Renovation planning and cost analysis for a community walk-in health clinic

Healthcare -- Floor Plan

Renovation of an existing facility into a walk-in health clinic would be a complex, expensive task. It would involve careful planning, numerous stakeholders, land, building, renovations, driveway and parking, contracts, furnishings, equipment and supplies. Budget planning would be critical. Having completed this task, I would change several key aspects of my plan.

If this is a new facility or a renovation

I selected renovation of an existing facility, which is a walk-in health clinic. The floorplan follows:

(Smartdraw, LLC, 2016)

Reason you selected the facility

I chose this facility because it is an increasingly common and modern structure for providing outpatient medical care in a community

Who are your stakeholders for this project

The stakeholders for this project are: providers; patients; payers; and in certain circumstances, the patients' employers (Duke University School of Medicine - Department of Community and Family Medicine, 2016). In addition, due to my need for significant financing, other stakeholders may include investors/banks.

4. What are your planning needs

Planning needs are:

a. Finance for building and land purchase, remodel, furniture, equipment and supplies;

b. Purchase of a building for use by the clinic. The total office space should be approximately 1200 square feet on a lot 120' x 70'.

c. Experienced contractor;

d. Construction contracts for office remodel and parking/driveway construction;

e. Blacktop parking for ten (10) cars;

f. Driveway entrance;

g. Building remodel, to include:

1) Main office;

2) Waiting Room;

3) Two (2) examination rooms;

4) Records room;

5) Two (2) restrooms;

6) Recovery room.

h. Furnishings, including:

1) Four (4) office chairs;

2) Five (4) waiting room chairs;

3) Two (2) wheeled stools for examination rooms;

4) Three (3) filing cabinets for main office;

5) Four (4) filing cabinets for records room;

6) Two (2) examination tables;

7) One (1) end table for waiting room;

8) Two (2) desks for main office and records room;

9) Two (2) combination supply cabinets/w writing surface for examination rooms;

10) Three (3) hospital beds for recovery room;

11) Two (2) toilets;

12) Two (2) sinks.

i. Medical examination equipment;

j. Medical outpatient surgical equipment;

k. Medical supplies;

l. General office supplies.

5. What are your planning goals

Confining the discussion to floor plan alone, my planning goals are:

a. A location that is accessible to a generous population of potential patients;

b. A state-of-the-art, adequately spacious walk-in clinic;

c. Sufficient driveway and parking facilities;

d. Sufficient financing.

6. Cost estimates for one room in your facility (provide a chart containing each item in the room, the estimated cost of the items, and a total for that one room)

Examination Room

Office chair

Wheeled stool

Examination table

1995.00

Combination supply cabinet/writing surface

2,595.00

Medical examination equipment

3,000.00

Medical outpatient surgical equipment

20,000.00

Medical supplies

2,000.00

General office Supplies

TOTAL

$30,674.77

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7. How would you handle budget planning

Budget planning would include calculations of:

a. Startup expenses, including costs of all the planning needs listed in #4 above;

b. Startup assets, including cash, any startup inventory and any startup equipment, furniture and supplies;

c. Startup financing, including investments and loans (Berry, n.d.).

C. Conclusion

I opted for renovation of an existing facility, which is a walk-in health clinic, choosing this facility because it is an increasingly common, modern structure for outpatient community healthcare. My stakeholders are providers, patients, payers, employers and probably investors/banks. My planning needs are extensive, involving the land, building, renovations, driveway and parking, contracts, furnishings, equipment and supplies. My planning goals include an optimal location, state-of-the-art facilities, sufficient parking and driveway, and sufficient financing for all.

Budget planning would be critical, as this is an expensive project: cost estimates for one examination room alone, total more than $37,000.00. Budget would be planned by calculating startup expenses, startup assets and startup financing. Even assuming generous startup financing through investments/loans, this is a daunting, expensive task, even before figuring in staff, phones, computers, medical software and other essentials. If I drew this up again, I would probably have a single restroom, possibly a single examination room, and fewer beds in the recovery room. Perhaps would even buy an existing clinic and everything in it, make very minor adjustments and plan for larger renovations as the business progresses.