Admiral's Movers' Hospital Moving Tips: Transition Planning and the Relocation Process

Montgomery, AL, January 26, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Moving a hospital of any size to a new building while still providing healthcare services is a complicated process. It requires careful transition planning—often starting years in advance—and a broad range of issues that go beyond just moving medical equipment. These issues can range from transferring telephone lines to having two hospitals in operation during the moving process. With the right transition planning and hospital movers, a hospital can be relocated with no adverse effects on its operations and its patients.

The Issue
Even a small-scale hospital requires proper planning before executing the move. Transition planning is a key issue for hospitals, because they need to be able to provide patient care from their first day of occupancy in the new facility and up to the last day in the old facility. To do this, hospitals need move management and planning from professional hospital movers.

Factors That Impact Hospital Transition Planning

There are multiple things that must be considered when moving a hospital, including:

· The specific needs of individual departments
· Moving medical equipment with the right tools and methods
· Installing new equipment
· Following federal procedures for moving a hospital
· Meeting all government inspection and compliance requirements
· Efficiently migrating patients
· Ensuring uninterrupted services

The risks to the hospital and patients in that hospital are at their highest during a move. Hospitals can mitigate these risks by hiring hospital movers that can assist with transition planning.

Preparing the New Space

The new facility must be ready to operate from day one. During hospital transition planning, administrators need to coordinate things like:

· How furniture, computers, medical devices, printers, patient beds, and other equipment will fit in the new facility
· Installing all electrical equipment, television screens, and phones
· Training new employees and temporary staff that will assist during the move
· Making sure all medical supplies are ordered and in stock at the new facility
· Running tests on fire systems and medical equipment during transportation
· Decommissioning the old hospital space once it is emptied

Moving a Hospital the Right Way
Experienced hospital movers make the entire process of moving a hospital easier and faster. These professionals are skilled in moving medical equipment and have consultants on staff that can help with the transition planning process. Whether they’re working with your hospital administrator or another transition planning consultant, you need qualified hospital movers on your team to handle the logistics of the move itself.

Hospital transition planning and moving experts will identify all of the challenges you’re likely to face and devise strategies for overcoming them. You’ll meet with them for multiple pre-move planning sessions so there will be no surprises on moving day. Essentially, your moving partner will become an extension of your hospital by conducting meetings and setting up your transition plan step-by-step. In addition, hospital movers can assist your staff with packing, unpacking, records storage and management, and decommissioning obsolete medical equipment.

Admiral Movers is an experienced hospital mover that can assist your facility with every aspect of transition planning and move management. Whether you have a small healthcare facility or you’re moving a hospital with 2,000-beds, Admiral Movers has the expertise you need to get the job done on time and within budget. Contact Admiral Movers at www.AdmiralMovers.com to get a quote and start your hospital transition planning process today.