With the major potential congressional changes to healthcare and the tightening of financial belts across America what are hospital administrators and facilities managers doing to prepare, how will it affect the delivery of patient care, and will the procurement process change? With limited funds, donations and borrowing power, what types of improvements, amenities, design features, and construction delivery options are they concentrating their efforts on and what types of project opportunities will be out there for the A/E/C industry in the coming years?

Panelists will be: 

• Dana Swenson, P.E., MBA, Senior Vice President, Facilities, UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, Mass. 
• Nicholas T. DiIeso, Chief Operating Officer, Mount Auburn Hospital 
• Kate Walsh, Chief Operating Officer, Brigham and Women's Hospital 
• Deb Joelson, Senior Vice President, Strategic Services Tufts Medical Center