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Newly named Vice President and Consulting Services Division Leader at Haskell, Kevin Meek might seem far from his roots as a registered nurse (RN). Instead, he sees this career step as another in a series of natural progressions.
“I became a nurse to make a difference in patients’ lives and be able to have an impact in those patients I directly cared for,” Meek said. “Then I became a leader and got away from the bedside a bit but had the ability to have an impact by making a difference for those who were caring for the patient.”
“That grew to the point where I now see healthcare consulting as an ability to help facilities design and create spaces that not only empower clinicians but also create an exceptional patient experience for years to come as they use these spaces. We’re helping create things that matter.”
In keeping with its pledge to Create Things That Matter, Haskell takes a holistic, collaborative approach to provide best-in-class solutions to clients’ facility needs. Meek said he has applied the same sort of whole-patient concept as an RN 15 years ago and throughout leadership roles with for-profit and non-profit health systems,
“My approach is to sit down with a client, use strategy and analytics, but also incorporate clinical/operational, post-occupancy evaluations and, really, consult not just from the beginning but from the beginning to the end,” he said. “That’s what we’re doing with Consulting Services.”
Meek, a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives, will lead the Consulting Division from its Charlotte, N.C., office and be based out of Gilbert, Ariz., in suburban Phoenix, as part of a strategically located nationwide consulting group.
He has a master’s degree in Healthcare Innovation from Arizona State University to pair with nursing, public speaking and organizational leadership degrees, offering a unique perspective and approach to clinical/operational/strategic integration and innovation. His career includes stints with multi-state, integrated health systems in Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia and other locations.
He has served in executive strategic and nursing leadership roles, operational and programmatic leadership, and strategic consultative and advisory roles with measurable results in multi-network healthcare transformation, outreach and business development, patient journey optimization, bed management, patient flow and certification preparation.
His experience will buttress Haskell’s standing as a trusted adviser to major health systems and further facilitate communication between involved parties, particularly clinical staff and architects. For example, the focus on patient-and family-centered care would benefit from the necessary space for families to be closer to patients, but it can’t infringe on the nursing staff’s daily work.
“My job is to interpret and translate and bring value out of that,” Meek said. “On some occasions, we’re planning spaces where you can’t understand the French when somebody else is speaking Italian. We hope to bridge that gap in various areas.”
Meanwhile, his broad-based background qualifies him uniquely to reach across Haskell’s vast range of expertise in planning, design, construction and operations and extend consulting services in markets not just in healthcare but in wastewater, consumer packaged goods and infrastructure.
“The vision of how we grow our Design and Consulting Services Group, while predominately in the healthcare sector now, is to provide more consulting services for all of Haskell’s sectors,” Meek said. “We have some of that in many of our accounts, and we’re working to formalize more structure.”
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As communities grew into permanent towns, it was largely due to the area’s available materials as well as the town’s mostly...
My favorite find from our recent office move: A Magic 8 Ball. Even after being stored away in a back closet for over a decade,...
My job is designing the plumbing and medical gas systems for healthcare facilities, but my story here is not one of technical...
For years telehealth has been an untapped resource for many healthcare organizations due to concerns around reimbursement...
Strokes affect 800,000 people in the U.S. each year at a cost of $34 billion, according to the CDC. [1] It is the leading cause...
According to a new study by Avalere Health and Physicians Advisory Institute (PAI), the number of physician medical practices...
“The following information and design information enclosed in this package is intended to establish a constant level...
As highlighted in part 1 of this blog, rigorous analyses are performed by the Haskell operations team to inform the right...
Ambulatory centers have been touted as convenient locations for patients to take care of clinical, diagnostic, or other...
Have you ever played with a sliding puzzle? A framed game, solved by shifting tiled pieces around one another to reveal an...
As insurers and patient consumerism drive site-of-care decisions, many orthopedic procedures that historically have...
Engineering system design and installation for behavior health spaces and buildings require a different approach than...
