TAHPI being one of the most active Australian companies in the SME and innovation space in the United Arab Emirates, has had the honour of being nominated by the Australian Embassy to attend the 8th UAE Conference on SME and Innovation – under the patronage of H.E. Eng Sultan Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the SME Council of UAE.
Aladin Niazmand, Director of TAHPI joined the invitation-only event as a representative of Australian business in Dubai and winner of several Australian Export Awards.
The event was held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City on 13 November 2017 and promotes Governmental and Private Sector Partnership in Innovation and R&D.
Head of Information Technology Matthew Brunsdon and Head of Architecture Christopher Hayward Brown represented HPI as finalists in the Business Services category at the NSW Premiers Export Awards 2017. The event run by the Export Council of Australia and the NSW Government aims to recognise excellence in the export of goods and services by NSW business. HPI is honoured to be acknowledged for its contribution to businesses and the NSW economy.
Matthew Brunsdon and Christopher Hayward Brown represent HPI as finalists in Business Services at NSW Export Awards
The awards ceremony held at a prestigious gala presentation dinner on 25 October 2017 at The Star, Pyrmont contained keynote addresses from peak bodies in Australian and International business, technology, and industry including ANZ Bank, Austrade, Finance for Australian Exporters, KPMG, UTS Business School, the Alibaba Group, and more. HPI’s Head of Information Technology Matthew Brunsdon commented “It is great to see NSW Government and the Export Council of Australia supporting Australian innovation and technology exported to the world” he elaborated “HPI’s International Health Facility Guidelines (iHFG) are quickly becoming the standard that all Government Health Authorities aspire to. The iHFG is an off the shelf data and software product ready for international Government Authorities to adopt, customise, and use to ensure the safe and reliable delivery of high quality health facilities”.
HPI was nominated for delivering innovative health planning, software, and design solutions to public and private providers of patient care, from inception through to commissioning, as well as optimisation of business processes and plans for operational services. These solutions range from the creation of efficient and sustainable facilities, to strategic plans for systems and corporations, to working models for the management of international health assets.
Riyadh Medical Village in Saudi Arabia is an example of a international project designed using HPI’s innovative health planning, software, and design solutions.
Collectively, HPI and TAHPI (HPI’s International Branch) are the authors of many industry-recognised Health Facility Standards and Design Guidelines, developed on behalf of various health authorities around the world and delivered in a comprehensive digital package as 3D Designs, Databases, and HFBS Software to appropriately utilise the guidelines. HPI/TAHPI published and annually update the International Health Facility Guidelines (iHFG), the Standard Design Components of the new Australasian Health Facility Guidelines (AHFG), and the Health Facility Guidelines for the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD); now mandatory for all healthcare facilities within the Emirate.
HPI produces the International Health Facility Guidelines, an authoritative resource of research, data, and 3D designs for planning and designing a health facility. These guidelines are adopted by Governments Internationally.
HPI was nominated as a finalist for the development of the international web-based software platform Health Facility Briefing System (HFBS). This powerful suite of over 20 applications is used for statistical service planning, big data analysis for health systems, health facility design, project document management, human resource scheduling, budgeting recurrent cost modelling and architectural design support tools.
HFBS is a suite of software for planning, designing, and managing health facility projects. The software allows users access to the latest international health facility guidelines, health planning statistics software, BIM 3D design tools, and more.
TAHPI provide multiple international Government Health Authorities Health Planning Software Suites based on the HFBS software Service Planning Suite to undertake health system capacity planning and inform policies in private investment and service coverage and provision. These tools are now also in the process of being installed and customised for multiple additional Government Health Authorities across the world within the coming year.
HPI provides Health Architecture, Health Service Planning, and complimentary Software & Health Facility Guidelines to government authorities across the world.
HPI – Health Projects International is a finalist in the NSW Premiers Export Awards 2017. The Premier’s NSW Export Awards is an annual program which aims to recognise excellence in the export of goods and services by NSW business. The Awards acknowledge the important contribution of businesses to the economy through job creation and increased prosperity for the community and for the state.
