Healthcare Facility Transitioning

The process of moving into a new healthcare facility requires a carefully sequenced transition. From personnel preparedness to occupancy planning to move management, RTKL's transitioning team can manage the entire process. These experienced clinicians will create a master schedule of activities and coordinate implementation, so the new hospital can open on time and function efficiently.

Featured Projects
Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend
RTKL transition consultants provided a full range of transition services, from occupancy planning to personnel preparedness to move management, for Peace Health Oregon Region. SHMC is a full service, trauma-certified hospital that recently relocated to a 1M SF new facility. The relocation entailed moving almost 200 patients and 30 percent of existing equipment.
University of California, Davis, Medical Center
In collaboration with UC Davis, RTKL transitioning consultants developed a transition plan, a move management plan, and an occupancy plan for a new Surgical and Emergency Services Pavilion that opened in 2010. Four departments were transferred to the new 470,000 SF facility that includes cardiology, radiology, and intensive care units, plus an ED and surgery.
Mills-Peninsula Health Services Replacement Hospital
To help assure a smooth conversion from their existing facility to their new state-of-the-art replacement hospital, Mills-Peninsula Health Services retained RTKL to provide Occupancy Planning, Personnel Preparedness, and Move Management Services. More than 100 patients at the existing hospital were moved to the new 241-bed hospital.
Ambassador Caffery Replacement Hospital
RTKL Transition Consultants worked with Our Lady of Lourdes hospital staff for approximately 18 months to plan an orderly transition and move to a new 164-bed replacement facility. Planning included ensuring a safe move of patients, a task that was successfully accomplished on opening day when 67 patients were transported by ambulance from the existing facility to the new hospital.
Alice Wainwright RN MSN CNAA BC FACHE, Vice President
“Move planning is a monumental undertaking, especially when replacement facilities are involved. To occupy today's high-tech hospitals, providers should begin planning at least 18 months in advance. RTKL's transition experts offer the experience needed to ensure no detail is overlooked.”