Last week’s post, Healthcare Facility Construction Design: Ambulatory Care, provided some tips for applying an efficient layout for an ambulatory surgical center (ASC). For part 2 of our series on medical construction and design, let’s take a look at some necessary components required to build profitable diagnostic imaging center- MRI equipment and beyond.
Healthcare Facility Construction and Design: Part 2
Private imaging center management is an increasingly competitive field, especially as more people are taking healthcare into their own hands, and using the opportunity to shop around. That’s why it’s so important to make a good impression from the get-go; the moment a prospective patient crosses into your reception room. To succeed, implement your healthcare facility construction design strategy around a template that incorporates all the necessary modules needed to provide a full range of diagnostic services, such as MRI, CT, radiography, and other crucial components. Shopping for a Refurbished MRI? 5 Helpful Tips Save time and money by hiring a qualified contractor who specializes in the field of medical construction and design. He can help you design a facility layout that includes rooms for reception, physicians, specific imaging procedures, and other medical spaces that you may have left out.Your imaging center should have this
Here is a handy checklist of segments to include when remodeling your diagnostic imaging center:- Reception/patient area
- Preparation/recovery rooms
- Administrative office
- Fluoroscopy
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Angiography/arteriography
- Ultrasound
- Mammography
- Computer-aided tomography (CT)
- Positron emission tomography (PET)/ Nuclear medicine
- Neurodiagnostic testing
- Pulmonary function testing/lung function testing
- Respiratory therapy