Developing a Health Center

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A free resource from Capital Link and Primary Care Development Corporation on developing a health center. Phases and Activities applicable to this resource include:

Organizational Readines

  • Conduct operational planning
  • Conduct allocation planning/preliminary space assessment
  • Finalize strategic planning
  • Create project organizational leadership
  • Development of project budget
  • Explore various financing options
  • Consider sites (see chapter 5)
  • Develop a preliminary project schedule (see chapter 2, and Appendix B)
  • Hire a project manager and architect

Pre-Design

  • Determine financial feasability
  • Select/survey sites and evaluate space availability (see chapter 5)
  • Select an attorney, architect/interior designer, contractor and construction manager (see chapter 3-4, 6 and Appendix D)
  • Establish the remaining project team (see chapter 4, Appedix D and E)
  • Property aquisition/site control 
  • Plan and program
  • Refine project budget/schedule 
  • Start conceptual diagraming

Design

  • Continue conceptual diagraming
  • Schematic design
  • Design development
  • Construction documents
  • Bid and award - this may be phased based on project type (see chapter 7)

Construction

  • Notice of completion
  • Final completion
  • Transition planning
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Promising Practices in Safety-Net Clinic Design: An Overview 

Keller, A., Joseph, A., Taylor, E., Quan, X. 2011. Promising Practices in Safety-Net Clinic Design: An Overview. Concord, CA: Prepared for the California HealthCare Foundation by The Center for Health Design.

Designing Safety-Net Clinics for Cultural Sensitivity

Joseph, A., Keller, A, Taylor, E. Quan, X. 2011. Designing Safety-Net Clinics for Cultural Sensitivity. Concord, CA: Prepared for the California HealthCare Foundation by The Center for Health Design.

Designing Safety-Net Clinics for Flexibility 

Taylor, E., Joseph, A., Keller, A., Quan, X. 2011. Designing Safety-Net Clinics for Flexibility. Concord, CA: Prepared for the California HealthCare Foundation by The Center for Health Design.

Designing Safety-Net Clinics for Innovative Care Delivery Models 

Quan, X. Joseph, A., Keller, A., Taylor, E. 2011. Designing Safety-Net Clinics for Innovative Care Delivery Models. Concord, CA: Prepared for the California HealthCare Foundation by The Center for Health Design.