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Graf also provides limited, highly focussed consulting services, including.
One-hour Brainstorming Conference Call with an individual or work group.
Strategic Gap Analysis, a three to four-day site visit which identifies potential areas of opportunity and yields recommendations which can be implemented with or without further consulting.
Facilitation of a Future Search or Retreat in women's and/or children's services or service line development, drawing on significant organizational development experience.
Custom Onsite Workshop in women's and/or children's services for projects or work groups, such as marketing, new program development or facility planning.
Strategic, private White Papers on women's or children's issues facing your organization, including research and a summary analysis.
On- or off-site obstetrical Clinical Space Programs, Architectural Support or Review and Comment, drawing on experience on more than 600 obstetrical and women's hospital projects.
Extraordinarily experienced Expert Focus Group Facilitation in women's or children's services, where Graf draws from experience nationwide to test new concepts specific to your community ... the foundation of innovation.
Highly Specialized Organizational Interventions in women's and children's services strategic planning, or in program, marketing or facility planning and development.
Contact Mary Anne Graf for further information.
Why bring in a consultant?
Short-cut a learning curve
Break through barriers
Create excitement and alignment
Energize leadership
Normalize change
Access national experience for local problems
Let the consultant take the heat on tough issues.
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Sample Recent Consulting Projects
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For a growing community hospital in the southeast, development of the business, staff, facility planning, and feasibility testing, for initiation of neonatal intensive care, including recommendations on, and assistance in, physician recruitment and contracting.
 For a newly created northeastern health system, analysis of significant organizational development and resultant clinical issues in women's services following a hostile merger between two extremely different health care organizations.
For a major, nationally-prominent southwestern teaching center, an analysis of the financial and political impacts of changing academic ties and increasing NICU and perinatal services.
For a west coast multi-hospital regional health system, market research aimed at uncovering key competitive issues in a system facing new suburban and urban competition for its obstetrical services.
For a small Midwestern community hospital in a rural population spread out over 11 counties, an analysis of the multiple factors resulting in dramatically declining obstetrical volumes, with recommendations ranging from dealing with aberrant provider behaviors; to staff and management interventions and support; to program development and modest facility changes; to marketing and Internet support.
 Clinical space programming, architectural support, review and comment, and interior design market research for multiple new and renovated women's centers and obstetrical units across the nation. When involved with obstetrical design, HCI supports LDR or LDRP, as well as LDR+ for high volume and/or high acuity centers.
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