title: A future estate in good SHAPE.
abstract: Claire Bradford, project director at SHAPE (the Strategic Health Asset Planning and Evaluation iniatitive), outlines the many benefits available to estates and facilities teams via the web-enabled, evidence-based application--which "informs and supports the strategic planning of services and healthcare assets"--and explains how it is regularly updated to reflect new trends and needs against a fast-changing healthcare backdrop.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bradford
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D016208:Databases, Factual; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D020407:Internet; D008131:London; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine