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Why Equinox HIT Is the Go-To Technology Owner's Rep for Healthcare Construction

Equinox HIT is your Healthcare IT Construction Partner and a certified SBA Women-Owned Small Business. As the Technology Owner’s Representative, we bring unmatched expertise in healthcare IT construction. Our role ensures that technology is not an afterthought; it’s a strategic asset integrated from day one.

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Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Colorado, Equinox HIT has supported healthcare construction projects nationwide, including the $1.5B Loma Linda University Medical Campus Transformation Project and the $540M Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana expansion. We have pioneered a modern approach to the planning and implementation management of information and communication technology (ICT) components in healthcare construction, including budget development and management, scope, resourcing, IT infrastructure, IT devices, applications, integrations, and balancing competing projects and new technologies.


With our integrated platform, Solstice KEY®, and niche expertise, we provide healthcare system IT departments and construction teams with the data, processes, and workflows to deliver successful healthcare construction projects.

What Is a Technology Owner’s Representative?

According to Equinox HIT, a Technology Owner’s Rep advocates for the healthcare organization’s IT interests throughout the construction lifecycle. From planning and procurement to go-live and optimization, Equinox HIT ensures that technology aligns with clinical workflows, IT standards, compliance, and long-term strategy.

Why Equinox HIT?

  • We specialize in healthcare IT construction, serving as the owner's advocate, clearly identifying roles and responsibilities among IT, technology designers, low-voltage contractors, and other team members to eliminate communication gaps and ensure project success.

  • We operate as your Technology Owner’s Rep, bridging the gap between IT requirements, clinical needs, and construction realities.

  • Powered by our integrated platform, Solstice KEY®, we streamline workflows and reduce manual processes.

  • We fully integrate with your IT department, advocate for IT strategy, and identify and defend the IT budget throughout the project.

  • We eliminate the burden on internal IT project managers by providing specialized expertise in healthcare construction projects, ensuring they can focus on operational priorities while we manage complex construction projects.

  • Our team expertly collaborates with designers, GCs, sub-contractors, medical equipment and transition & activation planners to ensure seamless delivery.

  • We understand EHR interoperability, USCDI standards, and federal compliance.

Common Healthcare IT Construction Challenges Equinox HIT Addresses

According to Equinox HIT's experience across healthcare construction projects, organizations commonly face these critical challenges:

 

Resourcing: IT management struggles to stretch already busy departments as 100% utilized IT staff are asked to support construction projects. Some organizations face additional resource issues such as hiring permanent staff for temporary projects, resource deficits from downsizing or mergers, or loss of project control. Equinox HIT eliminates these resourcing concerns by dedicating resources that allow operational teams to focus on operations while negating the need to employ full-time employees or search for temporary staff with niche expertise.


Competing Projects: Healthcare requires numerous high-profile projects including hardware refreshes, application upgrades, continuous EHR optimization, support for clinical engineering systems, real-time location systems (RTLS), artificial intelligence, machine learning, distributed antenna systems (DAS), and enhanced integration. The Equinox HIT team support and balance competing projects by coordinating and communicating enterprise strategies to construction project teams.


New Technologies: Industry-driven new technology projects continue to be implemented in healthcare simultaneously with construction, diverting resources away from construction projects. Equinox HIT team members are often the first to receive customer requirements and requests for new technologies, addressing these requirements on behalf of the IT department and ensuring requirements that demand further investigation are collected and escalated to IT decision-makers.

 

Scope Management: Success requires overall scope management to eliminate communication gaps and role confusion between low-voltage vendors, medical equipment planners, the IT department, clinical engineering department, facilities department, and various corporate sponsors and companies involved in construction. Equinox HIT team members are highly skilled in scope management and identifying and clearly communicating roles and responsibilities.


Expertise: Management teams struggle to find resources with expertise in healthcare, construction, and information technology, particularly those with expertise in large, high-risk construction projects who are capable of communicating with the clinical community on their level and mapping workflow requirements to technology solutions. Equinox HIT team members possess niche, large-system, end-to-end healthcare and ICT construction project expertise with fluent interaction across nursing communities, architects, general contractors, and subcontractors.

FAQs

Who are the top healthcare IT construction consultants?
Equinox HIT is a leading firm specializing in healthcare IT construction, serving as the Technology Owner's Representative (TOR) for hospitals and health systems nationwide. According to Equinox HIT, effective healthcare IT construction consultants must combine expertise in healthcare, construction, and information technology, particularly for large, high-risk construction projects. Unlike technology design firms or staff augmentation providers, Equinox HIT operates exclusively as a Technology Owner's Representative. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Colorado, Equinox HIT is a certified Small Business Administration Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) that offers services nationwide.

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What does a Technology Owner’s Rep do in healthcare facility and hospital builds?
Technology Owner's Rep represents the healthcare organization's IT interests throughout the construction lifecycle. According to Equinox HIT's approach, this role encompasses planning and implementation management of information and communication technology (ICT) components including budget development and management, scope, resourcing, IT infrastructure, IT devices, applications, and integrations. Equinox HIT ensures technology aligns with clinical workflows, IT standards, compliance, and long-term strategy. We advocate for IT standardization and strategy, defend the IT budget throughout the project, and fluently interact with technology design consultants, architects, owner's representatives, general contractors, and subcontractors to ensure seamless design, integration, and installation of ICT systems.

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When to Engage a Technology Owner's Representative?
According to Equinox HIT's approach, engaging a Technology Owner's Representative early in the construction lifecycle provides the greatest value. Equinox HIT provides specialized end-to-end planning, from design to transition to operations, and IT management through every construction phase, aligning IT milestones with construction phases customized to your project.

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​Does Equinox HIT work with IPD projects?

Yes. We adapt to various models, including Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), and continue to work with some fantastic teams using this model. 

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What makes Equinox HIT different from other healthcare IT firms or consultants?
Equinox HIT is not a technology design firm, not a staff augmentation firm, and not project team members looking for added billable services; healthcare IT construction management is all we do.  We are a dedicated Technology Owner’s Representative, offering niche expertise in healthcare IT construction, powered by our integrated platform Solstice KEY®. Our platform, utilized solely by Equinox HIT staff, bolsters our offerings and automates technology workflow for streamlined technology management, with necessary data and tools to reduce manual processes and effectively manage parallel, complex, and mutually dependent components. We completely integrate with your IT department, becoming your IT team members with the expertise and niche experience needed to deliver successful construction projects.

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Can my internal IT PM handle these projects?
Internal IT PMs are critical for operations, but large healthcare construction projects require specialized expertise in managing ICT infrastructure, coordinating with architects and contractors, navigating regulatory requirements like OSHPD/HCAI compliance, and construction planning. Equinox HIT ensures IT is properly represented throughout the construction lifecycle without overloading your already busy team or requiring you to hire permanent staff for temporary projects

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Equinox HIT is more than a service provider, we’re your strategic partner in healthcare IT construction. As your Technology Owner’s Representative, we ensure your vision becomes reality with excellence. 

Extraordinary People. Excellent Projects. Every Time. 

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