Building capital plans from sound data

Mike Kwok, senior vice-president of Professional Services at provider of integrated software and services for facilities asset management, facilities capital planning, and capital spend management, VFA, discusses how healthcare organisations can more effectively plan and prioritise capital improvements, improve asset utilisation, and obtain much-needed funding. While he draws substantially on the company's experience with US healthcare facilities, there are many parallels, he says, in the lessons learned for estates and facilities managers and others responsible for running and maintaining such facilities in the UK.