OBGYN Space for Healthcare Project

In the development of my program for the healthcare project, I visited the Student Health Center on campus. I visited the Women's Clinic because I chose to do an Obstetrics and Gynecology office. Some of the spaces that are required for the space are: waiting room, consultation room, private offices for the doctor, patient rooms, nursing station, procedure room, independent lab, and a reception for check-in and check-out processes.

At the LSU Student Health Center, there are 4 patient rooms and 1 procedure room. There is an interest in a nurse's station or concentrated area for the nurses as opposed to office like spaces that are confined within a room. For every 2 patient rooms, there is a nurse assigned. There are currently 2 doctors housed in this area of the clinic.

An important emphasis was placed on keeping the doctor's office separate from a consultation area, so that the doctor has his or her own space. Another important factor is sterilization and storage for the space. There is a storage closet located across the hall from the patient rooms ass well as a sterilization room. The sterilization room is mainly used by the nurse's assistants, and it is about the same size as the storage cabinet. I think that this space would benefit better inside of a lab space. However, the LSU Women's Clinic does not have its own independent lab facility.

Welch Allyn is the name of a company that manufactures products for Women's Health as well as other physician office types. Another useful company for charting and medical records is a company called Kardex, which manufacturers movable shelving as well as carousel filing. The Carousel file option, called the Lektriever Series 2000, is being used in the main reception area at the LSU Student Health Center for the filing of patients' records.