Imaging Services Design Guide

1.0 General

1.1 Foreword
VA Program Offices, project teams, designers and constructors, are obligated to our Nation`s Veterans and taxpayers to make the most effective and efficient use of resources, by providing a continuum of safe, secure, high quality, high performance, and high value environments of care and service for Veterans. The VA Office of Construction & Facilities Management (CFM) supports the Department`s mission through development and application of standards as a basis for disciplined planning, design, and construction of VA facilities.VA Standards are the culmination of a partnership among the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Veterans Health Administration, Program Officials, Clinicians, Industry, Academic and Research Organizations, Consultants, and the Office of Construction and Facilities Management. Design Guides are developed through integration of VA-specific requirements, Federal law and regulation, benchmarking of industry best practice, evidence-based research and design, and value-based analysis of leading-edge innovation. The result is the establishment of best value standards for optimum functionality, safety, operability, performance, and quality throughout the VA environment of care and service.