For medical equipment planners and professionals who work in construction and renovation, change can be scary and represent a significant threat – but not all change is bad. Skilled equipment planners supported by Attainia’s powerful platform can embrace change and manage it to positive financial and clinical outcomes that ultimately mitigate costs and project delays.

We discuss the difference between “managing” clinical environments and the point of care as they relate to technology as opposed to just “dealing” with this space. Functional changes often take place faster than facilities can be built.  During the lifecycle of a facility, or after the completion of construction or renovations, clinicians are often left to “deal with” a design intent which may no longer match their current needs.

Purchasing expensive, patient-impacting medical equipment that accounts for time-and-cost factors such as life expectancy, maintenance costs, reliability and TCO (total cost of ownership) is a complex process that many healthcare organizations struggle to understand and integrate.

We examine the role of the medical equipment planner, including the advantages an equipment planner brings to healthcare projects and how to optimize the equipment planner’s role. Presented by Paula Cleaver, vice president at Hoefer Wysocki, and Valerie Lynch, solutions specialist at Attainia.