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Dao_John Spokane

201 W. North River Drive
Spokane, WA 99201

Tel:

509.232.2742


Email: jdao@wipfli.com

John Dao

Principal

John Dao is a principal in Wipfli’s healthcare facility and capital planning group. With over a decade of consulting experience, he has worked across the country, assisting healthcare clients to plan and finance new facility developments and renovations.

John’s career has spanned a wide breadth of hospital and ambulatory settings, ranging from large academic hospitals and integrated delivery systems to small regional and critical access hospitals. His consulting experience has taken him all over the United States as well as internationally. Combining this broad base of experience with strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of efficient healthcare operations/design enables John to quickly and competently match clinical/business needs with effective, creative solutions.

Professional memberships and activities

  • University of Minnesota’s Master of Healthcare Administration program – Adjunct faculty preceptor and student mentor
  • Featured speaker at several of Wipfli’s critical access and rural healthcare conferences and the World Research Group’s Emergency Department Convention
  • National publications including articles in Health Facilities Management magazine and Healthcare Executive magazine

Areas of Focus

  • Market assessment, utilization analysis and future volume projections
  • Facility master planning
  • Functional and space program design
  • Patient flow/throughput analysis and evaluations
  • Operations reengineering and design
  • Strategic planning
  • Long-range strategic planning and efficiency implementation
  • Service line analysis and feasibility studies
  • Operating room and emergency department operations and design
  • Business plan development

Industries

Healthcare

Education

St. Cloud State University
  • Bachelor of science degree in business with a major in accounting