Health and Medicine: Facility Planning for South State Hospital

Regulatory requirements and their impact on the design and equipment

To abide by the stipulated regulations of South Carolina State, THE SOUTH STATE HOSPITAL shall follow the prescribed code of ascertaining that it has; License from the government, Permits for operations, and that it follows the law as well as bye-laws of the State.

Licenses, Permits, and Bye-Laws

Licenses: SOUTH STATE Hospital shall approach the Licensing Authority to be issued with the License. After being issued with the license, the hospital shall start its operations in earnest. The facility will operate under the laws and regulations as provided by the Acts of South Carolina Assembly. The license will be required as issued under Licensing Act under the Ministry of Health and Industry. It will be renewed annually.

Accreditation

There would be an invitation for a specialized body to investigate and establish that SOUTH STATE Hospital meets the standards of healthcare operations. The site would be surveyed after every three months. This would ensure that there is continuous improvement of the facility. The facility needs to perform this criterion of Accreditation to maintain quality operations in the facility; well-organized management, reduction of healthcare cost because of efficiency, and increase of publics confidence in the operations of the healthcare.

Permits; Healthcare permits will be required and obtained from the local authorities as issued under The Local Government Act. It will be renewed annually.

Bye-laws; All the bye-laws that the law requires will be put in place. Labor laws as described by the federation of South Carolina Employees and Trade union. Taxation acts as provided by Revenue Authority will be taken into consideration. National social security fund laws as provided by under the ministry of labor will be observed by the facility Kelly(2009).

Color selection implications and noise issues

According to Kopacz(2004), patients tend to remember colors better than numbers. In choosing a color, The South State Hospital shall consider; tradition, characteristics of the user, and the surrounding. Different colors influence the operations of Hospital facilities. For instance, there are situations where colors may evoke spaciousness.

The South State Hospital would be designed with good colors to bring an array of happiness and jollity. There would be bright colors on the walls of the Facility. The accessories will be well designed with colors that are attractive and appealing. The name of the Hospital has good color in its logo (blue).

Noise interferes with sleep and highly disturbs patients. In hospitals, the noise could be due to; alarms, telephones, ice machines, a conversation between staff, bed rails, and pneumatic tubes. There should be a mechanism of ensuring that noise is reduced in a healthcare facility. The South State Hospital will purchase hi-tech panels which have been confirmed to substantially absorb noise. These panels will be placed on the ceiling and walls of the facility.

List of equipment and electronic items needed

Some of the equipment and electronic items that the facility will need are;

Scalpel, the ultrasound, x-ray machines, medical lasers, infusion pumps, anesthetic machines, medical ventilators, heart-lung machines, blood pressure machine, the medical laboratory equipment, diagnostic medical equipment, chase drainage, the cardiac monitor, Ventilators, ox meters of pulse, Scoop stretchers, Automated sphygmomanometer (CAS Medical Systems), Neonatal transport incubator, oxygen masks, and Intravenous fluids (crystalloids, colloids), cables and the connectors, air purifiers, energy tools, light and sound machines, massage chairs Wolper (2004).

Budget planning and cost estimates

To optimally operate, SOUTH STATE Hospital shall ensure that it has the following; machinery, electronic items, and equipment.

A Table budget planning and cost estimates of electronic items, machinery, and equipment

