Many factors can add complexity to healthcare project planning, design and implementation. Projects can be delayed or completely derailed by gaps in team participation. By challenging traditional project team composition and gaining the early input of IT, infection control, ancillary services, supply chain, and finance, both internal and external project teams can be reimagined. In this session, explore how building your project team can increase efficiency, strengthen design outcomes, and enhance the entire capital process.

 

Join industry thought leaders and learn from real-world examples of supportive relationships between consultants and clinical/non-clinical staff and discover proven and powerful steps to keep information flowing and improve schedule compliance. With the right team composition and smarter information flow, you can significantly decrease delays, boost collaboration and turn complex projects into success stories.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Evaluate typical team composition and identify areas for critical improvement

2. Identify key additions to traditional project teams, both clinical and non-clinical, to support a multidisciplinary approach.

3. Outline proven, practical techniques to enhance information flow and coordination among project stakeholders.

4. Explain how enhanced teamwork and communication contributes to better schedule compliance, client satisfaction, and overall project success.

As new technologies continue to emerge, the need for infrastructure improvements and investments are at an all-time high. Innovative technology drives different demands on the infrastructure required to support it. In this session, gain real-world takeaways that can be immediately applied within your organization and discover new technologies are shaping the future of healthcare facility construction.

 

Hear from industry thought leaders as they share their learnings from recent projects where innovative technologies have shaped a new approach to construction of healthcare facilities.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Evaluate the real-world impact of innovative technologies on peer organizations.

2. Organize an action plan for ensuring proper infrastructure before pursuing technological advancements.

3. Identify the top technologies influencing the building process today and determine their potential impact on your organization.

4. Analyze success stories to find key takeaways and lessons learned from peers.

Every day, technology steps further into the future, advancing at an exponential rate. This rapidly evolving innovation brings unrivaled opportunities to enhance the patient journey and optimize healthcare design to create hospitals of the future. With the introduction of artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, and data analytics, today’s technology has revolutionized both care delivery and the facilities that support it.

 

Hear from industry thought leaders as emerging technologies are actively transforming healthcare facility design. Learn how smart hospitals are leveraging innovation to enhance patient care, streamline operations, and completely redefine the patient experience.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Outline an approach for implementing new technology into healthcare facilities while prioritizing the patient experience.

2. Identify technologies that align with your organization’s needs to guarantee impactful implementation.

3. Evaluate the success stories of hospitals and health systems who have successfully implemented innovative technology to glean implementation strategies.

4. Formulate an action plan for strategically incorporating impactful suggestions into your daily operations.

Take a deep dive into the evolving world of outpatient care, exploring innovative settings both inside and outside traditional hospital walls. As healthcare continues to shift toward more patient-centered, accessible, and efficient care, outpatient facilities are becoming a critical touchpoint for delivering high-quality patient experiences. Explore recent projects that are redefining what outpatient care can look like, highlighting design strategies, operational improvements, and technology integration that enhance both patient and clinician experience.

 

Hear from industry experts and gain key insights and practical takeaways from real-world examples of recently built outpatient facilities redefining patient care as you know it. 

 

Learning Objectives

1. Analyze design strategies with the potential to enhance patient experience, operational efficiency, and clinician workflows in outpatient settings.

2. Differentiate between innovations in outpatient care inside and outside of hospital environments.

3. Compare real-world examples of outpatient facility innovation to determine which align best with your organization.

4. Identify lessons learned from peers to apply to future capital projects.

From reimbursement changes to a change in administration, health systems are left facing uncertainty over capital funding. As operating margins tighten, organizations are finding it increasingly difficult to generate the income needed to fund their capital pools. With limited dollars available, every decision must be strategic, data-driven, and aligned with long-term organizational priorities.

 

Hear from industry leaders who have discovered modern and forward-thinking solutions to get ahead of and plan for these changes in capital funding and legislation to ensure innovation amidst an ever-shifting capital landscape.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Evaluate the real impact of reimbursement changes and policy shifts on operating margins and funding strategies.

2. Define practical approaches for allocating limited capital resources in a financially constrained environment.

3. Analyze innovative financing models and strategic partnerships that enable continued capital investments.

4. List key considerations to account for when planning capital projects amid evolving legislative and economic pressures.

To efficiently manage the life cycle of your equipment, it is critical to first understand the needs of your health system to ensure optimal planning. The ability to accurately forecast maintenance costs, technological advancements, and skill development guarantees optimal utilization and efficient care delivery. In this session, gain key insights and applicable takeaways surrounding current processes and initiatives yielding real results for leading health systems.

