Quality & Patient Safety
Mar 12, 2023
This document outlines a team approach, starting with the health care organization leadership setting the expectations and cyber-risk mitigation tone for the project. When executive leadership empowers information technology, operational technology and facilities professionals, an effective cyber-…
Nov 2, 2021
This tool is intended to help facilities professionals make good decisions about psychiatric unit toilet room renovations.
Sep 27, 2021
The purpose of this standard is to prescribe the procedures, methods, and documentation requirements for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance, sustainable health care facilities.
Aug 15, 2019
Recorded October 27, 2016
Speakers: Joe Fiorito, Caterpillar Inc., Electric Power Division, Rental Manager; Ben Thomas, Caterpillar Inc., Electric Power Division, North American Product Support Manager
A well-designed emergency power system is a quality asset to health care facilities by…
May 8, 2019
This downloadable Word document is a sample pressure relationship policy you can customize to fit the needs of your facility.
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May 8, 2019
This downloadable Word document is a policy on maintaining utility system drawings and documents to aid in the shutdown process during emergencies.
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Sep 9, 2017
Lessons learned from previous disasters, explains how to assess vulnerabilities, and suggests new ways to safeguard emergency power through new technologies, innovative protocols, and information sharing.
Mar 15, 2016
ASHE: HCAHPS Scores, the Patient Experience, and the Affordable Care Act from the Facility Perspecti
May 1, 2015
This monograph introduces the HCAHPS program and describes improvements health care organizations have made to increase patient satisfaction.
Monograph: The Environment of Care and Health Care-Associated Infections: An Engineering Perspective
May 1, 2011
This monograph explores the role of the health care environment in infection control, provides information on common pathogens, and gives details on strategies to reduce health care-associated infections.