
CAPITAL STRATEGY INSIGHTS: Reimagining the Process #019
November 14, 2023
#019 Critical Access Hospitals
In our last post we looked at the positives of strategically planning capital equipment purchases. We’re going to take a little different direction with this post.
One of the…

CAPITAL STRATEGY INSIGHTS: Reimagining the Process #018
October 9, 2023
#018 Benefits of Strategic Planning Capital Equipment Purchases
In our last post we looked at reactive capital equipment purchasing and the negatives that occur. Since we looked at the negatives, let’s look at…

CAPITAL STRATEGY INSIGHTS: Reimagining the Process #016
June 6, 2023: 79th Anniversary of D-Day. May we never forget.
#016 Rationally Redeploying Assets
The last post examined Estimated Standard Full Life (ESFL), the expected full life of an asset, addressing how long devices actually…

CAPITAL STRATEGY INSIGHTS: Reimagining the Process #015
04.24.2023
#015 Estimated Standard Full Life
According to LinkedIn these posts are gathering impressions from a diverse audience, and fascinatingly sometimes outside of healthcare. I believe these concepts are interesting and beneficial…

CAPITAL STRATEGY INSIGHTS: Reimagining the Process #014
03.20.2023
#014 Strategic Capital Planning – Inventory is the Foundation
Best wishes to all – here’s hoping your bracket is going well! The way this tournament is going, it has probably crashed like everyone else.
We’ve…

Capital Strategy Insights: Reimagining The Process #006
01.03.2022
#006 Asset Value Contribution to Lifecycle – Part 5: Asset in Negative Equity
First, let me wish all of you readers a happy and prosperous 2022! Here’s to excellent patient care with financial efficiency.
In Post…

Capital Strategy Insights: Reimagining the Process #003
10.1.2021
#003 Asset Value Contribution to Lifecycle – Part 2
In the last post I addressed the topic of using equipment until terminal failure (“driving the wheels off”) and the requirement of buyer acquisition of medical equipment…

Capital Strategy Insights: Reimagining the Process #002
#002 Asset Value Contribution to Lifecycle – Part 1
I am going to break this topic up into multiple posts. There are too many elements to cover, and the elements require a little explanation. So, when I write the book (that’s…

What Can an Inventory Tell You About Your Equipment?
Performing a house-wide medical equipment inventory does more than record information and numbers. That inventory’s results will give you a broader idea of your medical asset’s remaining life when done with the correct approach. You…

Top 5 Most Unusual Assets Inventoried & Appraised
In the nearly 14 years since MERC began, our team has inventoried over 400,000 pieces of medical equipment and healthcare facility assets nationwide. Having been to so many places, we occasionally come across some very unique assets and medical…