New! ASHE Webinar Series
This new webinar series from ASHE brings peer reviewed topics led by subject matter experts to give attendees up-to-date information on the latest news and trends. The series will explore specific topics selected by industry leaders to provide the best training and education resources available every Tuesday. The series is open to both members and non-members with CEC credit available. The first session of the series will take place on 7/28/2020.
07/28/20 |
Pressurized Spaces Program using ASHRAE 170To support infection control and clinical care teams and satisfy accreditation compliance requirements, facilities staff in a hospital operates and maintains a variety of critical and pressurized spaces. Unfortunately, the built environment may be having a negative impact on patient outcomes due to improper pressure relationships and infrequent inspection, testing, and maintenance activities. Speaker: Dennis Ford Learning Objectives:
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08/04/20 |
Lean Mean Facilities MachineVirtually everyone, in every industry, is being asked to "do more with less." Facilities Support is no different. While more with less may be possible in the short run, it is an unsustainable long-term solution. Employees burn out, quality suffers, and delays are inevitable. So, what else can you do? The Medical University of South Carolina Facilities team has begun a Lean initiative. Our goal is to create a culture of continuous improvement and empower all employees to find opportunities for cost savings, time reallocations, and improved customer service. Lean thinking challenges us to prioritize what customers’ value and understand the flow of products and services across departments and technologies. We have begun our journey by focusing on the work order process – from customer request through billing. By using the Lean Value Stream Mapping tool, we have defined ten key improvement projects and set data driven goals to dramatically improve our process. Speakers: Jennifer Hoel, Medical University of South Carolina; Andrew Gelasco, Medical University of South Carolina; Richard Terhune, Medical University of South Carolina Learning Objectives:
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08/11/20 |
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08/18/20 |
Preparing for Continuous Electrical Disruption on Hospital OperationsCoordinating major electrical utility disruptions and creating mitigation strategies for a busy hospital requires careful organization and involvement of all stakeholders. Executing over 30 electrical shutdowns requires structure and routine during planning to ensure that all risks and critical aspects are identified, mitigated and communicated with all stakeholders. Virginia Mason’s Main Electrical Room (MER) upgrade project team leads (electrical contractor, hospital design/construction, and emergency management) will discuss the MER project, methodologies for shutdown risk assessment and planning, improvement strategies, real-time redline as-built document updates and collaboration, communications, tools and templates developed and lessons learned along the way. Speakers: Renee Bryce, Virginia Mason Medical Center; Jennifer Lord, RPA, a JENSEN HUGHES Company; Melanie Petherick, Pan Pacific Alliance; Rick Burns, VECA Electric & Technologies Learning Objectives:
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08/25/20 |
Playing With the ElephantsPlaying With the Elephants: What happens when we actively engage the elephants that need deconstruction. A framework to move past lip service and buzz words. The goal of this presentation is to engage "known" elephants through probing conversation to work through the regenerative framework needed to transform the elephants into solutions. Elephant Example: Why is it difficult to retain and motivate talent at the very top of the facilities management industry? Speaker: Emi Camilla Yamada, Seattle Children's Hospital Learning Objectives:
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