IMH Healthcare’s approach to Operations Readiness stands out as a highly effective alternative to the limitations of traditional Transition and Activation models. While our competitors focus primarily on achieving a successful “Day 1” through a structured but often narrow scope, they can fall short in achieving their strategic vision. In contrast, IMH engages early and integrates transition and activation into a comprehensive Operations Readiness strategy to ensure both a seamless opening and enduring success. IMH delivers cost-effective, custom-tailored solutions that surpass the reactive, short-term focus of traditional transition and activation planning. This forward-thinking methodology provides healthcare facilities with a clear advantage, fostering resilience and operational excellence well beyond the initial transition.
What are the gaps between where you are now and your chosen destination? Together, let’s build a roadmap.
Form follows function in a well-crafted functional program, developed in partnership with a deeply integrated project team who translates your organization’s vision into a reality.
With our integrated approach, the building, the technology, and the people will be ready to provide exceptional care from the very first patient.
Our improvement experts coach cross-functional teams through targeted optimization focused on minimizing waste, increasing reliability, and optimizing performance.
Functional Programming
Form following function
Set strategic vision for program, establish roadmap for design, and operational readiness
Design program to deliver maximum value to patient through design and operations
Define staff, space, technology, and equipment dependencies and requirements
Finalize space program and diagrams set to flow with adjacencies and circulation
The culmination of program development with a reviewable draft of your program
Program approval confirming alignment with project goals and objectives.
OPERATIONS READINESS
Strategy made reality
Move beyond logistics to true operations readiness. With IMH, the people, culture, operations, and care environment are ready to provide exceptional clinical care for your community—from First Patient Day.
Complete foundational planning for fully integrated capital readiness
Manage change and establish the future state operating guide and workflows
Ready the building to provide safe, efficient care on First Patient Day
Effectively train teams to provide safe, efficient care in a new care environment
Day in the Life to test the facility, processes, and people to identify and mitigate issues move
Safely efficiently move operations and patients on First Patient Day
Process Optimization
Innovative, lasting change
IMH Process Optimization puts your patients first, focusing on increasing the value they experience in your services by minimizing operational waste and process variation.
Define and prioritize operation process optimization objectives
Surface optimization opportunities and establish measures of success
Analyze processes and uncover root causes associated with problems
Implement changes to minimize waste and optimize processes
Manage change for effective adoption and continuous improvement
