title: Moving with ease.
abstract: To ensure a hospital move is successful, years of painstaking planning must take place; and materials managers should be involved from the time the decision is made by executives until the move is complete. Attention to detail is critical because everything from materials to patients will be affected. So, to ensure the move is both safe and cost efficient, materials managers should take advantage of the lead time to communicate with other departments and other hospitals that have made moves to learn from their experiences.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: DeJohn
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006274:Health Facility Moving / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital; D014481:United States