9 Sessions for HTM Professionals at ASHE 2018
It’s officially summer, and with summer comes ASHE’s Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition. Attendees from around the country meet for this four day event to network with peers, visit the exhibit hall, and learn from industry-leading speakers as they discuss the trending topics in healthcare and facility management.
Below are the “can’t-miss” HTM sessions.
Sessions are listed in chronological order from Monday – Wednesday.

Discussion Forum: What Facility Managers and Healthcare Organizations Want from Solution Providers
Monday, July 16
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Panelists: Bert M. Gumeringer, MBA, MS, CHFM, FASHE, Vice President-Facilities Engineering & Support Services, Texas Children’s; Sean Mulholland, PE, CHFM, CHC, Director of Planning, Design, and Construction, Children’s Hospital Colorado; Scott Tripp, MBA, CHFM, Director Operations & Support Services, Riverview Health; Carol J McCormick, CHFM, Operations Director Facilities & Support Services, CHI Health.[/ultimate_modal]

Recovery: The Long Road Ahead Following a Catastrophic Event
Monday, July 16
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Describe the process of planning for recovery as part of emergency management
- Use lessons learned from recent events to plan for the recovery phase
- Articulate the relationship between the Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) and recovery phase
- Identify opportunities to prepare the physical environment for recovery

The 2018 Guidelines – Are you Ready for Change?
Monday, July 16
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Explain the reasoning behind changes to the design of clinical spaces in health care facilities
- Identify how using the updated Guidelines for a project can provide a safe and effective patient care environment at a reasonable cost
- Discuss how FGI is reinventing its process to more rigorously examine, balance, and document requirements based on best available evidence
- Describe strategies used by FGI to develop and enhance new content for 2018

IoT and What it Means in Healthcare Facilities
Tuesday, July 17
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Explain what the term “Internet of things” means
- Describe how we took control of the technology
- Identify the security risks IOT creates
- Demonstrate the benefits of the IOT

Increasing Facility Productivity without Adding Staff – A Journey to Process Ownership
Tuesday, July 17
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Identify departmental goals and establish baseline staffing and productivity
- Establish a diverse and collaborative project team
- Engage staff in problem solving
- Establish usable and sustainable performance metrics

Engineering Risk: Benefits of Collaboration for Risk Managers and Facility Engineers
Tuesday, July 17
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Describe key opportunities to hold discussions with risk management
- Explain the foundations of enterprise risk management
- Discuss the impact of engineering and facility management decisions on clinical and non-clinical operations
- List common tools used by both risk managers and facility professionals, including risk assessments, failure mode effects analysis, root cause analysis, and auditing

Key Performance Indicators (KPI): Harnessing the Power of Data to Win the Day
Tuesday, July 17
2:oo p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Describe the current state of KPI metrics, including who is measuring what, and how effectively KPIs are measured.
- Explain what makes KPI metrics reliable and valid, and how this relates to trust in the data and the ability to compare data with others.
- Identify how the facility management community can harness the “big data” movement to ensure trustworthy data, and how this data can be leveraged in discussions with the C-Suite.
- Describe how to become involved in ASHE’s KPID (Key Performance Indicator) Project, and explain the potential benefits of participation.

CMS CoP Interpretation Guidelines Overview
Wednesday, July 18
8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- Recognize the importance of CMS Interpretive Guidance
- Describe CMS’s guidance on the latest Conditions of Participation
- Improve the organization’s compliance program
- Help better prepare for the next accreditation survey

Joint Commission Update
Wednesday, July 18
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
- Plan a strategy for compliance with new and revised elements of performance
- Explain the relationship between the physical health care environment and patient safety
- Maintain compliance and minimize survey findings
- Respond in the appropriate manner to survey findings.
Session Information was provided by ASHE For more information about the 2018 ASHE Conference and Expo visit their website.