Memorial Sloan-Kettering's value-based space governance policy for the growth of clinical research

Successful growth of clinical research on a constrained campus hinges on making and enforcing strict value-based space allocation policies. For Sloan-Kettering, this has meant making tough decisions on the allocation of high-demand, on-campus space for academics and clinicians. Here, Kimberly Wright reveals value-proposition-based rationales for deciding who stays in central facilities and who operates out of satellite facilities, and she demonstrates the effects that evolving nursing models, clinical teams, new research modalities, and changing patient/study ratios are having on space requirements and how the Center’s governance program is responding. She documents improvements in patient throughput and operating efficiency.

Leader:

• Kimberly Wright -- Director, Facilities Planning, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center