Healthcare professionals are dedicated and devoted to their selfless work…of nurturing health and saving lives. They have hectic schedules and crammed time-tables. When they embark on the journey to establish their own hospitals, most of them feel overwhelmed by the complex web of legal, administrative and scheduling spadework and the directorial decisions that have to be taken before their dream becomes a reality. If you too are a healthcare professional on the verge of setting up your own medical centre and you are facing all these issues, do not get muddled by this conundrum outsource some of your load to a reputed healthcare consultancy firm. 

There are a great many functions that could be delegated to a hospital consultant. Read on to know about the most common ones

1. Testing the viability of your project

A feasibility report is a business tool that can help you determine whether your project will be practically and financially viable. This means that it will give you an unbiased prediction of whether your project will be profitable and justify your investment. A feasibility report can provide you with an accurate forecast which will guide you on whether you should go ahead with your venture or not.

2. Funding and Licensing

When you start a hospital, you will definitely require funding from external investors. A healthcare consultant will help you reach out to the right investors, design an attractive business plan and present it in the right way so that your funding problems are resolved. 

Starting a hospital requires a whole pile of mandatory regulatory permissions. To collate all these, it will take hours of legwork and tons of effort. You can spare yourself this mountain of humdrum labour by availing of the services of a hospital consultant.

3. Right site, design and architecture and equipment planning of your hospital

You may not believe it, but the location of your hospital can be a determinant to your success. You have to choose a location that is easily accessible and well-connected by public transport and at the same time, it is within your budget too. A hospital consultant can help you narrow down your options so that your hospital location is ideally suited to your needs.

A hospital is a dynamic place where there is a consistent coming and going of people. The space of a hospital has to be planned in such a way that every inch is functional and at the same time comfortable. A hospital consultant can guide your designers and architects to come up with the most practical and elegant plan for your hospital and also supervise the construction, see that deadlines are met and the projected is completed without any major hitches.

Every hospital requires an array of medical equipment. A competent hospital consultant can guide you in the selection of the best vendor, the most-suitable equipment, instalment, terms of service and repair or replacement agreements.

4. Operations

A hospital is as good as the team that runs it. Healthcare recruitment is a difficult task as there is a dearth of technically skilled people. A hospital consultant can help you sieve through the candidates and appoint the right people at the right jobs, train them and retain them with incentives and upgradation packages.  He/ she will also help you construct a sturdy set of SOPs and quality protocol so that your day-to-day operations can run in a smooth manner. He/ she can also help you set a pricing protocol for your hospital which is in line with that of your competitors. He/ she will also help you set up your hospital’s Information system so that information recording, transfer, and sharing is possible at the click of a finger.

5. Marketing

Just like any other service, a hospital has to be marketed well so that it can attract more patients. For this reason, every hospital has to have an amazing marketing strategy which will help it to stay at the top of the audience’s mind and a mile ahead of competition. You will have to weave your hospital’s marketing story and use media like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to share it with your prospective client base. A hospital consultant can help you decide on the core attributes around which you will develop your story, assure that you stay under the limelight by designing considerate and moving campaigns so that you can strike a connect with your potential customers.

You can see that there are many functions that you can designate to a hospital consultant to make your voyage more smooth-sailing. A hospital consultant can help you in every milestone of your journey when you set out to establish your hospital. If you need help at any stage, be sure to consult Hospertz, one of the leading Healthcare consultants of India.

Blog has been written by Dr. Vishal Jadhav, a veteran in the field of hospital consultancy with a rich experience of more than 20 years and founder of the Healthcare Consultancy Firm, Hospertz.

Dr. Vishal Jadhav, Director

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