ASHE Staff
Articles
ASHE Advocacy Team successful at NFPA Technical Meeting
The team shares its progress in debates surrounding inspection, testing and maintenance of water-based fire protection systems.
Preparing for the future of health care facilities teams
Demographics are changing in the health care facility field, creating a need for succession planning.
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.
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.
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.
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.