Tim Markijohn MBA/MHA, CHFM, CHE

Tim Markijohn is a Field Director in the Hospital Program for the Life Safety Code Surveyors at The Joint Commission. In this role, he oversees half (approximately 40) of the surveyor cadre who specialize in surveying The Joint Commission’s life safety, environment of care, and emergency management standards. Mr. Markijohn was previously a Joint Commission surveyor from 2011 to 2016 surveying the Standards in the Accreditation Manual for Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Ambulatory Health Care. In this role, he performed Initial, Triennial, Med Def, Follow Up, ICM, OQPS, Critical Access, and Ambulatory surveys. Mr. Markijohn also served on The Joint Commission’s Surveyor Advisor Committee from 2012 to 2015 working on items that relate to customer satisfaction, process improvement, and survey/surveyor efficiency. Prior to joining The Joint Commission full time in 2016 as a Field Director, Mr. Markijohn worked for 25 years in the engineering and construction industry. He has been at the director level in health care for more than a decade for a 500-bed academic health care system in Pennsylvania, an 800-bed trauma center and children’s hospital in South Florida, a 200-bed community hospital in North Carolina, and most recently with a five-hospital academic health care system in Columbia, Missouri. He has experience managing Healthcare Engineering, Design/Construction, Environmental Services, and Clinical Engineering departments.