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Weekly UpdatesNevertheless, the model is not yet complete; the current modules must be further studied, and the modules that this research did not address, such as energy consumption and operation costs, should be studied and combined into a comprehensive Integrated Healthcare Facility Management Model. This research may also be extended to include analyses of performance, risk, and patterns of deterioration vs. annual revenue and level of occupancy. Moreover, this study was conducted on Israeli hospital buildings. Implementing it in hospital buildings in other parts of the world will require adjustments and modifications of the different indicators to reflect local environmental conditions and construction. Furthermore, a similar, continuing study was conducted on office buildings (Shohet et al., 2006); its findings support these conclusions.
Based on this research, and using the developed procedures, guidelines for strategic facility management may be outlined for the methodological design and operation of facilities from a life cycle perspective. The development of the analytical quantitative model may significantly contribute to a better understanding of healthcare facility management, as well as contribute to measuring efficiency, and improving FM performance.
Received 4 September 2006; accepted 22 June 2007
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(1) The facility coefficient has no relevance to revenue escalation as a result of other conditions, such as increased number of patients accommodated in a given area, or the level of utilization of certain areas in the facility.
Sarek LAVY (1) ([email]) and Igal M. SHOHET (2)
(1) Department of Construction Science, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, 422A Langford, 3137 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3137, USA E-mail: slavy@archmail.tamu.edu
(2) Division of Construction Management, Department of Structural Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, P.O.B. 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel E-mail: igals@bgu.ac.il
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