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Supply Chain
Acquiring vital electrical components continues to be a challenge for those managing the health care physical environment
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Power Skills Series
Poor communication skills are costing us billions
Using five key measurements can help you gauge and improve how effectively you communicate with others in career and life
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Compliance + Operations
Helping to improve hospital codes
ASHE encourages facilities managers to weigh in on NFPA 10 and help bring code alignment to fire extinguisher inspection
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Advocacy Alert
Chemical plant fire could impact water, wastewater systems
Health care facilities should be on alert for possible downstream impact to their water supplies
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Technology
Agency highlights need for better OT cybersecurity practices
New guidelines provide a road map for protecting physical assets from cyber threats
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Engineering
Signature Healthcare ups its investment in clean energy
Massachusetts hospital's upgrades include solar panels and state-of-the-art microgrid controls
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Planning
IU Health builds support for its new hospital projects
Two planned facilities expand Indianapolis medical campus and deepen its connection to downtown
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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
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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
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Codes & Standards
The Joint Commission eliminates standards to align with CMS
Out of the more than 90 standards dropped from two programs, there are two of which facilities managers should be especially aware
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