NEHES 2010 Fall Conference

Perspectives on Growing a Healthcare InstitutionDiverse Trends in Facility Planning and Development

NEHES 2010 Fall ConferenceOctober 3-6, 2010Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

Presented byRobby Robertson, Vice President of Facilities & Real Estate Services, Winchester HospitalJohn Duraes, Director of Engineering, Women & Infants HospitalDaniel Dunn, FACHE, Senior Vice President of Operations, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Moderated by Rob Smedberg, Associate, VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.

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Perspectives & Trends

Delivering the best healing environments

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LEARNING OBJECTIVESPerspectives on Growing a Healthcare Institution

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Objective #1:

How an organization’s structure impacts decision-making concerning capital improvements• Healthcare systems• Independent hospitals• Large vs. small

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Objective #2:

How to facilitate the input of stakeholders throughout the planning-design-construction cycle• Medical staffs• Patients• Hospital managements• Professional staffs• Boards of trustees

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Objective #3:

Identification of typical design/construction challenges, and solutions to address them• Project management • Community involvement• Regulatory requirements• Construction logistics

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INTRODUCTION TO THE PANELPerspectives on Growing a Healthcare Institution

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Robby RobertsonVice President of Facilities & Real Estate Services

Winchester Hospital

John DuraesDirector of Engineering

Women & Infants Hospital

Daniel Dunn, FACHESenior Vice President of Operations

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

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Winchester HospitalWinchester, Massachusetts

Nonprofit, acute care, independent community hospital Founded 1912 229 beds >2,600 employees >700 physicians

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Women & Infants HospitalProvidence, Rhode Island

Member of Care New England Health System Regional perinatal center for southeastern New

England Teaching affiliate at Warren Alpert

Medical School of Brown University 167 adult beds and 80 NICU beds >3,000 employees 48 off-campus locations

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Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover, New Hampshire

Largest acute care hospital in Seacoast region Founded 1906 178 beds Seacoast Cancer Center – regional medical oncology

services

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PANEL DISCUSSIONPerspectives on Growing a Healthcare Institution

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Lessons Learned

Impact of organizational structure on decision-making process

Stakeholder input and consensus-building Design/construction challenges and solutions

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QUESTIONS?Perspectives on Growing a Healthcare Institution