This week you will continue to build your final facility. The legal team has asked you to provide them with considerations regarding legal and regulatory requirements that may affect the facility planning process.

PART1

This week you will continue to build your final facility. The legal team has asked you to provide them with considerations regarding legal and regulatory requirements that may affect the facility planning process.

Add the required design components to your facility.

Complete the Facility Planning Template Week 4 Below

Week Four: Facility Planning—Floor Plan, Part 2

This week you will continue to build your final facility. The legal team has asked you to provide them with considerations regarding legal and regulatory requirements that may affect the facility planning process.

Add the following to your facility:

· Assets and equipment:

· All assets and equipment that should be considered for use by the patient, staff, and families

· Regulatory considerations:

· Color and noise elements

· Regulatory elements, such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper. Your paper should:

· Analyze the impact of federal, state, and local legal and regulatory requirements on your selected facility.

· Consider and discuss assets and equipment you will need to add to your floor plan.

· Consider and discuss any modification you made to your floor plan with respect to structure and area.

· Analyze accountability and liability implications for individuals and organizations for your selected facility.

· Analyze legal versus ethical considerations for your selected facility.

· Include a print screen of your facility below. Use the instructions provided if you need help adding a print screen .

Include a print screen of your facility in the last page of the paper.

Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

PART2

Discussion

Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following:

· Describe how project management concepts are included in health care facility design.

RESPONSES

R1-

In the healthcare industry the facility that practice effective project management will have some benefits. Some benefits are lower costs and will improve the outcome of the facility. The patients well-being and the quality of care is what the individuals will receive. There are several stages to the project management. First the initiate phase is knowing what is included in the project costs, the outcome of the facility, and risks. Second is to plan out every step of the project. This will include the deadlines, the budget and assigning responsibilities. To execute the steps in the plan for the project. Monitor the progress of the plan on a regular basis to ensure the project is on the right track to great success. Make the necessary adjustments to the project plans. The process of budgeting, ensuring there is enough funding for each phase of the project. The facility project management plan is vital, it is a lot of effort that is put into ensuring the regulations are met. Having a plan in place will eliminate negative outcome. Anything that will enhance positive results for the patients.

R2-

Project management concepts are included in health care facilities are marketing, human resource, finance, and risk managements are included. They all need to understand the scope of the project. Abbey Serino (n.d.) states” that there are 4 foundational stages of project management.

1. Initiate- this is where the details of the project is example goals, financial cost, review and approval of the project.

2. Plan- Job duties established, deadlines set, setting the budget,

3. Monitor & Execute- progress measured, adjust plans if needed, ready for bottle necks, beginning the steps of the project

4. Close- summary of the project in writing , by sharing with your leadership and project team(project management in healthcare).”

Staying on track of the time and budget is crucial for the project manager. If they do not stay on track it is possible the client can pull the contract, money can be lost also. The project has to closely monitor to be sure not to go over the projected budget and stay on the timeline. Be ready for any bottlenecks that may arise.