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Large scale healthcare facility redevelopment: A scoping review
Kathy Eljiz1, David Greenfield2, Lila Vrklevski3
1Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, Australian Institute of Health Service Management, University of Tasmania, Sydney, TAS, Australia.
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management
|November 15, 2021
Summary
Large-scale healthcare facility redevelopment requires strong governance, stakeholder engagement, and resource commitment. Reimagining workflows with end-users is crucial for successful transformation of care systems.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Health Services Research
- Facility Planning
Background:
- Healthcare organizations globally are undertaking large-scale facility redevelopment to transform care systems.
- System-level changes during redevelopment are often poorly understood, creating a knowledge gap.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the empirical knowledge base concerning large-scale healthcare facility redevelopment.
- To identify key principles for successful healthcare facility transformation.
Main Methods:
- A scoping review was conducted.
- The redeveloped health service management (HSM) scoping review framework (HSM-SRF) guided the review.
- Seventeen articles were analyzed.
Main Results:
- Five key concepts emerged as principles for successful redevelopment.
- These principles include strong governance, stakeholder engagement, end-user consultation, resource commitment, and workflow reimagining.
Conclusions:
- This scoping review synthesizes the empirical knowledge on healthcare facility redevelopment.
- The identified principles offer a framework for successful transformation of health service delivery.
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