The HFBS Brieging Module allows governments across the world to rapidly brief health facilities using the latest health facility standards and gudelines.

The powerful Briefing Module is an essential tool for health facility planners across the globe and has been used in both large and small hospital design projects.

To get access follow these simple steps:

1. Register an account with HFBS.

2. Create a project in the HFBS Briefing Module (for a list of Domain’s please check here).

3. Email techsupport@healthdesign.com.au with your username, domain, and project name – they will provide a rolling yearly subscription. Remember: your HFBS account and email must use an official government email account…

Quick Start: Watch this quick video on how to register and get started with your government briefing project today.

Courses are run by the international Health Facility Planning firm TAHPI Pty Ltd and can be delivered in multiple international locations.

We are running another course in early 2020, please contact TAHPI to secure your seat as places are limited: courses@tahpi.net or +971 44281 348.

The HFBS Hospital Demand Modelling Solution is the only system which can capture supply, project demand, plan a future expansion, and allow users to brief the facilities down to room item level. HFBS Service Planning Solution offers an end to end health facility planning experience for health service planners, architects, policy analysts, and private health organisations.

The HFBS team are experts in the science and practice of developing actions that move a health service from its current state to an improved future state. The HFBS system is used in data analysis for healthcare strategic capacity planning, healthcare market analysis, and health facility demand modelling for a range of clients including:

• Whole country, region or state health authorities
• Local healthcare networks
• Healthcare precincts, cities and campuses
• Private health service providers
• Individuals or groups of hospitals
• Investors
• Polyclinics and community based services
• Primary care and specialist clinics

Aligning the delivery of health service to meet the changing patterns of needs and use of services, the HFBS software and its unique approach assures that planning achieves efficiency and promotes sustainability in the use of resources and healthcare assets.

Demand Modelling for Public and Private Health Organisations 

The HFBS software system offers a wide range of functions for public and private hospital and health facility demand & supply modelling including:

• Needs assessment
• Demand projections
• Supply and competitor profiling
• Market analysis
• Catchment flow analysis
• Clinical service plans
• Detailed capacity and resource profiling
• Business case development
• Feasibility studies
• Financial impact analysis
• Economic appraisal
• Workforce and organisational profiling
• Labour market trend analysis
• Organisation policies and procedures
• Models of care and patient flow
• Compliance and due diligence
• Business model and partnership investigations
• Innovative procurement plans

Just Planning your facility? 

The HFBS system can be used at the early stages of  the facility planning process and can provide a detailed market overview for a range of stakeholders including clinicians, health authorities, developers, and healthcare organisations. The system can be used to identify opportunities, or gaps – and then plan the facilities which will fill these gaps down to a room item level.

Health Service Planning Software
The HFBS Health Service Planning Suite of software – a next generation health service supply and demand modelling software solution. The solution allows users to centralise all information relevant to the planning process, project demand for health services at a DRG level, and visualise gaps in health services by geographical region. The solution is available both on premise and via the HFBS cloud, for more information please contact HFBS today for a demonstration.

iHFG is available on iOS and Android Tablet and Mobile Devices

The International Health Facility Guidelines allow users access to hundreds of standard room data sheets and room layout sheets, the new iHFG iPad application can search these room data sheets and room layout sheets as well as allow users to download the data onto their iPad of offline use.

Search Health Facility Guidelines using Tablet and Mobile

You can access all of the Health Facility Guidelines apps and more in both the Apple App Store, and Google Play Store for Android using the following links:

• Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/au/developer/health-projects-international-hpi/id449099195
• Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Health+Projects+International

The iHFG places emphasis on achieving outcomes which reflect current healthcare practice in a safe and appropriate environment at a reasonable facility cost. They represent patient focused, research based, modern and efficient planning principles. The International Health Facility Guidelines are continually reviewed, updated and expanded.

The International Health Facility Guidelines are frequently adopted and customised by health authorities and government ministries of health accross the world. For more information on the International Health Facility Guidelines contact HFBS today.

