We bring order to the chaos of system expansion.

Our goal is to help create sustainable change organization-wide through alignment, collaboration and innovative strategies and solutions that allow transformation from within. By linking processes across patient care and operational platforms and converting data into actionable information, we provide insight that lets you proactively respond to the market demands and lead healthcare evolution.

In an era characterized by increasing patient demand, constrained resources and nonstop change, optimizing clinical and business operations is essential. We have found that significant cost and operating dollars are tied up in delays and variability. Whether in patient outcomes, length of stay, bottlenecks, throughput, workforce productivity, clinical supply utilization or staff retention, we help our clients reduce the variation influencing the cost of patient care delivery.
We bring order to the chaos of system expansion.

As systems grow to take advantage of economies of scale, merging disparate operations can be costly and chaotic. With our knowledge of operational and clinical best practices, we’ll help you to standardize and optimize operations. Haskell takes a collaborative approach to system integration. Our clinical staff, process analysts and data experts work with each stakeholder’s unique supply chains, data systems and processes to craft integration strategies.

The correct facility is vital to patient and operational success.

Overbuilt facilities result in increased infrastructure costs, wasted space and operational waste. It’s true: Form really does follow function! It is also true that combining operational and clinical objectives and a right-sized facility design assures maximum utilization and the best possible patient and employee experience. Our highly skilled, multidimensional teams can transform your organization from within, remove inefficiencies and bottlenecks and inform a design reflective of your organization.

Detailed planning allows a successful move from Day One.

Transition and activation planning is the coordination of the physical, clinical, human resource and operational components of the move into a new facility. It is the key to an on-time, on-budget and safe opening. Given the magnitude of operational changes, staff-orientation challenges and natural anxiety that accompany a move, an effective transition and activation schedule is paramount. An integrated activation schedule, much like an orchestra score, describes what should be done, by whom and when, allowing staff to competently conduct Day One operations.

Optimizing operations to reduce costs bolsters the bottom line.

Managing bottlenecks and reducing expenses has a higher impact on a hospital’s bottom line than finding new sources of revenue. Haskell identifies hidden operational costs that encumber organizational productivity. With our comprehensive analytics and visualization capabilities, we eliminate the ambiguity of complex problems and provide actionable solutions tailored to your unique needs.

A capacity test compares future demand with the current footprint.

A capacity test evaluates inpatient, surgical and emergency department demand against the current footprint as a baseline for future planning efforts and “what if” scenarios in the market. “What-if” scenarios might include hospital closure, service line expansion or even a pause on a facility expansion plan. Haskell performs a high-level assessment of square footage requirements to determine how well the hospital can absorb change. Think of it as a “check under the hood” to start the conversation about the best use of capital dollars.

Our strategy team rationalizes and optimizes duplicate services development.

Owners of multiple facilities in the same market are challenged by managing similar services near each other. Standardization and capacity optimization can translate into resource optimization. Work with Haskell’s healthcare strategists to develop a market-based plan for service rationalization that will reduce clinical variation and improve efficiency and patient experience. Managing access points and rationalizing service delivery maximizes investment dollars and leverages clinical strengths.

Business case development supports capital investments.

Our financial services team performs due diligence to evaluate potential returns before you invest millions in infrastructure. Our customizable financial models show projected net margin, future cash flows and net present value by year. Scenarios can be run to allow users to understand the impact of incremental new volume, changes to payor mix or case mix, and the implications of rising expenses. These models paint the financial picture for the downstream impact of large capital investments.

Our framework helps prioritize capital projects across the system.

Prioritizing competing capital projects can be challenging and political, but it is instrumental in achieving financial success throughout a health system. Our team has developed a system capital planning process that creates a framework for investment decision support and prioritization. The goal of the process framework and embedded decision support variables is to align a system’s planned facility investments within a rolling three- to five-year capital plan across all campuses within a system.