HPI was nominated for delivering innovative health planning, software, and design solutions to public and private providers of patient care, from inception through to commissioning, as well as optimisation of business processes and plans for operational services. These solutions range from the creation of efficient and sustainable facilities, to strategic plans for systems and corporations, to working models for the management of international health assets.
Head of Information Technology Matthew Brunsdon and Head of Architecture Christopher Hayward Brown represent HPI as finalists at the NSW Export Awards 2017
Collectively, HPI and TAHPI (HPI’s International Branch) are the authors of many industry-recognised Health Facility Standards and Design Guidelines, developed on behalf of various health authorities around the world and delivered in a comprehensive digital package as 3D Designs, Databases, and HFBS Software to appropriately utilise the guidelines. HPI/TAHPI published and annually update the International Health Facility Guidelines (iHFG), the Standard Design Components of the new Australasian Health Facility Guidelines (AHFG), and the Health Facility Guidelines for the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD); now mandatory for all healthcare facilities within the Emirate.
HPI has been nominated for the development of the international web-based software platform known as the Health Facility Briefing System (HFBS). This powerful suite of over 20 applications is used for statistical service planning, big data analysis for health systems, health facility design, project document management, human resource scheduling, budgeting recurrent cost modelling and architectural design support tools.
TAHPI provide multiple international Government Health Authorities Health Planning Software Suites based on the HFBS software Service Planning Suite to undertake health system capacity planning and inform policies in private investment and service coverage and provision. These tools are now also in the process of being installed and customised for multiple additional Government Health Authorities across the world within the coming year.
In addition to providing design services for healthcare projects, TAHPI is experienced in the Design and Construction of prefabricated and/or modular Hospital buildings. TAHPIs expertise covers all aspects of prefabrication both Soft and Hard Modular. For more information: http://tahpi.net/modular/.
HPI’s Head of Health Services Planning Frances Ng was also in attendance. She was on a discussion panel presenting key success factors for promoting healthcare investment and medical tourism.
The Forum was attended by guest speakers and visitors from Europe and the US. The event provides an opportunity for visitors to become acquainted with the latest development and investment prospects in the region and promotes Croatia as a new destination for Healthcare and Tourism.
HPI offers cutting edge services in Health Service Planning, Health Facility Design, and Health Software for Planning and Designing Health Facilities. For more information contact HPI today.
HPI’s staff are globally regarded as expert consultants in the implementation of Health Facility Guidelines including AusHFG and iHFG into major health projects across the world. HPI created in collaboration with international government health authorities the original modern form of ready to use Health Facility Guidelines in use by government authorities in Australasia (AusHFG), the UAE, India, Sharjah, Papua New Guinea, and now internationally.
The iHFG – International Health Facility Guidelines are used by Health Facility Planning experts worldwide in the planning, briefing, design & construction of healthcare facilities. The iHFG guidelines place emphasis on achieving outcomes which reflect current healthcare best practice in a safe and appropriate environment at a reasonable facility cost. iHFG represents patient focused, research based, modern and efficient health facility planning principles.
HPI’sstaff are globally regarded as experts in the implementation of health facility guidelines into any health facility project with hundreds of successfully completed projects that comply with local guidelines. HPI has deep experience in the implementation of tools and practices into health facility project workflows that ensure the guidelines are used effectively without slowing down the timeline. One of these tools is the HFBS – Health Facility Briefing System which allows users to quickly drag in ready made guidelines to create a brief, and the HFBS for Revit Module which links the compliant brief with a 3D Revit Model & Families instantly.
The Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre is a stand-alone super speciality hospital in Muscat, Oman. The facility is within the university campus, offering a complete range of consultation, diagnostic and treatment facilities for cancer care. The Centre includes a range of services with emphasis on cancer care such as radiotherapy bunkers, operating theatres, medical imaging, nuclear medicine, inpatient accommodation and outpatient services including chemotherapy.
