Clinic Renovation: VA Medical Center, Dayton, OH

Improve Sub-Specialty Waiting Area

Client: VA Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio

Paradigm is providing design services for an approximately 4,600 square foot renovation in this extremely busy Primary Care Sub-Specialty Clinic. The current layout of this Dayton VAMC waiting area is inefficient and includes an 1,800 square foot unfinished area. Wayfinding is poor and is an issue throughout the main hospital building. Paradigm is realigning the clinic space and adding nine new exam rooms, which is intended to promote better patient flow and improve patient privacy and access to care.

Paradigm is providing the following services for this VA Medical Center:

• Update existing exam rooms, including adding sinks where possible
• Design existing vacant space for clinical use to support patient care operations
• Reduce number of sub-waiting room spaces through elimination or consolidation
• Optimize patient flow
• Improve wayfinding by providing individual building number signage, department signage, and directional signage to assist in patient and staff access
• Ensure the waiting area is accessible to daylight and/or has enhanced lighting
• Make certain that the area facilitates open communication
• Ensure that furnishing choices accommodate all types of patients (e.g. bariatric, mobility assisted)
• Increase safety and security by limiting unrestricted entry points
• Eliminate non-secure access to clinical care areas
• Replace fire alarm pull-stations, devices and annunciator
• Replace hospital paging system and CATV systems