Diana Halfer was tasked with a large portion of planning for the one-day move under the hospital’s training and development strategy.
by Site Staff
November 19, 2012
DIANA HALFER
Administrator, Children’s Memorial Hospital
On June 9, Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital moved 126 patients, 5,300 employees and equipment to a new facility three miles away.
As administrator of the hospital’s clinical and organizational development, Diana Halfer was tasked with a large portion of planning for the one-day move under the hospital’s training and development strategy, the Moment One Readiness Orientation, as well as the logistics around functionality in the new facility.
Planning took five years. Halfer led efforts to design and integrate a learning strategy for the move and the associated change. In the end, the move was nearly flawless, occurring over 14 hours without interruption.