HFBS Represented at the Dubai Health Forum

The HFBS Service Planning presentation covered the Dubai Health Authority’s new suite of health service planning software as part of the DHA Clinical Services Capacity Plan 2018-2030. The HFBS – Health Facility Briefing System is a next generation healthcare supply & demand modelling tool which automates the identification of future demand for health services. This system will be used to guide healthcare strategic planning and regulation in Dubai.

HFBS Service Planning Suite Presentation

HFBS Makes Health Facility Guideline Compliance Easy

Health Facility Guidelines offer Architects and Health Facility Planners a framework to plan and design high quality health facilities. Health Facility Guidelines are often used by health regulatory authorities to assess if a planned health facility complies with the quality standard set out for health care. Non-compliance with the health facility guidelines and design standards can result in the official health facility licence being revoked, or delays to any new developments under design. For these reasons it is important to use a health facility design system that ensures compliance with Health Facility Guidelines such as the HFBS – Health Facility Briefing Module.

Compliance with Health Facility Guidelines is often Mandatory.

The HFBS Briefing Module is a purpose built tool for briefing a health facility whilst ensuring compliance with local health facility guidelines. HFBS is accepted by government health authorities around the world as the gold standard in computer aided Health Facility Briefing Software. Using HFBS Architects and Health Facility Planners can easily drag in whole rooms and departments from the accepted health facility guidelines “standard components” and “functional planing units”.

HFBS offers a solution to Health Facility Guideline Compliance Internationally

HFBS offers Health Facility Guidelines and Health Facility Design Standards for a range of international locations including:

• UAE Health Facility Guidelines
• Dubai Health Facility Guidelines
• Abu Dhabi Health Facility Design Standards
• India – Indian Health Facility Guidelines
• Hong Kong Health Facility Guidelines
• Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – KSA Health Facility Guidelines
• Malaysian Health Facility Guidelines
• New Zealand Health Facility Guidelines
• Papua New Guinea Health Facility Guidelines
• Sharjah Health Facility Guidelines
• and more…

To get started with HFBS register and account for a free trial at: https://hfbs.healthdesign.com.au/app/index.html.

For more information on accessing Health Facility Guidelines and to find out how to make sure your Health Facility Project complies with local health facility guidelines please contact HFBS at: techsupport@healthdesign.com.au.

Services offered in health insurance networks can be complex to plan and manage, and with the ever growing need to offer high quality health care at affordable prices the pressure on service planners in health insurance companies has never been greater. The HFBS Health Insurance Solution offers three integrated modules that can be used to effectively identify areas of opportunity and manage the services offered in your health insurance products.

The solution centralises health service data, identifies optimisations in health services offered, and can be used to search the various services and policies offered in by your health insurance company.

For more information on the HFBS Health Insurance Solution please check the page: http://www.hfbsinfo.com/health-insurance-solution/

Contact us at HFBS to discuss our health insurance solutions.

In this article we will look into how to access relevant health facility guidelines for creating a standards compliant health facility brief using the HFBS India Domain and the HFBS Briefing Module.

HFBS is featured on the official Indian Health Facility Guidelines website here: http://healthfacilityguidelines.com/Guidelines/Index/HFG-India. To get started with HFBS either browse to the official website and click the HFBS link as highlighted below or click here: https://healthdesign.com.au and then follow the below instructions.

Get started with the Indian Health Facility Guidelines in HFBS:

STEP 1. Create an account on HFBS at: https://hfbs.healthdesign.com.au/app/index.html, and select “India” Domain

STEP 2. Login to HFBS, select the India Domain and create a new project

STEP 3. Load the India Domain iHFG Standard Project for International Use (right top)

STEP 4. Drag rooms or departments from the loaded standard project on the right into your project on the left, rapidly build your brief using the standards compliant project and then edit or customise the brief in your current project.

STEP 5. Complete your project in HFBS, print a range of reports from your project including room data sheets, room layout sheets, and more.

More information on the Indian Healthcare Facility Design Standards can be found at http://healthfacilityguidelines.com/Guidelines/Index/HFG-India. The standards provide in-depth information and ready-to-use standard components for the briefing and design of healthcare facilities at no cost.

