1. Proper measure of your practice
The new location should be large enough to comfortably meet the needs of your staff and patients. This statement seems rather obvious, but we are constantly asked to reveal himself to design new office (sometimes closed), according to the assessment practices and its future plans to consult the significant over-or under dimensioned. A careful assessment of the practice figures including process analysis is a good indicator for the correspondingObjectives. The aim is a patient flow, high efficiency and avoid bottlenecks to create systems.
2. Your office and your life
We all know that providing dental care can be stressful. You and your employees need a place for relaxation and recreation. Leave room for a bit 'of fun. Ideally, this area should be as far from the clinic possible. On the contrary, far these essential activities, to pay the bills, consider locating your office nearby private residenceclinical area. An office in the private sector can help the wrist on the comings and goings of your practice and allow physicians to quickly access the services. Don 't hide the truth-you-Office Manager in practice.
3. Hub and Spoke
Sterilization and power are at the heart of the clinical end of production. Think Federal Express! Make sure the area is provided at the central level and complete both sterilize and fill the entire system. They are the creation of a bodywith less than ten treatment rooms, 's also consider sterilization centralize multiple locations. Also don 't waste via sterilization. "Money for a so-called pre are compact for most offices and do not offer good value for money. The details of the planning of your containment area are essential. Doctors are often sold sterilization, faster, and therefore presumably more efficient. The concept of rate-limiting steps has been studied rarelyDentistry. In short, a good process does not flow as fast as its slowest pace possible. In busy office, with adequate staff for efficiency, is the limiting step for the sterilization, how often clinical staff are able to move the technology of the sterilization cycle, not the speed of each device. Therefore, the fastest device often faster to reach their ultimate goal of turning back processing tools, like a well-organizedHigh Flow stericenter. While we certainly do not support the equipment slow, its layout, usability and the duration should hold the key to the decision to purchase.
4. Inventory is easy
Centralize all your storage not only your most important purchases. Consolidate your memory on for the chamber filling fast as well. Too many offices that we visited, are full of tens of thousands of dollars of office supplies throughout the production control of purchases and stock rotation loadedimpossible, thereby preventing the introduction of new generations of products and allow outdates product occur. Their power system should look more directly accessible by the patient's clinical staff for fast access to hidden and ease of just-in-time inventory management. The products must not be hidden from the staff. The products should not be allowed to remain in their promotional bulky containers and should not, if possible, be stacked vertically.
5. Lab Link
Although eachPractitioners know that the dental laboratory supply power directly, completely isolate the drawings that too many areas closely integrated. The design office should facilitate a quick and convenient transfer between these places, but must be physically disconnected when a small amount of model work (trimming, etc.) is performed in office. Laboratories have doors. Sterilization and the power must be open to the clinical area. Make sure that the steady stream of products flowing between these areas isbe freely accessible. Separate but united.
6. Silence is golden
The importance of creating effective noise barriers and sound pillows in the dentist's office can not be overstated. In the past it was acceptable to isolate a waiting room from the rest of the office. This is no longer sufficient, because patients as guests and not be treated as stock or as part of the furniture is waiting for you! Consequently, the last emperor of the sound insulation to create a peaceful environment in what they areThe front office / guest lounge. Patients who hate the sound of dental drills (even more than we can imagine!). Fortunately, many acoustic techniques are available to help with this problem. However, these data carefully, the sound reflection of the high figure, sound air-turbine rotor. Remember the acoustical design includes not only physical barriers but also the compositions on the wall, window and door policy, angles, andFrom time to time, state-of-the-art ceiling and wall coverings. Much-needed sound insulation coefficient can be obtained from a variety of different wall and floor design modifications.
7. Written goals are important
Now that the conceptual basis has been established for a large dental practice, to clearly define the professional and economic objectives, which in new construction or renovation of desire - and put your thoughts in writing.
What do you hope to achieve?
Expand the capacity of that space?
Win a wealthy clients?
to facilitate more practical?
Space for a new employee?
Integrating High-Tech?
Each of these objectives must be clearly defined solutions before the design process itself. Make sure you are confident that the design team understands this and the consequences of those decisions.
8. Cost Control
Have you ever heard of a construction project where the final price iswas less than Contractor 's first estimate? I did not 't think so! Whether it s new construction or reconstruction when they undertake in writing your goals, prioritize them in a must-have, really want and hope FORS. To lose the excitement of creating a new future for your practice, don 't view of written goals. Even if an office must have a comfortable environment for a 's work, it should finally serve as a profit center. The military estimates that up to 60Percentage of a property 's results of long-term maintenance costs - not the original construction costs. What 's amazing! Your plan must be maintained. An office is not a monument, art project, or `s 'the world' largest real estate investment. The construction of each office should be based on sound business opportunities tooth. With proper planning it can be.
9. Create compact treatment rooms
Save money when you purchase your basic equipment, in order to 'lland patients want - to - to spend on the future of your dollars for high-tech products you need. Relentlessly pursue the consolidation of the treatment rooms. efficient organization and space planning for the real three-dimensional ergonomic function enables convenient, efficient and attractive couples treatment room in less than 16 meters wide, including wall space. Consolidated distance leads to a proportional reduction in costs for plumbing and electricity for the room. With effective treatment roomLayout is very central sterilization and hygienists do not wander the corridors in search of a doctor. Often this space and cost savings are large enough to fit and fully pay for additional treatment rooms.
10. Embed
While patient care, care, privacy, and so impressed, and technology, their emotional support for the practice can easily be overloaded, a wardrobe full treatment areas that have little claustrophobic 'privacy will be eroded. Ultimately, thisin which patients or too lazy or not in your care. Design your office equipment simple and inexpensive. Incorporates the core technology in your equipment, don 't buy equipment that forces you to "patch " tools for everyday use.
Moreover, it is not economically viable to save a small amount of money for design and construction that results in the need to lease or purchase of expensive wardrobe room divider walls and head. Even if your area of leased premises, theTax savings in leasing has won a thousand dollar toilet is never more than the economy and the privacy of simple and inexpensive solid-wall partitions, in addition to its economy, much easier by the reapplication of paint or wallpaper can be maintained as an annual practice progress.
11. Integrating Breaking Barriers
Don 't hide your reception staff from the guest area. The Nordstrom 's hide the best sellers from the buyers? Similarly, isolate 's Dental Carethe rest of the clinical program. An employee is an isolated professionals disenfranchised. Mix salt and hygiene for free medical treatment, but other than your own room with solid walls. Often the private improvements of solid wall and use the increased space efficiency through reorganization in and of itself make your office restructuring useful.
12. Mobilize high-tech
Unlike the current building boasted today 's most advanced technology directly intoTreatment environment exists, a more simple and less expensive it is much more productive in the long term. This is a solution that has been tried unsuccessfully before, but if done correctly, can be very effective. Once the basic devices such as high-tech lights and embedded computer, place the piece of special equipment such as air abrasion, electrosurgery, and high-tech Endo on wheels, not walls. Later, as the technology of today 's becoming increasingly expensiveaffordable, these special products directly incorporate in their delivery. A classic example is the transition from light curing unit. Ten years ago they were shuttled from OP to OP. Now that technology and prices have stabilized, they have become an integral part of modern tools. The same is also used to the cameras and air-abrasion units, because it is your mobile units for the next cutting-edge technology.
