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Speaker: William Deitenbeck In health care an understanding of finance is critical to make the best use of limited dollars. This presentation will provide a basic understanding of the time value of money and other financial tools, how they are used in decision making, and how to present the analysis to the chief financial officer or chief executive officer. Learning Outcomes:

Speakers: Tim Adams, Jordan Northcutt, Art Kjos and Rob “Waldo” Waldman    

CMS Adoption of the 2012 Edition of NFPA 99 and What It Means for Health Care Facilities Thursday, September 15

This session provides a detailed look at the many codes and standards that health care engineers must know to have a successful, code-compliant facility.

Speakers: Andrew Jones and Ashley Roberts    

Speakers: Tim Adams, FASHE, CHFM, CHC, Director of Leadership Development, American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE); and Chad E. Beebe, AIA, CHFM, CFPS, CBO, SASHE, Deputy Executive Director of Advocacy, American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)

Speaker: Tom Stewart and Jonathan Flannery The day-to-day operations of the health care environment can be overwhelming and intimidating to the point of paralysis. This session provides insight into managing the patient care environment and ensuring success as a leader in the field of health care engineering. Topics discussed include leadership skills, effective maintenance and operational strategies, and available resources.

Speakers: Robert Gesing & John Chory While 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.

Speaker: Jonathan Hart, Senior Fire Protection Engineer, NFPA This session provides an overview of NFPA 101: Life Safety Code®. The overview includes how to generally navigate the code, where to find specific issues, and how the sections are applicable once found. Topics covered include occupancy classification, components of the means of egress, doors, suites, interior finish, and more. Other NFPA codes and standards applicable to health care facility managers will be referenced. Learning Outcomes:

As deadlines approach for complying with OSHA's GHS-aligned Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom 2012), environmental health and safety (EH&S) professionals' questions are becoming tougher. To better prepare you, this session examines questions frequently asked by informed EH&S professionals regarding OSHA's adoption of GHS, the resulting changes to requirements for labels and safety data sheets (SDSs), OSHA's HazCom 2012 phased-in compliance deadlines, chemical classification, SDS authoring, and other critical topics.

Speakers: Ed Tinsley, Mark Smith, Gerry Kaiser and Mike Fullerton 2013 PDC Summit

Speaker: Jonathan R. Hart, Senior Fire Protection Engineer for the NFPA This session provides an overview of NFPA 99:Health Care Facilities Code. This session includes how to generally navigate the code, where to find specific issues, and how the sections are applicable once found. Topics to be covered include risk assessments, medical gas and vacuum systems, essential electrical system, emergency management, and more. Other NFPA codes and standards referenced by NFPA 99 will be discussed. Learning Outcomes:

Speaker: Ken Bukowski, Tom Davis and Mike Dunning

Speakers: Dale Woodin, Barbara Edson, Carolyn V. Gould, Dana Swenson, George Mills, Linda Dickey

Speaker: George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, CHSP, Director of Engineering, Department of Engineering, The Joint Commission

Speaker: Robert Ray Temperature 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:

Recorded June, 2016 Speaker: Tim Adams This video outlines changes made in 2016 to the CMS Conditions of Participation regulating health care facilities. ASHE members can share this resource with others, including health care executives within their facilities, to explain the codes and standards process and outline major changes recently made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.  

Speakers: George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, CHSP, Director of Engineering, Department of Engineering, The Joint Commission