Taylor Vaughn, MBA, CHFM, CHC, SASHE
Articles
Operational Excellence, Leadership
Proven strategies to help pass certification exams
Certifications show commitment to professional development and can lead to career growth opportunities.
Operational Excellence, Leadership
Ensuring relevant job descriptions to ease recruiting
Updated and consistent job descriptions can help to remove frustration in employee hiring.
Operational Excellence, Leadership
Catching and keeping facilities talent
How health care can compete with other professions during the ‘silver tsunami’.
Facility Engineering, Maintenance and Operations
Efficiently managing facility assets
Seven steps for developing an alternative equipment maintenance program.
Facility Engineering, Maintenance and Operations
Applying AEM in the real world
Children's Health Dallas pulls on partnerships and resources to manage its alternative equipment maintenance program.
Facility Engineering, Maintenance and Operations
Capital planning based on risk
Performing a risk assessment is a key step in planning an alternative equipment maintenance program.
Facility Engineering, Building Infrastructure Equipment
Nine steps to developing a ventilation management plan
From forming a committee to regular maintenance, these steps can help to improve HVAC system compliance.
Facility Engineering, Building Infrastructure Equipment
Risk-ranking hospital spaces according to ventilation needs
Hospitals should use temperature, pressure and humidity needs as a guide for developing a ventilation management plan.
Operational Excellence, Leadership
Staff recruitment and retention
Advice and best practices on hiring and keeping technical personnel.
Operational Excellence, Leadership
Training resources available for health facilities professionals
The American Society for Health Care Engineering and other organizations offer field-specific education.