Healthcare Consulting

For several decades there had been unprecedented growth in healthcare facilities. With such demand, the focus of planning was merely a precursor for architectural development. However, times have changed.

Now, the role in facility master planning must be understand as to how it expands a health system's business viability. To effectively develop a business-focused master plan, hospitals most often need to engage two firms. The first firm usually has a business/consulting background, to quantify the market demand and operational issues that drive facilities. The other, usually an architectural firm, identifies how the facilities might be developed.

At Trinity, all of the skills needed for effective planning are vested in one company.

The principals of Trinity recognized the interrelationship of facility planning and how it is driven by strategic, operational and physical needs. For the past quarter century, they have researched the strategic demand, operational and financial intricacies of healthcare systems and perfected a model that balances the needs of each – creating an optimal business strategy for facility development.

Capital Development Planning (Strategy)

We know that there are many challenges facing a healthcare institution today, most notably, the pressure to reduce costs while being more responsive to the patients' needs. With our integrated approach, Trinity can assist the healthcare industry with business minded services not often found in design professionals.

At Trinity we understand that it is critical for institutions to maximize the value of every dollar spent. We are a team of professionals that possess individual expertise, yet are unified and dedicated to understanding the business of healthcare. We develop long range capital development strategies with personalized business solutions that help improve financial performance.

Areas of expertise:

  • Capital Budget Estimating
  • Capital Allocation Modeling
  • Net Cost Analysis
  • ROI calculations

Once we determine how we can help your facility run better, we exceed your expectations by developing a strategy and carrying it out to its end.

Healthcare Analysis (Operations)

Our approach is simple: Perform a full diagnosis before prescribing treatment.

Architects love to jump right in and start designing–that's what they are trained to do! Because they are facility-oriented, they often propose "spatial fixes," not understanding the financial and operational impacts. As business planners and architects, we have found that it is essential to thoroughly analyze needs before proposing any planning solutions. Once we have thoroughly diagnosed a facility, many times the solution becomes obvious. Similarly, it is though careful analysis that we can effectively trend and plan for both the present and the future.

Trinity has expertise in Service Demand, Market Assessment, and Operational Analysis. We also posses great skill with Clinical Services Utilization, Staffing/ Bed Allocation, and Benchmarking Analysis. This analytical approach is geared not only for hospital based services, but is also a great asset in Ambulatory Network Development. This deep understanding of the strategic, operational and financial issues that impact healthcare facilities allows us to challenge the status quo and create innovative solutions that improve operations and maximize financial performance.

Facility Planning (Facilities)

At Trinity, we know that many facility executives are faced with the dilemma of determining how to identify and prioritize facility needs with diminishing funds. We assists in this process with an approach used to confirm, identify and prioritize a hospital's facility needs at a high level. This information can then be used to focus future planning efforts on the areas with the highest value return. This approach involves Facility Space Audits, Functional Assessments, Infrastructure Evaluation and Identification of "Development Zones."

Combined with our expert analysis, Trinity becomes more than just purveyors of information. Because we are architects, we know exactly what can, and cannot be done with your facilities, and we can prescribe the best and highest use of your capital development dollars.