How To Create A Space For Exams?

This white paper aims to help healthcare systems consider a patient-centered view of outpatient spaces, particularly exam rooms, by identifying key design elements that can enhance workflow and patient experience. To build high-performing medical examination rooms, seven steps should be taken:

1. Understand your practice’s needs: Plan the layout, ensure regulatory compliance, select ergonomic, durable furniture, create a welcoming reception, and design functional exam rooms.
2. Ensure regulatory compliance: Select ergonomic, durable furniture, create a welcoming reception, and design functional exam rooms.
3. Design for patient flow: Consider the optimal exam room size (10′ x 10′) and physician flow.
4. Create a welcoming reception: Create a welcoming reception area where nurses can measure vital signs, height, and weight before the actual exam.
5. Consider the influence of technology in consultation: Consider the influence of technology in the consultation.
6. Make the waiting room your priority: Prevent patient traffic jams, consider patient privacy, and think about lighting design.
7. Make the waiting room your priority: Make the waiting room your priority, prevent patient traffic jams, consider patient privacy, and think about lighting design.
8. Consider the waiting room: Make the waiting room your priority, prevent patient traffic jams, consider patient privacy, and think about lighting design.
9. A fully connected point of care ecosystem combines new technology and connectivity to improve clinical standardization and realize greater efficiencies.