Space Analysis

Accurate space utilization information is crucial for effective management of healthcare facilities. Unfortunately, such information is either not available or not easily accessible to healthcare executives.

Progressive healthcare organizations, including some of the largest not-for-profit systems, are experiencing a growing need to manage their real estate portfolio to yield income - usually through chargebacks - and to not just treat it as a cost center. This provides for a realistic way to include real estate costs, based on the occupied space, into the costs of each core business.

Healthcare executives, particularly those belonging to group health systems, need space inventory information for a wide range of financial benchmarking including generated revenue per sq. ft. of space per department. In addition, it is only through a detailed analysis of space that teaching hospitals can maximize indirect costs related to research grants as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-21 guidelines.

Accurate information on a floor plan layout is the foundation for effective space management. That is why following the initial study of existing documentation; ATG professionals conduct an on-site verification of as-built architectural layouts and space utilization. The process integrates all the commonly accepted industry standards, including Building Owners and Managers Association, (BOMA) for leased space and those adopted by the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Education.

ATG utilizes its AutoCAD-based enterprise solutions as well Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology, including Revit software, for the development of facility information.

After all the information has been collected and processed, it is then integrated into the Enterprise Active Visual System™, our highly intuitive web-based technology that is hosted directly by ATG. This allows healthcare executives and managers to have immediate access to a wide range of facility related information for a multitude of purposes without requiring any purchase of software or hardware.

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