Hospitals Startup and Commissioning Assistance




SELECTING PROPER LOCATION FOR YOUR NEW VENTURE AND DESIGNING THE HOSPITAL


In case you have not already finalized the location of your new project, we will help you in deciding an appropriate site keeping in mind the need of medical facilities for that region, the current  distribution of other medical specialties available there, business prospects and profitability for your centre plus our current budget. In case you need, we also have our own architect who is experienced especially in designing medical hospitals who can design the plan for you. In case your architect has already made the plans, and in case you wish us to do so, we can review and analyze the drawings critically and give our recommendations on the following aspects:


1.      Compliance of the structure with NABH, AERB, infection control, disaster preparedness, fire safety, security, waste management  other requirements and recommend changes if any required


2.      Appropriate location, layout, space allotment and space orientation, design and organization for various work areas and departments like waiting areas, doctors lounges, preparation rooms, recovery rooms, clean rooms, supply rooms, disposal facilities, sterilizing facilities, storage facilities, administration and consultation facilities, service facilities depending on activity and traffic flows, privacy and self esteem of patients, so that there is optimum use of space, energy and manpower


3.      Ensure electrical, plumbing and air conditioning is as per requirement of the function of the department


4.      Any other physical facilities, space requirements, public and clinical areas and utilities, staff facilities, etc., if not already included in the plans


5.      Surface finishing requirements, lighting and signage

 

SERVICES


 1.     Strategic planning of services to best achieve objectives

2.      Forming strategies based on current social scenario, trends and attitudes

 

ADVICE ON RELEVANT PERMISSIONS AND LICENSES


1.      Advise on all the statutory and desirable licenses required depending on the services being offered at the centre, relevant regulatory authority, application forms, time required to procure them, etc., so that we always have good legal protection


2.      We can actually get the licenses for you by sending our own people and in proper time so that all are ready by the time the centre opens


3.      General ethical and legal aspects  - compliance with various Labor, Wages and Council acts, Consumers Protection Act

 

ADVICE ON THE SCHEDULE AND MONITORING OF IMPORTANT MILESTONES FOR FRUITION


 We will make a schedule of work activities and work together with you so that we can abide by timelines and monitor the work progress so that the centre is completed and ready on scheduled time

 

ADVICE ON ADHERENCE TO APPROPRIATE HOSPITAL GUIDELINES AND PROCESSES


 At every stage of the work, we will ensure that the facilities and amenities and processes are as per appropriate government and other hospital regulatory guidelines like NABH, FDA, MCI, Biomedical Engineering, AERB

 

DEVELOPMENT OF A SUITABLE BUSINESS PLAN


 Make a blueprint of a marketing strategy to make the centre a success


1.         Guide you on the extent and range of services required from the point of view of patient needs and also profitability


2.         Advertising, help with making brochures, mission and vision statements, slogans, etc.


3.         Marketing of services e.g. developing schemes like incentive premium,  participation programmes,  packages, etc., and competitive pricing mechanisms


4.         Strategic planning


5.         Pricing of services, cost containment and salaries


6.         Help make schedule and budget


7.         Identifying opportunities


8.         Forecasting demand and utilization, strategic and operational planning

 

CREATING A BUSINESS BLUE PRINT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS

 

CHARTING A ROADMAP


 Defining range and scope of services to be offered and how to go about achieving the objectives

 

ADVISE ON MATERIALS / EQUIPMENT TO BE PURCHASED


1.         List of facilities required in various work areas

2.         Room-by-room list of furniture, equipment and other material required for the various departments

3.         Size and number and specification of the equipment / furniture / material

4.         Placement and location

5.         Estimate of the cost of the equipment / material so that it helps financial planning better

6.         Choosing on or advising on vendors and manufacturers

7.         Determining lead time between ordering and receipt of equipment / material and thereby scheduling the ordering and installing

8.         Abiding by regulatory mechanisms - get approvals and licenses if required

9.         Select and purchasing equipment or giving suggestions and recommendations

10.       Overseeing installation

11.       If required, call for and receive bids, purchase or recommend purchases on your behalf

12.       Determining rate contracts

13.       Formulating policies and procedures for materials management system

14.       Inventory

15.       Cost containment

16.       Storage and distribution

17.       Prevent wastage

 

HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS


 Help choose the most appropriate HIS for the centre and help in subsequently customizing it to the needs, as required

 

MANPOWER PLANNING


1.         Preparing an Organization chart

2.         Staffing number

3.         Workflow

4.         Job description and specification

5.         Recruitment

6.         Training

7.         Determining salaries

8.         Deciding the best consultants suitable for our purpose and help get them attached to the hospital

 

CORE WORKFLOWS PLANNING


1.         Flow chart for various departments, regulating  traffic flow of patients, visitors, physicians, hospital personnel, service delivery, garbage, transport of food, linen, drugs, other supplies to increase efficiency, decrease infection and fatigue and work scheduling

2.         Separate dissimilar activities and avoid duplication of services

3.         Preparation of operational and functional programmes

4.         Formulate and document policies and procedures of various departments

5.         Disaster preparedness

6.         Guidance about various procedures in various departments

7.         Planning and designing of supportive services

8.         Administrative and organizational relationships

9.         Making SOPs - Laying down operational policies and operational system

10.       Formation of various committees


BUSINESS STRATEGIC PLANNING

 

The first step for establishing a healthcare facility is the preparation of a comprehensive Business Plan. Evaluation of new initiatives, disease patterns , and capital projects, demand forecasting, market segments, financial impact analysis, outreach business plans, analysis of business ventures/transactions, and merger/acquisition assistance. Which serves as the basis for hospital planning and setting up of the facility? We suggest service mix pattern, bed-mix, bed size and other inter-related parameters, which ultimately accelerate the generation of revenue.


We form strategies for sound organizational subsistence that will give an impetus to corporate growth and development, keeping pace with rapid evolution of the healthcare industry. An effective business plan that ensures the adequacy of potential revenues to meet operating, debt service and replacement costs.


REVENUE CYCLE SOLUTION


Medpoint Revenue Cycle Consultants is diverse team offering a wide variety of services enabling our client’s s to improve process efficiencies and ROI. Our team philosophy is to build a close knit team, surrounding ourselves with people from various setting like Clinical, Revenue Cycle, Operational, Coding, and IT. This diverse background allows us to have an extensive expertise in many different areas, while supporting each other as we build unique and custom solutions to our customer’s challenging problems.


We frequently work with your all level executives and technical experts at your sites. Our team’s unique position allows collaborating with different groups within medpoint’s consulting practice and on occasion working with other medpoint’s areas like, software development team by assessing and making recommendation for system improvements.

 

HOSPITAL COMMISSIONING ASSISTANCE

 

We provide expert hands at hospital commissioning and start up. We ensure that all systems, protocols, services and structure are in place, the hospital has obtained all required regulatory approvals and licenses, Hospitals standard operational policies (HSOP) are well laid out and most importantly the Business and marketing strategy is rolled out. This helps the hospital to gear up for an official launch.


Once the hospital project is nearing completion, a host of activities need to be undertaken for operational establishment of the various departments and the hospital as a whole


       To follow the hospitals mandate to fulfill all statutory compliances


       Detailed manpower plan

        Frame  standard  Organogram

       To draft  job description  to each position

       To frame hospitals personnel policy manual

       To frame salary structure

       To frame Standard operating procedures (SOPs)

       To frame competitive Tariff structure

       Guidelines for drafting the…MOU for Medical professional and outsourcing services

       Assistance for hospital launch & business development in terms of marketing strategies, innovative schemes, designing special introductory tariff/ packages & assistance in development of marketing material.

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