 

Hear from industry experts regarding best practices in life cycle management in order to optimize capital equipment inventory and prioritize the reallocation of underutilized equipment.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Formulate a list of necessary life cycle management process enhancements based on your facilities’ specific needs.

2. Differentiate between life cycle planning and life cycle management.

3. Evaluate peer success stories to determine best practices that can be introduced to your organization.

4. Compare reallocation strategies to create a practical action plan.

A master plan serves as the blueprint for your project, providing both direction and clarity. When implemented correctly, this master plan allows for a cohesive project with clear objectives, efficiently allocated resources, and mitigated risks. By learning from first-hand examples of successfully implemented master plans across the health system, your organization can gain strategies for assessing current assets, forecast future needs, and design adaptable spaces that support clinical excellence, operational efficiency, and long-term growth.

 

Hear from industry experts as they share their approaches to enterprise master planning for transformational healthcare facilities through operational alignment.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Analyze enterprise master planning strategies from your peers that can be immediately implemented.

2. Outline the complexities and nuances of master planning post-M&A.

3. Identify a framework for master planning that ensures enterprise-wide understanding.

4. Define what a successfully executed master plan looks like to your organization.

The safety and security of healthcare facilities has become increasingly top-of-mind across the capital space and is a crucial consideration as facilities prepare for the future. From ensuring the protection of those within the walls of these healthcare facilities to prioritizing an inviting, welcoming, and patient-friendly atmosphere, patient safety touches every step of the capital process.

 

Hear from industry experts who have made innovative advancements to their safety and security processes or implemented new technology to mitigate risk, enhance efficiency, and prepare for the unexpected.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of patient safety and the role it plays in your organization.

2. Identify areas for growth in your organization’s current safety initiatives as you plan for the future.

3. Organize a list of technological safety innovations that have proven beneficial to your peers.

4. Evaluate the benefits of enhanced organizational safety and security on everyone impacted.

For large health systems, alignment between leadership and facilities teams is essential for operational success. However, achieving system-wide buy-in on contracts, initiatives, and capital decisions can often present challenges to this alignment. In this session, gain practical and immediately applicable insights into bridging that gap and ensuring that every facility understands the value behind system-wide decisions.

 

Hear from industry thought leaders with real-world examples of engaging local facilities teams and gaining buy-in surrounding enterprise decisions and contracts.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Outline trust-building strategies to foster leadership and facilities alignment.

2. Evaluate communication methods for conveying system-wide value behind enterprise decisions.

3. Analyze real-world examples of peer organizations who secured local facilities team buy-in to organizational initiatives.

4. Identify action steps to practically improve collaboration and streamline execution to ensure consistency.

Designing healthcare spaces that truly serve patients, caregivers, and communities is a complex and unique challenge requiring an understanding of multiple perspectives. Successful design requires a collaborative outlook and an understanding of the intertwined needs of each group impacted. When done successfully, thoughtful design creates spaces that support both clinical excellence and emotional wellness. Discover the nuance behind impactful planning, and how design decisions impact the people both delivering and receiving care, as well as the community as a whole.

 

Hear from industry thought leaders as they explore how patient, clinician, and community perspectives shape the design of modern healthcare facilities.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Analyze the ways in which design decisions impact clinical workflows, patient experiences, and community engagement.

2. Identify the key needs of those who will be the most impacted by the design of healthcare facilities.

3. Evaluate real-world examples of healthcare facilities that balance clinical efficiency and patient care.

4. Outline collaborative strategies for incorporating multiple perspectives into healthcare facility design.

As capital pressures continue to build, many organizations are forced to re-evaluate the way they plan, approve, and execute on capital projects. Seemingly minor process improvements, however, can create meaningful efficiencies, improve transparency, and strength decision-making throughout the capital project process. In this session, gain insights into recent innovations, process improvements, or technological advancements that have reimagined the capital process entirely.

 

Hear from industry experts as they share their learnings from recent capital process improvements that can be immediately implemented in your capital process.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Define practical process enhancements with measurable impact on the capital project process.

2. Evaluate the financial perspective of capital governance and its role in improving transparency and accountability.

3. Compare traditional capital allocation practices with modern approaches that align financial strategy with organizational priorities.

4. Identify specific tools, technologies, and process innovations to make faster, more informed capital decisions.