Veri Health has published a feature on the changing role of design in Australian primary care, with commentary from Growth Co-Founder and Director of Strategic Partnerships, Tim Russell.
The article looks at how practice design has shifted from a construction exercise to a business decision, covering patient flow, staff amenity, service expansion and long-term operational performance. Rochedale Family Practice is used as the case study, where four separate tenancies totalling around 337sqm were consolidated into a single integrated clinic.
“Providers now come to us thinking about how the layout supports patient throughput, how the space reads to someone walking in, and whether it can absorb new services as the practice grows,” Tim says in the piece.
The article also covers why the highest-value design decisions are usually made before construction begins, and how consulting room placement, entrance planning and staff space each carry an ongoing operational effect.
Read the full article on Veri Health.
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