Facility Planning Part I
Crystal C. Chaney
HCS 446/ Version 2 Facility Planning
April 11, 2013
Instructor; Richard Nordahl
Facility Planning Part I
The facility that I have chosen is the Cumberland County Health Department (CCHD) in Crossville Tennessee. The (CCHD) currently moved to a larger building. This was decided upon because the facility had outgrown its existing one due to the increase in demand for their services. The new facility moved to its new home in which is located at; 1503 South Main Street in Crossville Tennessee. The new building is called the Community Health Center. This facility was opened on March 20, 2013. In 2012, there were more than 29,700 patients that were seen in the old facility (Tennessee Government News Room & Media Center 2013).
The new facility is a 30,000 square feet building. It replaced the outdated clinic that was built in 1966; in which was only 1,300 feet. The new building has a waiting room right as you enter the doors. There is also a primary care wing separate from the children’s wing both of the wings have their own nursing stations. The building contains 23 exams rooms total. There will be 12 exams rooms in the primary care wing and, twelve in the children’s wing. The old building only had six exam rooms. The middle part of the building is for keeping all the medical records. It is much bigger so they may plan to add another nurse practitioner to their team. There is also a dental wing and a meeting and conference area. The parking lot is much bigger; it contains 96 parking spots the old parking lot only had 32 parking spots for the public. There also plans for expanding the building in the future.
The (CCHD) serves the citizens of Cumberland County and the people of Tennessee. Many of the citizens that the (CCHD) serves are uninsured, about 72% of them to be exact (Tennessee Government News Room Media 2013). Among these individuals that are served are; pregnant women, children, and men; mostly individuals...