By Joanie White-Wagoner

Launching a major capital project is a challenging and rewarding undertaking, especially in health care, where your new facility will transform and save lives. Whether a new hospital, clinic or urgent care, it is critical that you have a strategic plan in place as you navigate the difficult nuances of following a capital project through to completion.

As a longtime hospital CEO and COO, I have seen firsthand what it takes to make the dream of a major capital project come to reality and the challenging path of bringing that project to life. Through the years, I have been involved in more than 15 capital projects and served in a range of capacities from planning and design to work-flow development, equipping and staffing and day-to-day operations after opening day.