Make Every Inch Count

"Managed care" makes it doubly critical that every inch of space be used productively. Up to 28 percent of medical office space is wasted through a series of factors, from the size of dispensary cabinets, to floor plan layout to medical records storage.

Optimum traffic flow is critical. Many medical offices contain both examination rooms and laboratory facilities on the premises. Because some patients will require only lab work and not physician services, it is unwise to locate laboratory facilities at the rear of the building. Yet, it happens. This encourages unnecessary patient traffic through the facility and past the examination rooms. The efficient, practical solution is to situate the clinical support facilities nearer the front of the building to minimize traffic flow.