Audience

This knowledge base is written for the people who actually deliver and activate hospitals, not only those who finance or admire them.

The primary readers are:

• the owner's project director and program management office (PMO)
• the owner's representative
• clinical planners and the medical/nursing leadership who co-author room programs
• the design team (architect of record, MEP, medical equipment planner, low-voltage/ICT designer)
• the construction manager or general contractor (CM/GC)
• the commissioning authority (CxA)
• the transition/activation lead
• and the regulatory and licensing coordinator who carries the project through the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ)
• state department of health (DOH)
• the accreditor (Joint Commission, DNV-GL Healthcare, ACHC, or CIHQ)
• CMS

Co-readers are:

• Biomedical/clinical engineering
• IT/EHR
• supply chain
• infection prevention
• facilities