Clinic setup, healthcare consulting & B2B medical services

A clinic setup consultant or hospital consultancy helps you plan and open a practice: feasibility and location, space planning, equipment lists, licences and registrations, staffing, workflows and, for hospitals, getting ready for accreditation (such as NABH or JCI). Some take on the whole project turnkey. Others advise at particular stages.

Healthcare consulting firms and independent consultants both list here, and many also work with clinics that are already running, on operations and growth plans. Some take the back office off your hands too, with medical billing services and medical coding services for insurance claims. Send an enquiry to talk through your project and ask how they charge.

A locum doctor covers a shift, someone’s leave or a gap in your rota without a permanent hire. A visiting specialist brings in a service your clinic cannot offer full time. Clinics find locum doctors and specialists on Lukenote through their professional profiles, then agree dates and terms in chat. You can still use a healthcare staffing agency or one of the healthcare recruitment agencies if you prefer, but here you talk to the doctor yourself and no placement fee sits in between.

Before a locum doctor starts, check their registration with the medical council where they will work, and put fees, timings and responsibilities in writing.

Specialists list the consultations and procedures they offer to other clinics and to referring doctors: dental implants and implant consultations, gum surgery, oral surgery such as impacted tooth removal and cyst removal, facial bone fracture fixation and orthopedics. Your patient stays with you, and the specialist comes in for the procedure.

Dental clinics rely on a dental lab for crowns, bridges, dentures, aligners and implant prostheses, and medical fabrication labs make custom appliances. A crown that comes back late or wrong means a patient rebooked, so settle these points with a dental laboratory before the first case:

• Case types and materials (zirconia, PFM, E.max, acrylic and so on).
• Turnaround time, pickup and delivery.
• Remake and adjustment policy.
• Digital scans or physical impressions, and shade matching.
• Pricing per unit and payment terms.

Clinics without an on-site radiologist or lab partner with diagnostics providers, and small hospitals use teleradiology so night and weekend scans still get reported. Ask any provider about turnaround time, who does the reporting and what their qualifications are, how images and reports reach you, and how patient data is kept secure.

The usual order, and who can help at each step. Licences and timelines differ by country and region, so check with your local health authority.

• Feasibility, location and space planning: clinic setup consultant.
• Clinic registration or licensing with your health authority (in India, under the Clinical Establishments Act, 2010 or your state's act), plus local trade and fire approvals.
• Biomedical waste authorisation and a waste disposal agreement.
• Radiation-safety registration if you install X-ray equipment (AERB in India).
• Equipment and furniture: medical equipment suppliers on the Hub.
• Staff and cover: doctors, nurses and locum doctors.
• Diagnostics and lab tie-ups, and clinic software for appointments, records and billing.

• Similar projects: ask which clinics or hospitals they have set up, and talk to one of them.
• Scope: turnkey delivery, or advice at particular stages.
• Fee basis: lump sum, per square foot or a percentage of the project, agreed in writing.
• Regulatory and accreditation (NABH, JCI) experience that fits your plans.
• Who will actually work on your project, and how often they will visit.