Does your organization have a disconnect between day-to-day facility maintenance and long–term capital planning? Is information “falling through the gap?”

Join VFA and Four Rivers Software for the webinar presentation Bridging the Gap: Uniting Facilities Capital Planning and Maintenance Management for Healthcare Providers, and learn how best-of-breed CPMS and CMMS applications can help you bridge the information gap. Discover how these complementary applications enable healthcare organizations like yours to streamline communication, increase productivity, performance and profitability, and improve decision making.

Speakers will discuss how a solution where both systems share data streamlines facility management and allows organizations to better understand the total cost of facility ownership.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

How Capital Planning and Management Systems (CPMS) enable healthcare providers to:

• Align facility investments with organizational objectives
• Streamline the maintenance of accurate facilities information
• Minimize risk, avoid surprises, and reduce financial liability
• Maximize operational efficiencies
• Create defensible capital budgets

How Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) enable your organization to:

• Automate the process of managing work orders
• Maintain and update accurate information about the facility
• Track costs associated with projects
• Give management visibility into project status
• Retrieve actionable data from reports

How these complementary systems support the proactive management of facility assets.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Professionals in healthcare systems and hospitals responsible for:

• Facilities Management, Facility Services, Facility Maintenance
• Plant Operations, Engineering
• Capital Planning, Capital Asset Management

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Michael Kwok, P.Eng. M.B.A.,
Project Director, Professional Services, VFA, Inc.
Michael Kwok is responsible for the implementation of Capital Planning & Management Systems (CPMS) for healthcare clients across North America. His recent work has focused on short and long-term capital planning, capital/expense management, integrating multiple business processes with other applications, and merging CPMS deliverables with ESCO (Energy Services Companies) contracts. Prior to joining VFA, Mr. Kwok was involved with large scale facilities and construction programs with DuPont and General Motors.

M. Lynn O'Donnell, Director of Marketing,
Four Rivers Software Systems, Inc.

M. Lynn O'Donnell is the Director of Marketing for Four Rivers Software Systems. She is responsible for all aspects of Marketing of their TMS, their CMMS application and has over 15 years of experience in the software industry.

ABOUT VFA

VFA is the leading provider of end-to-end solutions for facilities capital planning and asset management. VFA’s Capital Planning and Management Solution (CPMS™) uniquely combines facility assessment services, Web-based software, and business consulting services to enable clients to manage every stage of the capital asset lifecycle — from requirements gathering and long-term planning to capital budget creation and spend management. VFA has helped over 300 organizations in corporate, education, government, and healthcare markets to strategically manage more than two billion square feet of real estate. For more information, call (800) 693-3132 or visit www.vfa.com.

ABOUT FOUR RIVERS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, INC.

Four Rivers Software Systems, Inc. is the leading provider of computerized maintenance management software (EAM/CMMS) and services solutions exclusively for healthcare clinical engineering and facilities departments. Four Rivers has successfully implemented the TMS® (Total Management System) in over 1,100 facilities in the U.S. The TMS product family includes TMS Enterprise, TMS OnLine, TMS Now, TMS WorkGroup, and TMS Mobile. For more information, call (412) 256-9020 or visit www.frsoft.com.