Dave Mihelich

Experience

1. Medical Equipment Planner

   Cleveland Clinic

   Jan 2010 — Present

   Evaluates, locates and recommends equipment to be purchased for new medical facilities, major renovations and expansion of existing medical facilities.Identifies equipment and design conflicts during the design process to avoid costly construction delays.Provides value engineering without compromising patient care, ADA requirements, or ergonomics.Develops and updates budgets for project start ups.Sets daily priorities to meet established project deadlines.Advises project management staff, service area administration and divisional personnel on the appropriate use of medical equipment for all major construction, renovations and expansion projects.Facilitates meetings with medical personnel to establish appropriate placement and use of medical equipment for patient care. Reviews project drawings and coordinates equipment requirements on the plans. Establishes a communication network between the project team, facility, divisional personnel, architects and contractors.Ensures compliance with JCAHO and other regulatory standards for equipment installation and use. Works with architectural consultants and contractors to review drawings identify and note design/equipment conflicts and work to reconcile drawings to functionality, and provide equipment specifications.Identifies and evaluates equipment in place to determine potential reuse, identifies obsolete, inappropriate, malfunctioning or unneeded equipment. Oversee the production of equipment lists provided to purchasing.Responsible for providing project equipment lists within established standards and guidelines.Provide technical support Pre-construction departmentsMaintain knowledge and understanding of emerging technologies and products.Responsible to protect and promote Cleveland Clinics interest in all matters.

Education

• Lakeland Community College

  Business Administration and Management, General

  1979 — 1981

• Purdue University

  CRCST, Sterile Processing Technology/Technician

  1991 — 1993

Skills

• Hospitals
• Nursing
• Team Building
• Customer Service
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Contract Management
• Patient Safety
• Strategic Planning
• Jcaho
• Healthcare
• Process Improvement
• Healthcare Management
• Hipaa
• Medical Devices
• Ehr
• Contract Negotiation
• Epic Systems
• Emr