More competitiveness for the Aukammtal Rehabilitation Clinic

Industry: Health care, Aukammtal Rehabilitation Clinic in Wiesbaden, Germany

The Aukammtal Rehabilitation Clinic was suffering under massive changes in the health care system, including the industry-wide DRG (diagnosis-related group) amount system, overcapacity, and investment backlogs.

One therapy used to hone the clinic's competitive edge: cutting costs in technical and infrastructural building operations and fully refurbishing and converting the clinic building. All these measures met fire code requirements and the provisions of the Ordinance on the Testing of Building Systems and Equipment in Buildings (HausPrüfVO).

To increase occupancy rates, the public areas and patient rooms had to be enhanced and improved - all during regular operations and while observing all the required rest periods.

The bottom line

Costs in technical building operations were slashed by some 20 percent!

The team ran a building analysis and checked the resulting costs and system conditions against benchmark studies. This provided the kind of transparency that enabled the clinic to prepare a fair, realistic budget for subsequent years.

Administrative costs and interfaces were also reduced because a single contact was appointed for all non-medical project sections.

Our formula for success makes clinics more competitive.

Infraserv Höchst's services

	Management services • Analysis of the current condition of all the building systems Building services • Managing all building services and systems • Functioning as dangerous-goods safety advisors and OSH experts Planning, architecture and realization of rehabilitation activities • Project management • Licensing and conditions management • Preparing a fire protection plan and partially implementing fire prevention measures • Planning and refurbishing patient rooms, clean rooms, public zones and treatment areas without impeding regular operations Timeframe • Building phase I: 2003-2004, project management • Building phase II+III: 2005-2006, general contractor • Managing the building services as of 2005 • Operating clinic systems and infrastructure as of 2006