CME Insider's Blog Posts

Delaying the opening of a 20-doctor clinic can cost a healthcare system over $100,000 in revenue a day. Delaying the opening of a hospital can cost over $400,000 a day. It’s essential to open on time but the construction or remodeling of a medical facility is never easy.

There is so much to manage and coordinate, and unless carefully managed, deadlines slip by and things go wrong. That's why it's so important to enlist the help of a medical equipment specialist who has the resources, experience and ability to coordinate medical equipment purchasing and logistics and see the project through to successful completion on schedule.

In a Richmond, VA. hospital, tetraplegics in the ICU who are unable to move by themselves are communicating and staying connected to the outside world, by controlling an overhead laptop’s cursor using their eye instead of a mouse.

Elsewhere, a new mother is opening up a web portal on a tablet to watch her newborn via live video feed from the NICU. And in San Francisco, pediatric patients are finding their hospitalizations a little less scary and confusing, thanks to tablets loaded with education and entertainment apps that they can easily access from their beds. 

Many advances in patient care have come about through the introduction of innovative and sophisticated medical equipment. With that advance is the need for additional or unique space to accommodate this equipment. For this reason, it's crucial that these medical equipment needs are properly considered when planning a new medical facility, in order to provide adequate space.

Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, more health care facilities have embraced value-based health care. The focus on cutting costs, increasing patient satisfaction, improving medical outcomes and reducing re-admittance rates has revolutionized the industry, and has facilities focused on quality care and the patient. Many hospitals, clinics, and outpatient facilities are taking on renovation projects, repurposing existing spaces and replacing outdated equipment to accommodate this new value-based health care model.