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Reliability asset management series

Moving from calendar-based maintenance to a holistic approach

Reliability asset management provides the tools to better predict risk and help overcome some of health care’s most stubborn challenges

October 15, 2021

Ryan Schramm, CHFM

Reliability asset management provides the tools to better predict risk and help overcome some of health care’s most stubborn challenges.

Design

Children’s hospital blends history with progress

Children's Hospital New Orleans preserved historic buildings while giving them a new purpose

September 28, 2021

Beth Burmahl

Children's Hospital New Orleans preserved historic buildings while giving them a new purpose.

Technology

UNC Health brings care closer to patients

Strategically placed telehealth booths in public places allow patients without internet access to make virtual appointment

September 28, 2021

Jamie Morgan

Strategically placed telehealth booths in public places allow patients without internet access to make virtual appointment.

Infection prevention

VA system creates infection control training ground

The zombie-themed escape room provided hands-on infection prevention and control training for three years prior to the pandemic

September 28, 2021

Jamie Morgan

The zombie-themed escape room provided hands-on infection prevention and control training for three years prior to the pandemic.

Operations

Health care facilities prepare for the next return to work wave

Two health care facilities leaders weigh in on best practices for organizations welcoming staff back into the physical environment

September 28, 2021

Megan Headley

Two health care facilities leaders weigh in on best practices for organizations welcoming staff back into the physical environment.

Planning

Hospitals dig into the science of building with new projects

Mock-ups, virtual reality and augmented reality help to create collaboration between designers and health care staff

August 27, 2021

Brian Justice

Mock-ups, virtual reality and augmented reality help to create collaboration between designers and health care staff.

Environmental Services

University tests out mobile UVC robot

The DINGO was created to offer a more mobile alternative to stand-in-place UVC disinfection systems

July 31, 2021

Brian Justice

The DINGO was created to offer a more mobile alternative to stand-in-place UVC disinfection systems.

Safety

VA hospital reduces patient ligature risk

A simple but innovative device eliminated a ligature risk at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

July 31, 2021

HFM Staff

A simple but innovative device eliminated a ligature risk at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.

Construction

Penn Medicine takes processing off-site

The processing center has a capacity to sterilize and package instruments from up to 200 surgical cases per day

July 31, 2021

Jamie Morgan

The processing center has a capacity to sterilize and package instruments from up to 200 surgical cases per day

Engineering

Upgrades to chilled water infrastructure help boost reliability

Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center leverages partnership to tackle aging infrastructure

July 31, 2021

Megan Headley

Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center leverages partnership to tackle aging infrastructure.

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