Oftentimes, I hear healthcare professionals confused over the differences between transition planning and move management.
Transition planning services are frequently associated with move management, and although both are typically applied during the construction phase of a project, the services are uniquely different with distinct deliverables.
On a recent flight from St Louis to Orlando, I sat behind two recent college grads grumbling about the economy and their apparent lack of job prospects.
The data is ugly—more than 50% of college grads are unable to find work and 85% are moving back home after graduation. Who’s to blame these kids for their bad attitude, all they have known since they walked on campus in the fall of 2008 has been recession and doom and gloom.
Unless you've been living under a rock — or don't own a computer — chances are that you're aware of the Social Media revolution. Social Media is absolutely changing the way we communicate, and savvy businesspeople around the world have taken advantage of the medium to reach out to their potential audiences as they have never before.
As someone who has attended the HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference for years, I am always impressed by the quality of its educational workshops and clinics.
I love to ask CEOs the question, “What keeps you up at night?” The answer used to be “access to capital.” But in today’s healthcare reform environment, the answer I most commonly receive is “my hospital’s HCAHPS scores.”
So if the C-Suite is concerned about HCAHPS scores, then healthcare planners and designers need to be concerned about HCAHPS scores as well.
Project category: New construction (completed November 2011)
Chief Administrator: Larry DiSanto, COO, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, (609) 394-4254
Firm: HKS, Inc., (214) 969-5599; Array Healthcare Facilities Solutions, (610) 270-0599; Anchor Health Properties, (302) 655-1010
Project category: New construction & Remodel/Renovation (completed December 2011)
Firms: Jensen and Halstead Ltd., (312) 664-7557
Design team: David Dastur, AIA, Architect, Principal; Gleen Seerup, AIA, Principal; Martha A. Strong, Director of Interior Design (Jensen and Halstead Ltd.); Dave Bodenschatz, Principal-in-Charge, MEP Engineer (KJWW Engineering Consultants); Brian P Hornickel, Structural Engineer (Abatangelo – Hason, Ltd.)
Photography: ©2011 Bruce Van Inwegen
Project category: Unbuilt/Conceptual Design Only (July 2014)
Firm: HKS Inc., (214) 969-5599
Design team: Eduardo Egea, AIA, Managing Principal; Jason Schroer, AIA, LEED AP, Design Principal; Rupert H Brown, AIA, Senior Project Designer; Tina Duncan, AIA, Senior Healthcare Planner Dulce Torres, RA, Int. Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Senior Healthcare Planner; Brian Ahmes, Project Designer
Total building area (sq. ft.): 2,469,566
Construction cost/sq. ft.: $263
Total construction cost (excluding land): $650,000,000
Project category: New construction & Remodel/Renovation (completed December 2011)
Firms: James R. Childers Architect, Inc., (479) 783-2480; SmithGroupJJR, (602) 265-2200
Design team: Architect of Record (James R. Childers Architect, Inc.); Consulting Architect (SmithGroupJJR); Civil Engineering (Cardinal Engineering, Inc); Structural Engineering (Foy Consulting & Engineering, LLC); MEP Engineer (SSR, Inc.); Landscape Architect (Gray Rock Consulting, Inc.)
Total building area (sq. ft.): 26,203 (new); 19,132 (renovation)
Project category: New construction (completed June 2012)
Chief administrator: Robert McKenna, AIA, Administrator, New Hospital Development, (312) 440-5302
Firms: ZGF Architects LLP, (213) 617-1901; Solomon Cordwell Buenz, (312) 896-1100; Anderson Mikos Architects, (630) 573-5149
Project category: New construction (completed June 2011)
Chief administrator: Loree Collette, Clinical Nurse Lead, (734) 936-6262
Firm: HKS, (214) 969-5599
Design Team: John Bienko, Project Manager; Ron Dennis, Principal in Charge; Doug Compton, Design Architect; Rachel Saucier, Architectural Planner; Penny Wright, Contract Administration; Iris Dates, Interior Designer
Photography: Blake Marvin
Total building area (sq. ft.): 1,100,000
Project category: Remodel/Renovation (completed October 2010)
Chief administrator: Suzen Heeley, Director of Design and Construction, (212) 639-856
Firm: ZGF Architects LLP, (503) 224-3860
Design team: Jan Willemse, Partner-in-Charge; Sharron van der Meulen, Principal Interior Designer; Matthew Fleck, Senior Designer; Michael O’Meara, Project Architect
