Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Handbook 7610 (262)
Washington, DC 20420
June 2006
32 minutes per clinic stop / 60 minutes
clinic stops
A maximum capacity of 3,750 clinic stops per year, assuming 100% utilization.
However, 100% utilization is not realistic. We will apply an 80% Efficiency Factor
as a design standard for Ambulatory Care.
3,750 x 80% = 3,000 annual clinic stops.
TABLE 1: WORKLOAD PARAMETER CALCULATION
MINIMUM
WORKLOAD
AVERAGE
ANNUAL
LENGTH OF
CLINIC STOPS
TO
GENERATE
CLINIC STOP
PER ROOM
ONE ROOM
CLINIC STOP
(minutes)
(rounded)
Exam Room
32
3,000
900
The number of annual clinic visits per room will be used as a criteria parameter to
calculate the number of exam rooms in the Space Criteria section of this
document. The minimum workload to generate one room is 30% of the calculated
annual clinic stops per room.
3. Medical Service Clinics include:
AIDS, Allergy / Immunology, Cardiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Dermatology,
Diabetic, Ear, Nose and Throat, Endocrinology, Environmental Health,
Gastroenterology (GI), General Medicine, Geriatric, Gynecology, Hematology,
Infectious Disease, Liver Disease, Neurology, Nutrition, Oncology / Tumor, Pain,
Prevention, Proctology, Pulmonary-Chest (non-TB), Pulmonary-chest (TB),
Rheumatology
4. Surgical Service Clinics include:
Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery, Hand, Head and Neck, Neurosurgery,
Orthopedic, (ENT) Plastic Surgery, Podiatry, Thoracic Surgery, Urology (GU),
Vascular Surgery.
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PROGRAM DATA REQUIRED (INPUT DATA QUESTIONS)
A. Mission Input Data Statements:
General / Administration
1. What is the Ambulatory Care Activity Profile (ACAP) Level authorized for this
project? (S=1; M=2; L=3) (M)
2. Is a Grieving Room authorized? (M)
3. Is Hospital Based Home Care (HBHC) authorized? (M)
4. Is an ACOS for Ambulatory Care authorized? (M)
5. Is a Telemedicine Room authorized? (M)
6. Is an Office, Chief of Clinic Section authorized? (M)
7. Is an Office, Chief MAS for Ambulatory Care authorized? (M)
8. Is an Office, Head Nurse for Emergency Care authorized?
9. Is an Office, RN/LPN authorized?
10. Is an Office, MAS Reception Area Supervisor authorized?
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