Blueprints & Breakthroughs: Strategies for Smarter Healthcare Construction

As healthcare systems expand to meet growing patient needs, the challenge of constructing new facilities while containing costs remains a critical concern. As construction technology advances, the healthcare industry also must streamline the construction process.

In this webinar, the panelists will explore how their leading institutions are implementing technologies to improve the efficiency of capital equipment planning and deployment. Speakers will share the challenges their organizations faced in managing facility activations that led them to seek tools for improving process efficiency. They will also discuss strategies for engaging consultants in adopting these technologies to enhance project outcomes.

Key discussion points:

  • The importance of initiating equipment planning early in the design phase of a project.
  • The benefits of standardizing workflows and tools for managing medical equipment planning and deployment.
  • How to assess the need for third-party consultants to support medical equipment planning and logistics.
  • The value of accurate and timely reporting for key stakeholders.
  • Hard-earned lessons on overcoming challenges in capital equipment planning and deployment.

Attendees will gain practical insights into how these tools drive project coordination, minimize inefficiencies, and optimize resource allocation to support cost-effective and timely facility expansion.

Speakers

Maggie Duplantis
Director of Clinical Planning and Design
Houston Methodist

Maggie Duplantis serves as Director of Clinical Planning and Design at Houston Methodist. She has over 20 years of operational management experience and over 15 years of experience in design and construction. She is responsible for all aspects of the clinical design process, activation planning, and execution. She liaises between clinical practitioners and facility planners for system capital construction projects.

Timothy Menz
Project Manager
Northwell Health

Timothy Menz is a project manager at Northwell Health. He leads the procurement, delivery, and installation of medical equipment and building activation efforts for large capital improvement projects. Leveraging a collaborative process, he is the conduit connecting clinical, operational, and administrative teams to open new care centers successfully.

Scott Jennings
VP of Sales
FreightTrain, FitUp

Scott has over 20 years of experience in sales and over 13 years in healthcare. He is passionate about helping hospitals and their teaming partners find the most effective solutions to their challenges. Scott brings hands-on experience supporting project teams to deliver health care center sourcing support, initial outfitting, transition, and activation services.

Who Should Attend

This webinar is tailored for healthcare leaders, facility managers, project managers, equipment planners, supply chain or procurement specialists, and anyone involved in budgeting or planning healthcare construction projects.

If you’re a hospital administrator, owner representative, project executive, supply chain leader, or leader in a planning, design, and construction team focused on streamlining procurement processes, optimizing supply chain strategies, and leveraging volume aggregation to drive efficiencies, you should sign up today.