An ongoing debate in inpatient behavioral healthcare has been the benefits of private versus semi-private rooms. While...
As behavioral health disorders become more prevalent and rise as a national priority, transforming our thinking on when...
When designing for healthcare, we often talk about patient experience. Several design features directly affect patient...
Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? [holds up one finger] Mitch: Your finger? Curly: One thing. Just one thing....
Either directly or indirectly, many of us have been affected in some way by one of the more than 100 different forms of cancer....
You think you’re the cancer center design expert, right? You have all the programmatic and planning elements covered:...
Researchers and clinicians are constantly developing and testing new cancer treatments in the hopes of finding the ever-elusive...
Reliable medical gas and vacuum systems are at the pinnacle of patient care. They provide life-supporting gases that are...
Preventing infections is a challenge in any emergency department. In particular, communicable infections like tuberculosis,...
Projects, like people, are all unique in their own way. One might conclude that because Haskell specializes in healthcare...
“Security presence” in the emergency department can be as simple as an officer sitting in a chair at the greeter desk. Or...
Most hospital facilities we work with have chilled water system issues. These issues tend to manifest as hot offices, unstable...
Many hospital facilities receive a plethora of “too hot/too cold” complaints from staff. Maintenance personnel may have...
With the recent reports of Legionella in the news, many facility managers wonder if an outbreak could happen at their hospital....
With population health changing the healthcare industry, a different mindset challenges us to rethink ambulatory real...
Many emergency departments (EDs) care for the types of detained patients who require a legal blood draw to validate alcohol...
I’m on a campaign to remove hallway beds from emergency departments across the country. Perhaps this seems like an unorthodox...
Whether you’re talking about the people, spaces or equipment in an emergency department, one can always find ways to increase...
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the scope, benefits, and different types of hospital transition planning. In Part...
Most hospital department leaders receive robust support, strategies, and tools to guide career transitions. Few, if...
Do these sound familiar? Patients must wait more than three weeks for an appointment for a non-urgent visit such as a yearly...
Use of Scribes Hospitals increasingly depend on physicians and nurses to capture data to help them meet reform requirements...
If you don’t know for certain that a process change will work before you try it, you’re guessing. People guess because it...
Imagine hearing this at a conference: “Success resulted in decreased revenue for our healthcare system.” My first thought:...
Just as in a lifesaving surgical procedure, every minute counts when optimizing the operating room (OR.) Saving even one...
There is a lot of misinformation swirling around about how hospitals can benefit from Facility Condition Assessments...
So you think you have a big chaotic mess and don’t know where to start? The Emergency Department (ED) boards patients. Surgery...
“We have to cut nursing costs” are dangerous words when we don’t know what it actually costs for nurses to deliver patient...
When you know how many patients are coming down the pipe, you reap more than just shortening their wait time for a bed. You...
When cutting costs, many hospitals trim less expensive staff, like techs and transporters. You may suspect this is a bad...
Maybe you have a new emergency department (ED) under construction, or work in a newly built ED. But what if it wasn’t designed...
After every conference presentation we give, at least one clinical department director will approach us and proclaim,...
Every system has surges in volume, whether they are predictable or unpredictable surges. Most facilities were not designed...
Every system has surges in volume, whether they are predictable or unpredictable surges. Most facilities were not designed...
When you decide to buy a new car, what do you do? Perhaps, browse several dealerships to see where you can get the most value....
For the past two decades, many healthcare providers have been developing networks of primary, secondary and tertiary...
With the healthcare landscape in constant flux, providers are challenged to be more accountable across the continuum...
Healthcare Planning, Design and Construction (PD&C) departments traditionally have delivered in an inconsistent...
For many healthcare facility directors, capacity planning presents a very real, challenging and ongoing issue. Departmental...
Success as a healthcare organization relies heavily on the capability to provide quality care to patients. Like any other...
Hospitals find it increasingly difficult to keep balance sheets in the black while maintaining quality patient care....
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