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Operational Excellence
Managing deferred maintenance at rural hospitals
Knowing the difference between discretionary and non-discretionary spending is vital to forming a capital planning and investment strategy
Compliance and Operations
EPA program resulting in cost increases for equipment using hydrofluorocarbons
The effort to reduce HFC use in equipment manufacturing has led to increases in clean agent fire extinguishers and could affect more products
CMS to restart its validation redesign pilot for 2022
An annual report from CMS includes changes to the accreditation survey process and lists top physical environment citations
Supreme Court rules on CMS vaccine mandate
The court's 5-4 ruling will allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to move forward with its vaccination mandate in resistant states
Maintenance and Operations
ASHE and Practice Greenhealth partner to support safety-net and rural hospitals
The two organizations have launched a cohort to support sustainability efforts in hospitals with fewer resources
Operational Excellence, Compliance and Operations
Storage requirements for sterilized instruments
ASHE's Advocacy Team addresses a question about sterilized instruments kept in business occupancies