Outpatient clinic layout design accounting for flexible policies

摘要

While it is known that there is a strong relationship between form and function, often the impact of physical design on workflow can be overlooked in the design of new buildings and spaces. Correspondingly, further research is needed to examine how the efficiency of patient care is impacted by physical layout decisions. With the development of new models, relationships between physical layout designs, flexible patient flows, and operational policies are analyzed through development of a discrete event simulation approach.