The New Dubai Gynaecology & Fertility Clinics is designed for the Dubai Health Authority to be a centre of excellence and is part of Latifa Hospital. The facility will include operating rooms, fertility, andrology & embryology laboratories, ultrasound facilities and other outpatient services.
HPI has a deep historical involvement and experience with the use and implementation of AusHFG in health facility projects being the original developer of the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines in 2002. HPI created the format of separate parts and Standard Components that was adopted first by Victoria, then subsequently NSW, and finally became the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines or “AusHFG” as we know it today. This format was developed in order to avoid repetition in each section that is common in other guidelines and to provide the material in a concise, efficient, easy to read format.
Standard Components are Room Data Sheets and Room Layout Sheets that have been developed to provide compliant examples of typical room types and reduce the need to ‘reinvent the wheel’ when planning and designing those rooms. The typical examples are ‘Deemed to Satisfy’ standard building components such as such as typical Patient Bedrooms, Utility Rooms and Ensuites. For designers seeking ‘real-world’ solutions they offer actual examples that are guaranteed to fully comply with the guidelines that can be simply adopted into actual projects and speed up the documentation process.
The current version of the Australian Health facility Guidelines (AustHFG) can be found at: http://healthfacilityguidelines.com.au. The AustHFG Guidelines are made up of six Parts, Part B contains the Health Planning Unit documents, Schedules of Accommodation and Standard Component Room Layouts and Room Data Sheets.
Part A: Introduction and Instructions for Use
This section (Part A) gives an overview of the AusHFG, its purpose, ways to use the guidelines and some information on the organisation of the documents that make up the AusHFG. Sections you will find in AusHFG Part A include background, purpose, structure and information relating to the review of all resources.
The main purpose of AusHFG is to “support the delivery of optimal patient care” through best-practice design of healthcare facilities and “inform the planning and construction of new health facilities.”
Part B: Health Facility Briefing and Planning
Part B of the AusHFG gives some insight into how to plan facilities and develop a brief of requirements. AusHFG Part B covers the industry specific standards and codes that facilities must meet, along with a range of operational issues and design principles to be considered in the planning phase. Part B of the AusHFG includes Health Planning Units (HPU) that provide detailed information on common clinical departments or services in hospitals and other healthcare settings including inpatient units, medical imaging department and community health centres.
Part C: Design for Access, Mobility, OHS and Security
This section of the AusHFG provides information that further develops the physical planning and design of health care facilities including:
• Planning principles, policies and efficiency guidelines
• Space standards and dimensions for commonly occurring building elements
• Human engineering aspects that includes design for accessibility and ergonomics
• Wayfinding and signage
• Occupational health and safety (OHS) issues aimed at improving safety in the built environment.
Part D: Infection Prevention Control
Part D of the AusHFG sets out guidelines to ensure the design of a healthcare facility meets infection prevention and control standards, developed following extensive review of infection prevention and control information from around the world and includes sections related to:
• Building elements such as approaches to hand basins and isolation rooms
• The physical environment describing elements such as air handling etc
• Surfaces and finishes
• Considerations relating to construction and renovation of healthcare facilities to minimise risk of infection.
Part E: Building Services and Environmental Design
Part E overviews the engineering and related systems needed to support the briefing and design of healthcare facilities. Part E of the AusHFG is organised in discipline sections including: Communication, Electrical, Fire, Hydraulic, Mechanical, Medical Gases, Security, Transportation and Equipment.
Part F: Project Implementation
This section (Part F) of the AusHFG Facility Planning Guideline is organised in two sections:
• Furniture, Fittings and Equipment, to provide assistance for the procurement of FF&E including budgeting, selection and installation
• Operational Commissioning, guidelines for the process of commissioning a facility, including management of people, time, costs, supplies, and equipment.
The Australasian Health Facility Guidelines are specific to the Australasian environment with respect to regulations, standards and policies.
