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Moving A Hospital

Moving a hospital of any size to a new building while still providing healthcare services is a complicated process. It requires careful transition planning—often starting years in advance—and a broad range of issues that go beyond just moving medical equipment. These issues can range from transferring telephone lines to having two hospitals in operation during the moving process. With the right transition planning and hospital movers, a hospital can be relocated with no adverse effects on its operations and its patients.

The Issue with Hospital Relocations

Even a small-scale hospital requires proper planning before executing the move. Transition planning is a key issue for hospitals, because they need to be able to provide patient care from their first day of occupancy in the new facility and up to the last day in the old facility. To do this, hospitals need move management and planning from professional hospital movers.

Factors That Impact Hospital Transition Planning

There are multiple things that must be considered when moving a hospital, including:

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• The specific needs of individual departments
• Moving medical equipment with the right tools and methods
• Installing new equipment
• Following federal procedures for moving a hospital
• Meeting all government inspection and compliance requirements
• Efficiently migrating patients
• Ensuring uninterrupted services

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The risks to the hospital and patients in that hospital are at their highest during a move. Hospitals can mitigate these risks by hiring hospital movers that can assist with transition planning.

Preparing the New Hospital Space

The new facility must be ready to operate from day one. During hospital transition planning, administrators need to coordinate things like:

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• How furniture, computers, medical devices, printers, patient beds, and other equipment will fit in the new facility
• Installing all electrical equipment, television screens, and phones
• Training new employees and temporary staff that will assist during the move
• Making sure all medical supplies are ordered and in stock at the new facility
• Running tests on fire systems and medical equipment during transportation
• Decommissioning the old hospital space once it is emptied

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Moving a Hospital the Right Way

Experienced hospital movers make the entire process of moving a hospital easier and faster. These professionals are skilled in moving medical equipment and have consultants on staff that can help with the transition planning process. Whether they’re working with your hospital administrator or another transition planning consultant, you need qualified hospital movers on your team to handle the logistics of the move itself.

Hospital transition planning and moving experts will identify all of the challenges you’re likely to face and devise strategies for overcoming them. You’ll meet with them for multiple pre-move planning sessions so there will be no surprises on moving day. Essentially, your moving partner will become an extension of your hospital by conducting meetings and setting up your transition plan step-by-step. In addition, hospital movers can assist your staff with packing, unpacking, records storage and management, and decommissioning obsolete medical equipment.

Admiral Movers is an experienced hospital mover that can assist your facility with every aspect of transition planning and move management. Whether you have a small healthcare facility or you’re moving a hospital with 2,000-beds, Admiral Movers has the expertise you need to get the job done on time and within budget. Contact Admiral Movers to get a quote and start your hospital transition planning process today. E-mail us. or see more blogs at AlwaysLeading.com

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• Hospital Moves: How to Choose the Right Relocation Company

• Tips for Hiring a Laboratory Equipment Moving Company

• How Smart Storage & Asset Management Can Help Medical Practices

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Our employees make the difference...

Our employees make the difference

When hiring a moving company, one of the biggest worries a customer has is about the handling of goods. Whether they are a family's personal belongings and antiques or a company's office equipment, mishandled goods can add stress to the already tense task of relocating.

But with Admiral Movers, we take every step necessary to ensure our customers experience a hassle-free move. We have earned the reputation of providing quality moves across Central Alabama by serving numerous families and businesses large and small. This reputation is built not only on the services we provide (to be detailed in a future posting), but in the men and women we employ.

Our employees are well-versed in the packaging and handling of such items as antiques, dinner tables, conference tables, framed pictures, computers and office equipment, glass items, couches and living room and dining room furniture. This experience is not just a result of performing a move, but from performing a move right. Simply put, our employees make the difference.

So the next time you think about moving,  contact Admiral Movers an agent for Mayflower Transit and let us show you how you can breath a little easier.

877-816-3454 E-mail   AdmiralMovers.com 

• Quality Labor Trainer on Staff
• Continuous Education
• Our Movers Average 20 years of experience
• Many of Our Movers Have Been With Us Over 25 years
• All Employees Pass an Extensive Background Check  

The “AirGlide” system

The “AirGlide” System

During the past 25 years, Admiral Movers agent for Mayflower has come up with various innovative solutions to better serve our customers. These solutions not only help us to better protect your belongings, they also help us to produce a quicker, safer move and less stressful move.

Safety Reliability AirGlide

One of these innovations is the “AirGlide” system, in which we take your computer equipment, encase it in bubble wrap and place it on one of our computer gondolas. The bubble wrap is made of three-inch, heavy-gauge plastic and can easily be wrapped around most pieces of computer equipment.

Once the pieces are safely wrapped, they are securely placed in one of our heavy-duty computer gondolas. The gondolas allow for many pieces of computer equipment to be transported from one location to another without the worry of pieces being dropped and damaged.

While we can tell you how safe and effective our system is, the results speak for themselves: since we began using the “AirGlide” system over 25 years ago, not one piece of computer equipment has been damaged. Learn more about how our innovations can serve you by visiting www.admiralmovers.com or by calling (334) 262-6666 (877) 816-3454.

See more of our moving blog at AlwaysLeading.com or E-mail

About Us

Welcome to the Admiral Movers blog, which will feature topics and current issues related to moving, packing and storage. We hope you will find this blog helpful when planning your next move, whether it's business or personal, across town or across the country. But before we begin, let us tell you a little bit about our company and where we've come from.

Admiral Movers was founded in 1989 in Montgomery, Ala. by Scott McNelley and George Azar to offer a high-quality alternative for office and residential moves. Since then, Admiral Movers has been privileged to serve as the movers of choice for some of the River Region's finest organizations, including Jackson Hospital, Colonial Bank, Pickwick Antiques and Construction Materials.

In 2000, Scott bought out partner George Azar to became president of Admiral Movers. The following year, the company was recognized as one of Montgomery's up-and-coming small businesses as it was named to the "Emerging Thirty" list by the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. The company moved its corporate facility to its recent location at the Montgomery Business Park, which also includes a 26,000-square-foot storage warehouse.

In 2006, Admiral Movers joined UniGroup Inc. and became an agent for Mayflower Transit. That same year, Admiral Movers was voted first place for moving services in Montgomery, Autauga and Elmore counties by the Montgomery Advertiser's eighth annual Reader's Choice awards. Admiral Movers was again honored in 2007 as the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce named the company "Small Business of the Year" for all companies with 11 to 25 employees.

Currently, Admiral Movers is continuing to offer the best in customer service through its quality employees and industry-leading products. To learn more or to get a free, no-obligation estimate on your upcoming move, visit www.AdmiralMovers.com, or call (334) 262-6666.