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Moving an existing healthcare 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 ensure that the entire move is executed smoothly and successfully, you should consider in 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.

• Organizing a sequence of moves that enables each migrating department to continuously fulfill its mission during its move;
• Coordinating inspection and licensure reviews by ruling bodies to enable a smooth transition;
  
• Integrating the timing and resource needs of ancillary departments so that they can support existing operations and prepare the new facility;
  
• Planning the patient move to the new facility;
• Educating and training hospital staff for activating the new facility and new technologies.
  

The Healthcare Services Team of RSM McGladrey can help you resolve these and many related issues. Our healthcare consultants have the Specialized KnowledgeSM and experience in 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.

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 help ensure that your operations and services continue smoothly throughout the moving process.

Contacts:
James E. Hosking, FAAHC, FHIMSS, FACHE
Managing Director
Tel 312.634.7104
jim.hosking@rsmi.com