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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