Test Your Code Knowledge: An Interactive Q&A Discussion of Regulatory Codes
Mar 22, 2016 7:15am ‐ Mar 22, 2016 8:15am
Identification: 1091
Understanding regulatory codes is essential for proper maintenance of a health care facility. Recent editions of the codes have introduced new requirements that can ease the difficulties of maintaining a facility, if used properly. Test your knowledge with a live interactive code quiz on NFPA 101, NFPA 72, and NFPA 99, including an open discussion of questions with a lower percentage of correct responses.
Navigating the Continuum of Knowledge: Understanding Key Design Strategies that Impact Patient Outcomes
Mar 22, 2016 7:15am ‐ Mar 22, 2016 8:15am
Identification: 1379
Finding solutions to health care issues can be challenging. The Center for Health Design has organized information from peer-reviewed research, expert interviews, and case studies to offer different perspectives to address the tough problems in today’s complicated health care environment. We will share these resources to help you understand design implications to improve outcomes. Attendees will be equipped with the latest knowledge needed to address anxieties we all share about the latest “issue of the day.”
Culture at the CORE: The Built Environment and Patient Experience
Mar 22, 2016 7:15am ‐ Mar 22, 2016 8:15am
Identification: 1078
As health care becomes increasingly focused on the experience provided to patients, research has indicated that the culture of an organization is central to patient satisfaction. This hour-long session will introduce participants to the idea that the built environment can influence organizational culture and that the confluence of the two factors can have a significant effect on patient satisfaction. The session will review evidence from research-based case studies that illustrate these ideas in action, and will show the importance of CORE—culture, operations, responsibility, and environment—on patient satisfaction.
Working with Health Care: What You Need to Know
Mar 22, 2016 7:15am ‐ Mar 22, 2016 8:15am
Identification: 1387
This session features a panel discussion with four health care facility managers who can educate suppliers and ASHE associate members on the essentials of working with and assisting health care organizations in fulfilling their missions.
Improving Infection Prevention and Control Through Facility Design
Mar 22, 2016 8:30am ‐ Mar 22, 2016 9:45am
Identification: 1385
The health care physical environment plays a central role in infection prevention and control, and understanding best practices for new construction and existing facilities is critical for health care architects, designers, constructors, and facility managers. ASHE is working on a three-year project with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) of the American Hospital Association to strengthen infection control practices in hospitals. This session explores how health care acquired infections (HAIs) are related to the built environment and how the work being done as part of this project may reduce HAIs.
Maintenance of Power: Do Hospitals Have an Obligation that Goes Beyond Compliance with Current Codes and Standards?
Mar 22, 2016 12:45pm ‐ Mar 22, 2016 1:45pm
Identification: 1372
A hospital is obligated to protect patients by preserving backup power. This discussion will address key issues including the difference between optimal protection of backup power through best practices and new technologies such as co-generation and micro-grids versus simply meeting current codes and standards. A white paper produced from this plenary session will capture the essence of this critical issue and lay out a framework for the regulatory, policy, and legislative changes necessary to help hospitals move beyond code compliance to a best practices approach.
The Interpretation Clinic
Mar 22, 2016 2:00pm ‐ Mar 22, 2016 3:00pm
Identification: 1054
The AHJ’s code interpretation process of a code ‘event’ is often clouded in mystery of what information is needed, format, response timeframe, and how ‘strict’ will the AHJ adhere to the code vs. a ‘friendly’ interpretation. AHJ’s and designers bring a wealth of experience, biases, past code experiences, and their own individual processes to each situation. This Lecture/Panel will gather the participants together to understand what is required (information and format) to achieve a successful interpretation.
That Is So 2005: Why Your 10-Year-Old Patient Room Needs Rework Now
Mar 22, 2016 2:00pm ‐ Mar 22, 2016 3:00pm
Identification: 1177
At the start of the twenty-first century it was common to refresh room finishes after 8 to 12 years, but in today’s environment a patient room built in 2005 may need to be totally reworked. This presentation addresses the merits of a bundled design-build approach aggregating costs and benefits into a total project ROI proposition. Panelists will discuss the potential return from technology not available as little as 10 years ago and the benefits of bundling upgrades into a design-build package to maximize speed-to-market and minimize effects on patients and caregivers.
What Matters in Patient Experience: A Case for a New Mind-set in Health Care
Mar 22, 2016 2:00pm ‐ Mar 22, 2016 3:00pm
Identification: 1375
Engage in a collective conversation on what matters in patient experience excellence. This session will provide an overview of the foundational elements of patient experience, expand perspectives on the market trends driving health care, and integrate the current global data that reinforce those trends. All voices matter, every interaction matters, and you matter in today’s health care environment. Come prepared to share ideas, challenge current thinking, and leave with the seeds of new ideas that will positively impact your work in partnership with patients, families, and peers.
Powered for Patients: A Closer Look at Micro-grid and Co-generation Technology and the Interface with the Utilities in Moving to Advanced Power Solutions
Mar 22, 2016 2:00pm ‐ Mar 22, 2016 3:00pm
Identification: 1373