Item	Date Required	Source	No. Required	Cost estimate Per Unit($)	Installation Cost($)	Total ($)
medical lasers	05/05/2011	Chris Suppliers Company Ltd.	30	300		9,000
infusion pumps	05/05/2011	M dealers	10	150		1,500
light and sound machines	05/05/2011	South State	100	1000		10,000
anesthetic machines	05/05/2011	South State	20	1000		20,000
air purifiers	05/05/2011	Chris Suppliers Company Ltd.	10	1000		10,000
Tables	05/05/2011	M dealers	20	200		4,000
Chairs	05/05/2011	M dealers	1000	400		400,000
Beds	05/05/2011	M dealers	1000	900		900,000
blood pressure machine	05/05/2011	Chris Suppliers Company Ltd.	10	1000		10,000
massage chairs	05/05/2011	Chris Suppliers Company Ltd.	200	1000		200,000
Plates	05/05/2011	South State	10 SETS	240		2,400
Teacups	05/05/2011	South State	10 SETS	320		3,200
Knives	05/05/2011	South State	10	15		150
Serving spoons	05/05/2011	South State	12	10		120
Saucepans	05/05/2011	South State	2	150		300
medical ventilators	05/05/2011	Chris Suppliers Company Ltd.	20	2500		50,000
medical laboratory equipment	05/05/2011	Chris Suppliers Company Ltd.	10	1000		10,000
Cooking sticks	05/05/2011	South State	5	20		100
Thermo flasks	05/05/2011	South State	10	200		2,000
Forks	05/05/2011	South State	100	5		500
Trays	05/05/2011	South State	10	120		1,200
oxygen masks	05/05/2011	Chris Suppliers Company Ltd.	40	150		6,000
Total						1,640,470

Electronics Needed

Item	Date Required	Source	No. Required	Cost Per Unit($)	Installation Cost($)	Total ($)
Computer	05/05/2011	L Dealers	50	10,000		500,000
Electric cooker	05/05/2011	L Dealers	10	3,500		30,500
Refrigerators	05/05/2011	L Dealers	10	30,000		300,000
Television set	05/05/2011	L Dealers	10	8,000		80,000
Ovens	05/05/2011	L Dealers	10	5,000		50,000
Fryer	05/05/2011	LD Dealers	10	2,500		20,500
Mixer	05/05/2011	LD Dealers	1	2,000		2,000
ultrasound	05/05/2011	Chris Suppliers Company Ltd.	40	100		4,000
x-ray machines	05/05/2011	M Associates	20	3000		60,000
Automated sphygmomanometer	05/05/2011	M Associates	10	1000		10,000
cables and the connectors	05/05/2011	M Associates	1000	200		20,000
Total						1,077,020

Resources Required

Items	Cost Estimate( $)
Project Managers	20,000
Equipment	10,000,000
Employees/Staff	10, 500,000
Licenses and permits	643,000
Installation	234,000
Advertisement	834,000
Promotion	200,000
Rent deposit / Building of Clinic	100,000,000
The stock of raw materials	500,700
Total	122,931,700

A Table of monthly Remuneration to Employees

Remuneration of the employees will be based on academic qualification, experience, and type of job or task performed.

Post	No of employees	Monthly pay ($)	Total ($)
Manager	1	56,000	56,000
Supervisor	1	69,000	69,000
Cateress	2	7,000 each	14,000
Doctors	4	70,000 each	28,000
Cooks	10	5,000 each	60,000
Waiters	12	5,000 each	60,000
Cashiers	3	5,000 each	15,000
Messenger	4	4,000 each	16,000
Security guard	12	4,000 each	48,000
cleaner	20	4,000 each	80,000
Total	69		446,000

Implementation plan (Gantt chart)

This is a plan that the South State Hospital will follow to ensure that there is a timely implementation of the facility.

	January	February	April	May	June
Formulation of the policies by the managers
Budget Analysis
Building the Facility
Purchase of Equipment & Recruitment of Staff
Operation of the Facility

Description of the role of stakeholders in facility planning and development

The roles, duties, and responsibilities of members of the management team will be:

Manager; would be responsible for daily management of the facility, some of the roles would be to;

Formulation of policies. These policies will perfectly help in the daily operation of the facility.
The setting of goals and objectives. Goals are important elements as they show what the organization is striving to achieve in short term and the long run.
Allocation of resources to different departments of the facility. This would ensure that no department lacks resources for efficient operations.
Organization of healthcare activities. When all activities are well organized, there would be effective operations in the facility.

Doctors; a specialized team of doctors would be employed in the Hospital. They would be highly expected to provide exemplary services to patients. The main aim of doctors would be to treat patients as necessary and in the most advanced modern way.

Supervisors; their roles are;

To ensure proper maintenance of facilities; equipment, machinery, and electronics.
Ensure good human relations within the healthcare facility
Communicating problems, views, and concerns of the facility
Provision of job training to workers