NEHES 2010 Fall Conference
Perspectives on Growing a
Healthcare Institution
Diverse Trends in Facility Planning and Development
NEHES 2010 Fall Conference
October 3-6, 2010
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Presented by
Robby Robertson, Vice President of Facilities & Real Estate Services, Winchester Hospital
John Duraes, Director of Engineering, Women & Infants Hospital
Daniel 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
NEHES 2010 Fall Conference
Perspectives on Growing a Healthcare Institution
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Objective #1:
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How an organization’s structure impacts decisionmaking concerning capital improvements
• Healthcare systems
• Independent hospitals
• Large vs. small
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Objective #2:
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How to facilitate the input of stakeholders throughout
the planning-design-construction cycle
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Medical staffs
Patients
Hospital managements
Professional staffs
Boards of trustees
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Objective #3:
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Identification of typical design/construction challenges,
and solutions to address them
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Project management
Community involvement
Regulatory requirements
Construction logistics
NEHES 2010 Fall Conference
Perspectives on Growing a Healthcare Institution
INTRODUCTION TO THE PANEL
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Robby Robertson
Vice President of Facilities & Real Estate Services
Winchester Hospital
John Duraes
Director of Engineering
Women & Infants Hospital
Daniel Dunn, FACHE
Senior Vice President of Operations
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
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Winchester Hospital
Winchester, Massachusetts
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Nonprofit, acute care, independent community hospital
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Founded 1912
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229 beds
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>2,600 employees
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>700 physicians
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Women & Infants Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island
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Member of Care New England Health System
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Regional perinatal center for southeastern New
England
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Teaching affiliate at Warren Alpert
Medical School of Brown University
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167 adult beds and 80 NICU beds
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>3,000 employees
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48 off-campus locations
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Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Dover, New Hampshire
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Largest acute care hospital in Seacoast region
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Founded 1906
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178 beds
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Seacoast Cancer Center – regional medical oncology
services
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Perspectives on Growing a Healthcare Institution
PANEL DISCUSSION
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Lessons Learned
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Impact of organizational structure on decision-making
process
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Stakeholder input and consensus-building
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Design/construction challenges and solutions
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Perspectives on Growing a Healthcare Institution
QUESTIONS?