The Indian Health Facility Guidelines are set out under 5 parts as follows:

• Part A- Administrative Provisions; outlines the licensing process for healthcare facilities and the prequalification process for design consultants
• Part B- Health Facility Briefing and Design; includes architectural and healthcare facility planning Standards
• Part C-  Access, Mobility, OH&S; includes the over-riding requirements for access, mobility, OHS and security
• Part D- Infection Control; incorporates the requirements for infection prevention and control
• Part E- Engineering; focuses on the engineering systems and environmental settings such as Temperature range, humidity control, etc…

The standards will be used for the evaluation of applications for Healthcare Facility Licensing as well as Inspections. Some pre-existing International Standards have been referenced in these standards, however, the specific and unique requirements over-ride any other standards.

The standards have been prepared by a team of specialists, drawing on their experience in creating such standards as well as information from around the world with specific customisation for India. These are amongst the most detailed and comprehensive standards of their kind in the world.

The Indian health facility standards are available through the website http://healthfacilityguidelines.com/Guidelines/Index/HFG-India. The standards are periodically reviewed and updated to respond to new operational models of healthcare, technology and public expectation.

For more information on HFBS and the Indian Health Facility Guidelines please contact HFBS today: techsupport@healthdesign.com.au

Please Note: In 2018 HAAD changed its name to DOH – the Abu Dhabi Health Facility Guidelines as mentioned in this article still apply and continue to be available via HFBS. 

HFBS makes it easy to use the Abu Dhabi Health Facility Guidelines or “Healthcare Facility Design Standards” in a health facility project. The HFBS UAE Health Facility Guidelines project is compliant with the Abu Dhabi Healthcare Facility Design Standards. The drag and drop interface of the HFBS Briefing Module allows health facility designers to load the guidelines and quickly create a health facility brief that complies with the Health Facility Design Standards by dragging in standard components, rooms, or entire departments into the brief.

In this article we will look into how to access relevant health facility guidelines for creating a standards compliant health facility brief using the HFBS UAE Domain and the HFBS Briefing Module.

Get started with the Abu Dhabi Health Facility Design Standards in HFBS:

STEP 1. Create an account on HFBS at: https://hfbs.healthdesign.com.au/app/index.html, and select “UAE Domain”

STEP 2. Login to HFBS, select the UAE Domain and create a new project

STEP 3. Load the UAE Domain iHFG Standard Project for International Use (right top)

STEP 4. Drag rooms or departments from the loaded standard project on the right into your project on the left, rapidly build your brief using the standards compliant project and then edit or customise the brief in your current project.

STEP 5. Complete your project in HFBS, print a range of reports from your project including room data sheets, room layout sheets, and more.

More information on the Abu Dhabi Healthcare Facility Design Standards can be found at https://stem.doh.gov.ae/healthfacilityguidelines/. The standards provide in-depth information and ready-to-use standard components for the briefing and design of healthcare facilities at no cost.

The DOH Health Facility Guidelines are set out under 5 parts as follows:

• Part A- Administrative Provisions; outlines the licensing process for healthcare facilities and the prequalification process for design consultants
• Part B- Health Facility Briefing and Planning; includes architectural and healthcare facility planning Standards
• Part C-  Access, Mobility, OH&S; includes the over-riding requirements for access, mobility, OHS and security
• Part D- Infection Control; incorporates the requirements for infection prevention and control
• Part E- Engineering; focuses on the engineering systems and environmental settings such as Temperature range, humidity control, etc…
• Part F- Feasibility Planning and Costing Guidelines;  is a framework for the healthcare industry to consider and a methodology to be followed for all applications for licensing lodged with DOH

The standards will be used for the evaluation of applications for Healthcare Facility Licensing as well as Inspections. Some pre-existing International Standards have been referenced in these standards, however, the specific and unique requirements over-ride any other standards.

The standards have been prepared by a team of specialists, drawing on their experience in creating such standards as well as information from around the world with specific customisation for the UAE. These are amongst the most detailed and comprehensive standards of their kind in the world.

The DOH health facility standards are available through the DOH website https://stem.doh.gov.ae/HealthFacilityGuidelines/. The standards are periodically reviewed and updated to respond to new operational models of healthcare, technology and public expectation. The DOH

For more information on HFBS and the Abu Dhabi Healthcare Facility Design Standards please contact HFBS today: techsupport@healthdesign.com.au