Moderator: Jim Venker, Industry Consultant, Venker Consulting, LLC.
Panelists: Richard Killeen, VP, Corporate Purchasing, Hackensack Meridian Health and Denise Persico, Director of Interior Design, Hackensack Meridian Health
Today’s healthcare industry has experienced many disruptive forces, including large mergers, new technologies, and a demand for virtual services. To successfully navigate these developments, maintaining uniform standards across hospital design and finishes, clinical and non-clinical equipment, and facilities management has never been more important or more challenging. For large health systems, it can be difficult to standardize across the entire system and to obtain buy-in from all parties. Identify gaps and learn about the latest practices for adopting organizational standards.
Learning Objectives:
1. Outline the common gaps and roadblocks to successful standards adoption.
2. Compare the best practices for adopting standards in various situations.
3. Plan how to implement more uniform standards in your organization.
4. Evaluate best practices for standards adoption during the transition process following a merger.