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The goal of the software tool is to permit the quick determination of a
Gross Square Footage ) requirement
for a clinical type of medical facility. This tool requires the user entry
of the likely population supported by the clinic. The tool permits a
“single button” method of execution with a minimal amount of user input,
allowing the user to enter the population supported and the tool then
generating the estimated total GSF.
The tool is limited to buildings of the types: medical clinic, dental
clinic, or combination medical/dental clinic, and currently supports only
European locations. Inpatient and ambulatory
surgery facilities are excluded from this initial version.
This software tool is capable of running on Windows 2000 or Windows XP
equipped personal computers.
The tool, in addition to determining the GSF
requirement, estimates the likely construction cost for such a clinic after
the user has entered the following data: fiscal year, and project location.
This construction estimate will utilize planning factors of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers for estimating military construction costs.
The tool permits user interaction at specific assumption stages of the
calculation model. The user is able to make changes to the following
interim stages:
 | utilization factors (overall or at a clinical (MEPRSservice level), |
| workload expected at a macro level or at a clinical (MEPRS) service
level, expected staffing (at a provider total level or a detailed level),
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| space program at a Program for Design (PFD) line item level. |
The user is able to edit estimating factors used in determining the
likely construction cost of the clinic.
Software is capable of printing reports to printer, HTML or MS Word.
Output files are exportable to: dBase file format, CSV (excel compatible)
or XML.
Specific output reports of the tool include:
| Statement of Input Assumptions |
| Summary of Requirement (mock front page DD1391 cost estimate) |
| Summary of Requirement (inputs, summary of interim stages:
utilization, workload, staff, space) |
| Program for Design (PFD) |
The software tool is capable of saving the input, interim stages,
assumptions and outputs for each clinic estimation.
The main edit screen for the user is the "Plan Explorer". The Plan
Explorer provides a window with a tree-view enabling the user to edit each
of the key stages in the estimation process: Population, Workload,
Staffing, Space, Gross Square Footage, and Cost. The lower left corner
of the explorer provides a memo field, permitting the user to keep notes
on changes being made and their reasons.
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The tree view in addition to allowing the
user to quickly switch to each stage of the clinic estimation, also
provides summary information about each stage. This summary
information precludes the need to print reports to check summaries while
the user is working through the planning process.
A summary window is also provided at the top right of the plan
explorer window. This summary shows key total information about
the plan. This information is updated after each level of
calculation. |
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| The Clinic Modeler was developed using the development
language and environment of Visual Objects. Visual Objects is a
superior development environment, refer to
www.CAVO.com for more about Visual Objects. |
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