Behavioral Health Patient Unit Size

Facility name: Tristar Division Office

Project name: TRISTR-032018M-New Freestanding Behavioral Health Hospital (Maury)
Location: BRENTWOOD, TN
Project classification: Hospital – New
Project type: Psych
Project number: 3103000003
Lesson Learned number: 91
Impact: Scope


Lesson Learned/Best Practice

Based off feedback from facility clinical leadership a contiguous 42 bed adult unit is on the larger side and can present some operational challenges on options to separate varying levels of acuity in the unit.

 


Suggested Actions for Future Projects

Include critical design decisions, lessons learned and HCA approved specs as part of the Behavioral Health Guidelines currently under development


Keywords

behavioral health, patient rooms, acuity

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