center. The clinic provides a range of primary services and outpatient care for all the residents of the city. The local Ambulatory Care Clinic also offers specialized services for adults while coping with dozens of visits a day and providing treatment for the hundreds of outpatients monthly. The visits of the community members depend on the regular appointments and emergency cases.
The building of the Ambulatory Care Clinic is designed to provide services for dozens of outpatients, but it is not appropriate to accept dozens of visitors a day. The rooms for outpatients are not large. The clinic has a large medical staff, but there are limited resources to locate the staff effectively. The existing spaces are used to locate the specialized clinic units and examination rooms. The reception lobby and corridors are not large to contribute to the patient’s and staff’s movement in the clinic.
Explanation of the Need for the Renovation
The building of the Ambulatory Care Clinic should be redesigned because of the necessity to address the health care needs of the community members because this clinic is the most frequently visited health care facility in the city. Furthermore, the clinic provides services for hundreds of outpatients monthly. Having analyzed the particular features of the clinic’s design, it is possible to note that the building should be improved by providing more spaces for the examination rooms, lobby reception zones, and waiting rooms. Significant numbers of patients cannot be properly examined because of the problems with the examination rooms. The next important problem is the lack of space in the waiting rooms which can be combined with halls to provide more spaces for patients. The rooms for the medical staff should be also pointed in the new plan for redesigning the facility.
The project to redesign the health care facility should also address the existing problems with ventilation and temperature control about the clinic’s corridors and ambulatory patients’ rooms. To contribute to the effective movement within the clinic building, it is necessary to pay more attention to the signage in corridors to support the patients’ orientation in the building. The parking territories should also be improved because of the necessity to meet the needs of persons with disabilities. The existing parking system can be improved with references to providing more parking space and readily available entrance systems.
Conclusion
The building of such a local health care facility as the Ambulatory Care Clinic for adults should be redesigned to provide more opportunities for outpatients and visitors to receive high-quality care and treatment and to feel comfortable. The existing plan of the facility cannot be discussed as contributing to the clinic’s efficiency. Thus, the propositions for redesigning the facility can be considered as necessary to improve the quality of the services offered by the Ambulatory Care Clinic for the local community.