'Talk about costs very early in hospital projects'

摘要

It's the most important thing, and hospitals need to spend sufficient time on it because it will greatly increase their success. Even on big jobs, we see a lack of real good upfront planning. We strongly recommend what we call a Strategic Project Launch Readiness Assessment, which we describe in medical terms: 1) "Discovery"-what strategic planning has been done? Usually they've just done pieces of a plan. 2) "Diagnosis"-what's missing? Land? Medical equipment? Technology? What can they afford? 3) "Treatment plan"-that's the project implementation plan. In healthcare projects, there are many stakeholders: patients, the board, the administration, medical staff, the nursing department, the facilities staff, etc. In our best projects, the whole C suite has been actively involved. When they're not committed, the projects are a lot harder to do. They all have to be on the "same sheet of music.