For international projects or where existing guidelines do not cover the specific information required, HPI recommends the International Health Facility Guidelines (iHFG), produced by HPI in conjunction with TAHPI, our international enterprise. The iHFGs have the consistent Health Facility Guidelines structure, terminology and arrangement of information pioneered by HPI that are now the benchmark internationally. The iHFGs have been tailored to the international environment and can be used anywhere in the world.
HPI have extensive experience in the customisation and implementation of Health Facility Guidelines for multiple countries including Health Authority of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Papua New Guinea, India, Sharjah, and more. Contact HPI for a consultation on how to best implement health facility guidelines into your project.
HPI also specialises in the Health Facility Service Planning, Health Facility Architecture, Specialised Health Facility Interior Design, Health Facility Project Management, Health Facility Project Briefing, and Medical Equipment Planning.
For more information on HPI please visit our website: http://hpi.net.au or contact us today: +61 2 9460 4199.
View a video on how to understand the iHFG Health Facility Guidelines here:
Dubai World Trade Centre– 11th September 2017 – The new Australian Ambassador to the UAE Arthur Spyrou was a guest of honour at the inauguration of TAHPI stand in the Building Healthcare Exhibition and Conferences, he was accompanied by the First Secretary of the Australian Embassy Melissa Halldorf. TAHPI is the international arm of HPI with operations around the world.
Building Healthcare Exhibition and Conference is the premier stage for healthcare decision makers to discuss the future of healthcare systems and infrastructure, this event attracts thousands of attendees from all over the world.
TAHPI has been exhibiting at Building Healthcare for the past 8 years, using this platform to showcase its new projects, the HFBS software technology and sharing best practices as one of the leading Healthcare Consultants in the region.
HPI celebrates the open of the Meitra Hospital in Kozhikode India in 2017, a modular prefabricated health facility designed by our international branch TAHPI.
Bridging the gap between architecture, engineering and technology through the offsite design and manufacture of 85% of the hospital and onsite assembling, using the latest in automation and robotics, we were able to reduce considerably the impact on environment, while completing the project 18 months ahead of schedule.
It is expected that almost 25% of the Hospital patients will come from overseas and via medical tourism, the MEITRA team is equipped to handle the most complex and demanding of medical cases and challenges.
The hospital has departments for:
Endocrinology
Pulmonology
Minimally Invasive Gynaec Laparoscopy
Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases
Nephrology and Urology
General Medicine
Minimally Invasive General & Laparoscopic Surgery
General Surgery
ENT
Anaesthesia & Pain Clinic
Critical Care Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Dental
Opthalmology
Health Check up / Lifestyle Management Clinic
Radiology & Imaging
Laboratory medicine
Blood Bank & Pathology
Cardiac Anaesthesia
Calvary Bruce Private Hospital services North Canberra, Belconnen and the Gungahlin precinct and surrounding communities in Australia. The hospital team will offer high-quality holistic health care and attentive patient service delivered by expert medical doctors and highly skilled staff, including a dedicated Hospitality Team.
The new Calvary Bruce Private Hospital features eight state-of-the-art digitally integrated theatres, including one with a hybrid cath lab, which accommodate everything from day procedures to complex surgery.
Other features of the new hospital include:
– 118 beds with ability to expand to 182 beds as Canberra’s population grows;
– 74 surgical and medical beds with private rooms and ensuites;
– 16 bed post-anaesthetic care unit;
– 8 recovery beds plus an additional 17 chairs in second stage recovery;
– 12 bed maternity suite providing new families with specialised care and support after birth;
– Eight bed critical care department.
– A new pedestrian bridge linking the new hospital to the existing Calvary Public Hospital and Emergency Department enabling staff to continue to share specialist equipment and services between Calvary Public and Private hospitals.
This state of the art hospital also includes inbuilt further capacity to expand to 156 beds in years to come, in line with the population growth projections for the northern Canberra region.
