Session Details: 2018 ACE Summit

The PwC Health Research Institute’s annual report labeled 2017 as “a year of uncertainty and opportunity”. 2018 is certain to be the same. Patient-centered care, evidence-based design, lean process improvement, sustainability, and uncertainty about changes in the ACA are all changing the healthcare building industry paradigm. Stakeholders are looking for innovations that will allow them to build and renovate structures in less time and for lower costs.

In this session, panelists will discuss what is changing in healthcare construction and how you can adapt your organization’s strategies to be better prepared for these changes. Learn about the challenges impacting design and construction that are changing the way Architects, Designers, Equipment Planners, Builders, and other stakeholders work. Discussion will also include methods of collaboration with professionals involved in healthcare design and construction that can facilitate better communication, build partnerships, and increase efficiencies for the construction of safe and healthy buildings.

Learning Objectives:

Identify capital equipment processes that address the needs of today’s healthcare facilities and their changing patient population.
Analyze the impact of capital planning strategies in healthcare construction, building design, and patient experience.
Describe the challenges that must be overcome when making capital equipment purchases in order to provide capital equipment that is cost effective while meeting the needs of the patient.
Examine current trends and forecast future trends in capital equipment planning and efficiency.