If you’ve ever wondered what keeps the c-suite of your organization up at night, one panel during the ASHE Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition being held this week in Seattle offered at least some glimpse into what's likely on their minds.
In a plenary session, facility executives offered their two cents on a variety of topics. Here are some highlights from what the group shared with the ASHE Annual attendees:
Healthcare reform
George Mills, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, a senior engineer at The Joint Commission, spoke in a plenary session at the ASHE Annual Conference in Seattle, sharing his insights on the commis
If you’ve ever wondered what keeps the c-suite of your organization up at night, one panel during the ASHE Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition being held this week in Seattle offered at least some glimpse into what's likely on their minds.
In a plenary session, facility executives offered their two cents on a variety of topics. Here are some highlights from what the group shared with the ASHE Annual attendees:
Healthcare reform
The 2010 edition of the Facility Guidelines Institute’s (FGI) Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities is currently being revised, with a new version set to be published in 2014.
In one of the last sessions of the day Monday at the ASHE Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition in Seattle, attendees remained glued to their seats despite the reception that was getting started downstairs. The reason was the Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley and the intriguing integrated project delivery (IPD) program that has been implemented for its construction.
The 2010 edition of the Facility Guidelines Institute’s (FGI) Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities is currently being revised, with a new version set to be published in 2014.
The 48thAnnual Conference and Technical Exhibition of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) kicked off this morning in the heart of downtown Seattle.
After doling out awards and recognizing a number of ASHE members for their contributions, the event opened with keynote speaker John Foley, a former lead solo pilot for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels.
In one of the last sessions of the day Monday at the ASHE Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition in Seattle, attendees remained glued to their seats despite the reception that was getting started downstairs.
The 48thAnnual Conference and Technical Exhibition of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) kicked off this morning in the heart of downtown Seattle.
Lean design principles stem from the ideals of Lean manufacturing, or the systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste through continuous improvements in staff and work-process efficiencies.
Much has been written about the need to create healthier environments in healthcare facilities. One might reasonably wonder why healthcare environments would be otherwise. However, after a generation of designing facilities to be more and more sterile, more and more suburban, and more and more maintenance-driven, it’s not hard to see why the pendulum might swing toward a more patient-centered environment.
When clients hire TRO Jung|Brannen (TROJB) to design a renovation or new facility, they expect the end result to be not only new space, but space that improves care and helps them leap beyond their competition. Improved healthcare can be achieved through a variety of measures—higher outcomes; lower costs; higher patient, family, and staff satisfaction; more comprehensive service lines; or more efficient operations.
