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May 2017 – In our operational readiness consulting practice, organizations will ask us if The Readiness Group uses LEAN methods as part of our consulting framework. The answer is “Yes!” However, it is important to point out the difference between the methods used in a formal LEAN approach to those typically needed as part of an […]

The Readiness Group Inc. has completed a full equipment inventory survey of the Milton District Hospital (MDH), as a part of Halton Healthcare’s expansion of the current hospital. Working to support PCL Constructors Canada and the Halton Healthcare staff, the equipment inventory includes assets from departments that are moving into the new wing, as well […]

Toronto Ontario Canada – July 2016. The Readiness Group is providing transition services to support the fitting-out  and occupancy of 25,000 sq. ft. on the 11th floor of the MaRS West Tower building at 661 University Avenue. Working as an integrated part of the Ryerson University capital development team, The Readiness Group is facilitating the […]

Toronto Ontario Canada – June 2016.  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has awarded the CNIB Satellite Transition and Move Strategy to The Readiness Group Inc. The Readiness Group will provide Transition Advisory and Project Management Services to support the relocation of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s (SHSC) Nephrology Program to a satellite location on the third floor […]

Conducting a formal equipment decommissioning as part of a larger capital redevelopment project has multiple benefits.  Some include: 1) trade-up and redistribution of surplus equipment to other areas within a healthcare organization; 2) value liquidation of working equipment for re-investment into new capital items; and, 3) donation of working equipment to health care professionals in […]

The Readiness Group Inc is preparing for the last of 3 asset value liquidation events at the Legacy Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH).  As the selected equipment decommissioning vendor by Halton Healthcare, the 16,000 assets previously found at the hospital, and 4 satellite locations, have been systematically inventoried, consolidated and repurposed out of the vacated […]

Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) has awarded the contract for North Island Hospital Project Transition Services to The Readiness Group. The Readiness Group was selected from a national competitive process to provide excellence in the delivery of operational readiness to the North Island Hospital Project. The North Island Hospital Project includes the development of two […]

Through a competitive process, The Readiness Group has been selected to implement the physical relocation of laboratory equipment at LifeLabs.This project is one of Canada’s largest medical laboratory renovations with a multi year duration. LifeLabs is Canada’s largest provider of community laboratory services delivering of more than 100 million laboratory tests every year, helping healthcare […]

LeeAnne Kidd, Senior Consultant at The Readiness Group has published the article “Operational Readiness: An Integral Part of the Facility Planning Process”.  To review the abstract, or access the entire article, go to: https://lnkd.in/eAY9KnA.   About The Readiness Group Inc. The Readiness Group Inc. is a leading firm in the area of activations, relocations and decommissioning for […]

Hospitals provide highly integrated services. However, during times of intense operational planning, departments in transition can overlook the need to integrate their planning activities with adjacent clinical and non-clinical services.  It seems counter- intuitive but it happens more often than one would think.  Often it’s simply an issue of time and the added responsibility of […]