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In this video a clean storage room is closely examined. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?
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In this video a nurse's station is very active during a typical day. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?
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In this video an environmental services employee accesses his cart and proceeds to clean the patient corridor. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?
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In this video a nurse enters a patient's room to check on the patient during typical rounding. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?
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Speakers: Tim Adams, Sue Andersen, Kathy Tolomeo, David M. Sine and Kathryn PetrovicThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as well as the Joint Commission and other accrediting organizations are placing an increased emphasis on assessing risks and providing a physical environment consistent with the identified risks. This session focuses on the process of risk assessment and mitigation of behavioral health patient safety physical risks.
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Speakers: Damon Greeley, Thomas Gormley, Troy Markel, Jennifer Wagner
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Smart Money Now vs Dumb Money Later: Using Standards & Financial Planning to Reduce Unnecessary Life
Speakers: Andrew Jones and Ashley Roberts
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Speakers: Dale Woodin, Barbara Edson, Carolyn V. Gould, Dana Swenson, George Mills, Linda Dickey
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Speaker: Robert RayTemperature variation in patient rooms can negatively affect staff efficiency, costs, and customer experience. This presentation shows how the Six Sigma DMAIC model (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control) can effectively reduce temperature variations in patient rooms.Learning Outcomes:
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Speakers: Robert Gesing & John ChoryWhile the planning and design of health care facilities represents only a small part of the overall cost of a building over its lifetime, if properly leveraged, these efforts offer an outstanding opportunity to move an organization into a better business-centered position. Using real-life examples, this presentation outlines where and how to place seven "levers" that can benefit a health care system and maximize profitability in a constantly changing environment.
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Speaker: Mark Linenberger, Spencer Seals and Stewart Trapino
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Speakers: Kenneth Kaiser and Shrimant JaruharWith the goal of achieving BIM-enabled facility management (FM), Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) established the infrastructure, tools, and procedures for successful handover of a robust building information model (BIM) at project closeout. NMHC's process calls for the development of standard nomenclature and set parameters before projects begin, which enables information sharing across legacy systems and databases.Learning Outcomes:
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Speakers: Terry Miller and Lynne IngleWhile there are currently about 100 hospitals in the United States with hybrid capability, that number is expected to increase by 15 percent each year for the next decade. This session examines the development of the hybrid OR concept, supporting technology advancements, and the challenges to planning, design, and construction.
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Making the Business Case for Using the ASHE HFCx Process for Health Facility New Construction & Reno
Speakers: Mark Kenneday and Ed Tinsley
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An article was published in the March 2011 issue of Health Facilities Management magazine, which explored 10 forces changing health care design. In this session, the authors of that article present a current perspective on those driving forces. The opening statement of the article provocatively observed that "health care industry professionals who believe the political outcome of the reform debate, alone, will have a dramatic influence on the future of design and construction of health care facilities are sadly mistaken." The presenters discuss the evolution of the factors identified in the article and how they, and other challenges and opportunities, will continue to influence health care design.