Transforming maintenance and embracing sustainability Harnessing the efficiency of reliability-centered asset management to prevent system failures and power sustainable operations 2025 Salary Survey results Data from the 2025 Salary Survey reveal how health care organizations are turning up the dial on employee satisfaction Staff perspectives on patient experience Clinical and support services staff share their opinions on what makes safe and comfortable healing environment The ambulatory shift: the need for better benchmarking Comprehensive research project analyzes ambulatory care trends with the aim to develop robust metrics to guide future planning Latest from HFM NFPA weekly update: Jan. 5-9 NFPA report reviews risks associated with smart buildings Activate your compassion through active listening Sponsored Editorial Assessing International Plumbing Code updates for chemical waste drainage Learn how the 2024 International Plumbing Code defines approved materials for chemical waste drainage The new rules of health care readiness Why restoration must rise to the challenge when the built environment is viewed through a clinical lens Design & Construction Pandemic readiness is designed into new replacement facility Intermountain's Billings, Mont., hospital deploys ICU-ready universal room concept for increased flexibility Adapting to challenges before and after opening A Louisiana health system shares how it evolved its master plan strategy alongside health care market changes The cost of poor activation for new projects Hospital construction costs briefly reverse course ICC posts proposal comments ahead of next committee action hearing Carilion Roanoke gets vertical upgrade Products & Field Reports Electrical equipment advances for hospitals New technologies, capabilities and features help improve performance Modular building saves time and costs Prefabricated construction approach to new outpatient clinic reduces project timeline to just 12 months Lighting equipment and control innovations Options improve energy efficiency, caregiver control and patient comfort Codes & Standards CMS improves survey transparency Plus: Joint Commission updates standards; NFPA elects new Health Care Section Chair; ASPR tests biocontainment transporting unit Expert Insights Planning care spaces for daylight and views New entries in The Center for Health Design's Knowledge Repository further the case for windows in patient care rooms More from HFM See More News Stories Playbook on facility conversion released Using new tech while adhering to older codes NFPA weekly update: Dec. 8-12 Hospital employs autonomous mowers Researchers review engineering controls Pandemic readiness is designed into new replacement facility Window closing to comply with CMS sprinkler requirement NFPA weekly update: Nov. 24-28 Emotional barriers block effective communication NFPA weekly update: Nov. 17-21 Health care systems go electric for sustainability and resiliency NFPA weekly update: Nov. 10-14 Committee releases reliability-centered maintenance resource ICC committee advances key code changes NFPA weekly update: Oct. 27-31 Carilion Roanoke gets vertical upgrade
Pandemic readiness is designed into new replacement facility Intermountain's Billings, Mont., hospital deploys ICU-ready universal room concept for increased flexibility
Adapting to challenges before and after opening A Louisiana health system shares how it evolved its master plan strategy alongside health care market changes
Electrical equipment advances for hospitals New technologies, capabilities and features help improve performance
Modular building saves time and costs Prefabricated construction approach to new outpatient clinic reduces project timeline to just 12 months
Lighting equipment and control innovations Options improve energy efficiency, caregiver control and patient comfort
CMS improves survey transparency Plus: Joint Commission updates standards; NFPA elects new Health Care Section Chair; ASPR tests biocontainment transporting unit
Planning care spaces for daylight and views New entries in The Center for Health Design's Knowledge Repository further the case for windows in patient care rooms