PEDIATRIC AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PLANNING

Health Strategies & Solutions has unique expertise in children’s services in several focused areas:

• Strategic planning
• Service line and center of excellence planning
• Ambulatory care planning
• Market and financial feasibility assessments
• Demand forecasting and resource development

Through our work with children’s hospitals, hospitals within hospitals, and pediatric programs, we understand that caring for kids means more than just tailoring your services to the unique needs of children.  It extends toward changing how pediatric care is delivered on a more regional level and financed through teaching, research, and advocacy.

Christine L. Hartwell, FACHE, CHC, vice president, leads the children’s services consulting practice of Health Strategies & Solutions, Inc.  In her 15 years as a health care management consultant, Christie has dedicated a substantial portion of her time to working with children’s hospitals and pediatric providers of all types and sizes.

She has authored many publications on children’s health care strategy and program development and collaborated with both the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) and the Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA) on publications, webcasts, and presentations in recent years.  She is a highly skilled strategic planner and brings extensive expertise and experience in growing subspecialty programs and forecasting the demand for pediatric services. In 2005, she received the American College of Healthcare Executives Early Career Award in recognition of her efforts to advance health care management excellence.

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"Health Strategies & Solutions worked with our organization on a webcast and white paper series about ambulatory care strategy in children’s hospitals.  The project was well received by our member hospitals, and I consider it some of the most thoughtful and prescriptive work we have done thanks to the diligence and expertise of Health Strategies & Solutions."

Jacqueline Kueser
Vice President
Child Health Corporation of America

"We selected Health Strategies and Solutions as the result of a competitive process among 3 firms. Their excellent work validated our choice. They worked with us to construct a 10-year vision and a three-year plan with diverse stakeholders including board members, executive staff, and physicians. We were particularly interested in their ability to assess the national children's hospital market and help us determine where we fit in. I would certainly engage them again."

Leonard Banco, MD
Vice President, Strategy and Regional Development
Connecticut Children's Medical Center

"Health Strategies & Solutions, Inc. has played a valuable role helping us plan for the growth of our clinical programs, facilities, and medical staff, by providing comprehensive, reliable forecasts of future demand for inpatient, emergency, surgery, and neonatal services."

Nina Beauchesne
Administrator
Joe DiMaggio Children'ts Hospital and Pediatric Services
for Memorial Healthcare System


"No other consulting firm could have done as good a job for us."

Andrew Werner
Chairman of the Board
KidsPeace


“It was a pleasure working with Health Strategies & Solutions. We did not get a cookie cutter approach or process but rather an engagement that was tailored to our needs. They were able to provide creative analyses to a situation where there is limited, straight-forward data available. I know it is good marketing on their part, but I appreciate their remaining in touch after the completion of the engagement.”

Brenda J. Wolf
Vice President, Planning & External Affairs
La Rabida Children’s Hospital