Our Goal
Analyze new markets. Boost the bottom line. Streamline operations. Explore new revenue streams. You define the healthcare challenge. We’ll help you find and implement the solution.
This is a sampling of Vicki Lucas, LLC client projects. Our projects range from off-site review and recommendations for architectural plans to management of a comprehensive strategic planning process. We specialize in helping you create innovative solutions to your challenges in Women’s and Children’s Services. We make you look good!
Johns Hopkins University Hospital System, Baltimore, Maryland
- Systemwide Obstetrics Strategic Plan
- Women’s and Children’s Health Service Line Development
- Strategic Business Planning
- Operations Enhancement
- Market Research
Deaconess Women’s Hospital, Newburgh, Indiana
- Comprehensive strategic planning in a 50% provider owned facility.
- Bed need analysis and functional space planning for a growing market with analysis of new growth segments.
- Product and provider development plans for a 5 year period.
Sutter Health System, San Francisco, California
- Conducted a strategic planning retreat for leaders across a system with 32,000 annual births.
- Developed plans for integration strategies, branding and sharing of best practices
Lancaster General Hospital Women’s and Babies Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Nursing organization assessment and development plan to restructure nursing services in a free standing women’s hospital with 5,000 annual births.
- Facility design and space planning for a children’s hospital.
- Space planning and census management plan to accommodate occupancy rates of 85% – 125%.
- Process improvement plan to manage scheduled C-section patients in Family Centered Care.
- Facility planning for a new 12 bed Level II NICU to alleviate overcrowding in the Level III NICU.
Memorial Health Care System, Houston, Texas
- Developed facility needs assessment and space planning for obstetrics across a 10 hospital system with 12,000 annual births in a growing competitive market.
- Standardized supplies across the system to reduce costs by $2M annually.
- Space planning and facility design for a five story building that included: Women’s Center, Breast Center, PACU, ORs, LDRs, Resource Center, NICU and Maternal Fetal Medicine.
White River Medical Center, Batesville, Arkansas
- Conducted a Perinatal Risk Assessment.
- Developed an OB Risk Reduction Plan.
- Developed professional education strategies in risk reduction.
Jefferson Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Developed a strategic plan to expand Women’s Services in the wake of closing obstetrics.
- Developed provider, product and brand strategies to reposition the Frankfort Division in Women’s Services.
- Assessed and made recommendations on expanding market opportunities in a fiercely competitive market.