Seton Medical Center – Tower Expansion

HSG Provided Equipment Planning and Logistics Management Support for the duration of Seton's new Women's Center Project. This project offered a unique challenge for HSG after the equipment budget, which was based on purchasing all new equipment, was reduced by 30% due to capital constraints. HSG collaborated with the clinical staff, purchasing department, and vendors to successfully meet the equipment needs of the project with the reduced financial allocation.

HSG gained an understanding of the project's parameters and guiding principles through working meetings with Administration. HSG inventoried and documented all existing medical equipment to provide the staff with the information needed to determine the feasibility of reusing the equipment. HSG then facilitated meetings with the clinical staff to pursue opportunities to reduce scope through equipment value engineering and reuse and relocation of existing equipment. At the end of this process HSG was able to reduce equipment costs by more than $900,000 freeing up much needed capital for construction costs.

HSG also played a crucial role in streamlining equipment logistics, which reduced the financial burden of warehousing equipment off-site. Due to the limited amount of onsite warehousing and receiving personnel HSG received all medical equipment upon its arrival and relocated it to numerous storage areas throughout the facility, keeping at all times a detailed report of equipment locations. HSG ensured that all new medical equipment received by the facility was first checked by the appropriate department (Biomed, Plant Operations) before the equipment was placed into service for patient care.

HSG Equipment Planners stay current on medical technologies to give clients alternative solutions for their needs. For example, during the planning portion of the project HSG facilitated a meeting between clinicians and a surgical lighting Sales Representative to discuss the benefits of using LED technology instead of the planned Halogen lighting systems. Through this process the staff decided to install the new lighting system which reduced electrical demand, life cycle, as well improved physician satisfaction due to lower heat output. HSG prides itself on ensuring that the end users have available information essential to making equipment decisions.

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