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This session follows up ongoing national benchmarking research on critical access hospitals based on the collaboration between academic researchers, designers, policy makers and FGI.

Understand how the structural design loads for parking structures differ from those of occupied spaces, and more.

With the constantly evolving criteria required to address the surge of patients impacted by the COVID-19 virus, there are many options that health care organizations will explore and deploy.

VACCINE, HVAC/NEGATIVE PRESSURE, CONSTRUCTION, LIFE SAFETY/STAFF SAFETY, DISINFECTION, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, FILTRATION, & ALTERNATE CARE SITES.

Speaker: Tom Stewart and Jonathan FlanneryThe 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.

Speaker: Dave DagenaisHealth care organizations rely on facility managers to reduce costs, but one critical way to provide value is often overlooked: leadership and advocacy efforts that can save health care organizations significant resources. This webinar will explore ways to get involved beyond your organization to help prevent unnecessary costs and to highlight your value to your organization. The webinar will cover leading proactively, creating patient-centered approaches, advocating for yourself, and avoiding reflexive, defensive actions.

Speakers: Erica Larson and John RyanLearn about the significant need for mental health services and facilities, the hurdles of navigating a specific legislative process, and the shifts in design for today’s non-institutionalized psychiatric settings. 

Speaker: Ken Bukowski, Tom Davis and Mike Dunning

Getting the Most out of the Energy to Care DashboardOctober 31, 2017Speaker: Kara BrooksOverview: This webinar will discuss how to best use the Energy To Care Dashboard for Energy to Care participants.Learning ObjectivesHow to make the most of what you haveTaking it to the next levelDOWNLOAD PRESENTATION 

Speakers: Joe M. Powell, Frank F. Aucremanne, Stella Fiotes, Walter B. Jones, Spencer Moore, Donald H. Orndoff and Robert McCoole

This monograph shows health care facility managers how to conduct succession planning for their departments and shows individuals in all positions how to develop a path for personal career development.

This monograph presents strategies facility professionals can use to develop relationships with hospital leaders and show the value of their work. The monograph includes real-world examples of facility professionals who have successfully shown the value of their departments to organizational leaders.

Recorded September 15, 2015This webinar discusses the latest information about an important Federal Communications Commission decision that will allow unlicensed devices to operate on the same channel as the Wireless Medical Telemetry Service used by hospitals.  

This monograph introduces the HCAHPS program and describes improvements health care organizations have made to increase patient satisfaction.

Speaker: Dennis FordTexas Children's Hospital created a pressure dependent spaces program that includes adoption of a national standard, a comprehensive master list of pressure dependent spaces, a plan to monitor these spaces, policies to manage repurposing of these spaces, and training of staff.