The Health Facility Institute (HFI) is dedicated to the education of health facility project professionals through a forum by which ideas and theories can be researched, developed, communicated and applied. Founded in 1990 as a professional, non-profit (501c6) professional society now incorporated in Virginia, HFI nurtures integration of the many disciplines comprising a health facility project in a collegial environment furnishes world class educational programs.  HFI’s core competencies for Project Management include Strategic Planning, Space Planning and Programming, Design, Equipment Planning, Equipment Acquisition, Construction Management, A-E Selection Process, Claims Adjudication Principles, Computer Principles and Applications, and Transition Planning.