New Facility Activation & Occupancy Planning

Moving an existing health care operation into a new or replacement facility is an exciting event marked with optimism that the move will resolve many past operational and consumer issues. Years of planning will go into the construction of the facility, yet the activation and occupancy of that facility is often treated as an afterthought. To make certain your entire move is executed smoothly and successfully, you should consider new facility activation and occupancy planning to help you effectively organize the moving and activation process, save time and money, and ensure the success of the move:

• Organize a sequence of moves that enables each migrating department to continuously fulfill its mission during its move

• Coordinate inspection and licensure reviews by ruling bodies to enable a smooth transition

• Integrate the timing and resource needs on ancillary departments so that they can support existing operations and prepare the new facility

• Plan the patient move to the new facility

• Educate and train hospital staff for activating the new facility and new technologies

The Health Care Services Team of Hosking Klute Healthcare can help you resolve these and many related issues. Our health care consultants have the specialized knowledge and experience in new facility activation and occupancy planning to help you.

Our Approach

Our New Facility Activation and Occupancy Planning process analyzes and interprets the logistical issues of moving, as well as management issues of continuing a seamless operation. We provide a range of consulting services that can help you:

• Organize in-house resources around activation and occupancy tasks

• Define the roles and responsibilities for agreed-upon actions

• Accurately budget the activation and occupancy process

• Develop a detailed schedule of sequenced moves

• Develop and pretest departmental checklists

• Identify and resolve potential problems

We also provide hands-on support to help manage the move-in process. With our experience and expertise, we can assure you that your operations and services continue smoothly throughout the moving process.

Contact

James E. Hosking, FAAHC, FHIMSS, FACHE
Managing Principal
Tel 630.541.3939 Direct 630.248.3340
jhosking@hoskingklute.com