Presentations

  • World Congress on The Business of Women’s Health.
    Boston, MA

  • World Congress on the Business of Women’s Health.
    Boston, MA

  • Chair of panel discussion with William Cusick, Tom Garite, Eric Knox and Christian Pettker. Connecticut Hospital Association.
    Wallingford, CT

  • Panel member with Tom Garite, Dan O’Keefe, and Edmund Funai. Connecticut Hospital Association.
    Wallingford, CT

  • AWHONN National Convention.
    Denver, CO

  • AWHONN National Convention.
    Denver, CO

  • Society for Health Strategy and Market Development Annual Meeting.
    Phoenix, AZ.

  • Society for Health Strategy and Market Development Annual Meeting.
    Phoenix, AZ.

  • Keynote address, National Association of Medical Advancement Excellence in Women’s Healthcare Symposium. San Diego, CA

  • AONE Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN

Projects

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’s 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.

    • Systemwide Obstetrics Strategic Plan

    • Women’s and Children’s Health Service Line Development

    • Strategic Business Planning

    • Operations Enhancement

    • Market Research

    • 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.

    • 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

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Conducted a Perinatal Risk Assessment.

    • Developed an OB Risk Reduction Plan.

    • Developed professional education strategies in risk reduction.

    • 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.

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