The Efficient Exam Room You spend most of your time in exam rooms. All treatment rooms you use should have the same layout, with enough room to facilitate access for physician, assistant and disabled patients. Sound control and ventilation are inconspicuous but crucial aspects of treatment room design. The exam table is the single most expensive piece of treatment room furniture. Today it's worth keeping computerization in mind when planning a treatment room, even if your practice isn't computerized yet.
Ergonomic design is crucial for efficiency and comfort.
Evaluate a room design in terms of how you would actually use the room. Make sure treatment room design facilitates communication between you and your nurse or assistant. A person viewing it online may make one printout of the material and may use that printout only for his or her personal, non-commercial reference.