Priority services first
Clinical leadership identifies which consultations and treatments can continue safely and which require referral or safe suspension.
Illustrative concept 03
Small clinic with a protected continuity zone
A private medical group wants selected outpatient services to remain safe and available during a defined disruption. The protected continuity zone is planned without presenting it as a hospital.
- Host facility
- Small outpatient clinic or medical practice
- Protected scope
- Selected consultation, treatment, support and essential technical functions
- Clinical boundary
- No inpatient care, operating theatre, emergency department or major imaging
- Operating objective
- Continue selected services, stop others safely and reopen in a controlled way
Client requirement
What the client needs.
- A clinically approved list of services that continue, pause or stop
- Safe movement of patients and staff during restricted operation
- Verified dependencies for essential equipment, information and communication
- Backup building services where the clinical brief requires them
- A practical route from disruption to safe reopening
Decisions
What feasibility must establish.
- Which services are genuinely essential during the defined disruption?
- Which patients can be treated safely and which must be referred?
- What happens when a critical utility or item of equipment fails?
- Which clinical, licensing and authority requirements has the client confirmed locally?
Proposed concept
A practical protected scope, shaped by real needs.
Defined clinical zone
A healthcare planner coordinates rooms, circulation, privacy, accessibility and infection-prevention requirements.
Essential dependencies
Engineers derive electricity, water, ventilation, temperature control, communications and specialist utilities from actual equipment and activity.
Controlled reopening
The clinical and technical teams define the checks and approvals required before affected services resume.
Deliverable
Feasibility Study / Initial Mandate
The mandate creates a decision-ready basis for specialist design and project delivery.
- Protected-service and safe-stop brief approved by clinical leadership
- Room, equipment, staff, information and utility dependency map
- Review of available site and building information
- Concept options and critical interface schedule
- Preliminary protected-scope construction budget and programme
- Specialist and client-led licensing interface schedule
- Testing, staff-readiness and reopening outline
Initial Mandate / Feasibility Study
Starting fees
The final proposal reflects size, location, available information, specialist input, confidentiality requirements and required outputs.
| Feasibility Study / Initial Mandate | From CHF 35'000.- |
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Scope note:
Clinical leadership and locally qualified healthcare specialists approve the service model. CiviTech does not provide medical advice, healthcare licences or clinical certification.
Evidence
Selected references
- Health service continuity planning for public health emergenciesWorld Health Organization
- WASH FIT: a practical guide for improving quality of careWorld Health Organization