Participative Facility Planning for Obstetrical and Neonatal Care Processes: Beginning of Life Process

Figure 2

The newly developed H1 patient flow process model for the care of pregnant women and newborns. The new process minimizes parent-infant separation by, for example, locating more extensive stabilization for a sick newborn in the delivery room and by designing single family rooms with privacy and facilities for parents to stay overnight alongside their infant. Waste decreases and patient safety improves by, for example, decreasing the need for transitions between hospital wards and by preventing hospital infections with single family rooms. The delivery room and the NICU being in close proximity of each other and on the same floor increases synergy, especially in emergency situations.