Building Type Basics for Healthcare Facilities

by Richard L. Kobus (Tsoi/Kobus & Associates); Ronald L. Skaggs (HKS, Inc); Michael Bobrow (Bobrow/Thomas and Associates); Julia Thomas (Bobrow/Thomas and Associates); Thomas M. Payette (Payette Assoicates Inc.)

• ISBN13: 9780471356721
• ISBN10: 0471356727
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Here's the essential information you need to initiate designs for acute care hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and specialty centers. Filled with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details. Combines an overview of the needs and concerns of healthcare industry clients with the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion. Order your copy today!

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Stephen Kliment
Acknowledgments	xi
Perspective	1	(8)
Richard L. Kobus
Tsoi/Kobus
Ancillary Departments	9	(122)
Ronald L. Skaggs
Introduction	9	(5)
Diagnostic Departments	14	(36)
Interventional Departments	50	(41)
Therapy Departments	91	(16)
Logistical Support Departments	107	(11)
Support Services	118	(13)
Inpatient Care Facilities	131	(62)
Michael Bobrow
Julia Thomas
Bobrow/Thomas
Introduction	131	(1)
Background	131	(1)
Nursing Unit Evolution and Trends in Design and Planning	132	(4)
Planning for Efficient Operation	136	(3)
Plan Types	139	(6)
Multibed Versus Single-Bed Rooms	145	(12)
Interior Consideration and Architectural Design Issues	157	(4)
Specialized Inpatient Nursing Units and Their Unique Planning Issues	161	(6)
Functional and Space Programming Issues	167	(5)
Typical Functional Program	172	(7)
Interdepartmental Relationships and Departmental Groupings	179	(1)
International Challenges	179	(1)
Detailed Technical Issues	180	(10)
Trends, Including Reuse and Retrofit	190	(1)
Summary	191	(2)
Ambulatory Care Facilities	193	(48)
Thomas M. Payette
Introduction	193	(3)
Ambulatory Surgery Centers	196	(5)
Opthalmology Centers	201	(3)
Proton Therapy Centers	204	(3)
Ambulatory Psychiatric Facilities	207	(5)
Emergency Departments	212	(7)
Women's Healthcare Centers	219	(5)
Heart Centers	224	(5)
Cancer Centers	229	(3)
Dialysis Centers	232	(6)
Adaptive Reuse of Space	238	(3)
Bibliography	241	(1)
Illustration Credits	242	(1)
Index	243