The one certainty we have in health care is that change will happen. It will come at different rates of intensity and magnitudes of order. As health care architects we are continuously challenged with the need to balance current and immediate priorities, including costs, with the consequence of this inevitable change. This presentation will briefly review previous initiatives and lessons learned as well as address how we can accommodate change from both a strategic and tactical perspective. This session will enable attendees to:

Understand the implications of change in the context of hospital costs and operations.
Explore strategies for accommodating change at the macro and micro level; propose tools for addressing each.
Suggest a method of measuring the effectiveness and value of strategies for change.
Outline the challenge facing the profession in addressing the need for planning for future change in an era of cost constraints.