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Operations

Popular micromobility devices pose new fire threat in facilities

Hospitals need to educate themselves on how to balance rising use of micromobility transportation with physical environment safety

January 20, 2023

Chad E. Beebe AIA, CHFM

Hospitals need to educate themselves on how to balance rising use of micromobility transportation with physical environment safety.

Operations

Thinking outside the typical fall prevention bundle box

St. Luke's Medical Center shares how it successfully employed signage and communication to change the conversation around fall prevention and reduce patient falls

January 17, 2023

Meigan Alesse, Lisa Cordova, Russ Harbaugh, Ryan Lund, and Tammi Turpin

St. Luke's Medical Center shares how it successfully employed signage and communication to change the conversation around fall prevention and reduce patient falls.

Power Skills Series

‘Power skills’ needed to succeed in today’s workplace

Adam Bazer, ASHE director of education, kicks off a new article series on the human-centered abilities needed to guide facilities teams

January 9, 2023

Adam Bazer, MPD

Adam Bazer, ASHE director of education, kicks off a new article series on the human-centered abilities needed to guide facilities teams.

Security

'Swatting' becomes a growing concern

Prank threats to hospitals are on the rise, presenting a new challenge for security teams

January 6, 2023

Larry Beresford

Prank threats to hospitals are on the rise, presenting a new challenge for security teams.

ASHE Compliance Tool

Ensuring relevant job descriptions to ease recruiting

Updated and consistent job descriptions can help to remove frustration in employee hiring

December 21, 2022

Taylor Vaughn, MBA, CHFM, CLSS-HC and Lindsey Brackett, CHC, CHFM, SASHE

Updated and consistent job descriptions can help to remove frustration in employee hiring.

Compliance + Operations

ASHE compliance tool provides assessment help

The Life Safety Risk Assessment Tool helps categorize and prioritize deficiencies to be addressed

December 9, 2022

Mark Sears, SASHE, CHFM, CHSP and Jeffrey E. Henne, FASHE, CHSP, FSM, CHEP, CHC

The Life Safety Risk Assessment Tool helps categorize and prioritize deficiencies to be addressed.

Compliance + Operations

Managing life safety deficiencies

How interim, alternate and temporary life safety measures keep facilities safe and compliant

December 9, 2022

Mark Sears, SASHE, CHFM, CHSP and Jeffrey E. Henne, FASHE, CHSP, FSM, CHEP, CHC

How interim, alternate and temporary life safety measures keep facilities safe and compliant.

Infrastructure

Facilities metrics help drive compliance

NewYork-Presbyterian explains how it harnesses data and technology to ensure safety and reliability across its sprawling 15 million-square-foot operation

December 8, 2022

Sukhjit Tom Singh, CHSP, CLSS-HC and Frank D. Rudilosso, PE, CHSP

NewYork-Presbyterian explains how it harnesses data and technology to ensure safety and reliability across its sprawling 15 million-square-foot operation.