Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (246)
Washington, DC 20420
March 2007
E.
At Health Benefits Section, provide all office and cubicle spaces equipped with
systems furniture.
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FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Relationship of Medical Administration Services to services listed below:
(Note that distinct elements of H.A.S. including Office of the Chief (OOC), Health Benefits
(HB) and Ward Administration)WA) may be non-contiguous components and/or located
on different floor levels. Health Information Management (HIM) functional relationship
would consistently be 3)
TABLE 2: FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP MATRIX
SERVICES
RELATIONSHIP
REASON
Ambulatory care (hospital based)
HB-1, OOC-2
Day hospital
HB-1, OOC-2
Day treatment center
HB-1,
Domiciliary
HB-1
Nursing home care units
HB-1
Childcare/development center
2
Fiscal service
2
Lobby
OOC-2, HB-1
Medical center director's suite
OOC-2
Medical media service
HIM-2
Nursing service administration
2
Social work service
2
Veterans assistance unit
2
Cardiovascular laboratories
3
Chaplain service
3
Dental service
3
Dialysis center
3
Digestive diseases program - endoscopy
3
suite
Electroencephalography laboratory
3
Environmental management service
3
administration
Eye clinic
3
Human resources management
3
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