Beth Burmahl
Articles
Construction, Construction Data
2017 Hospital Construction Survey
Staff input helps hospitals to plan outside of the box and achieve efficient designs.
Operational Excellence, Leadership
Health facilities professionals break beyond traditional walls
Outside-of-the-box technology, processes and studies are positioning health care for the future.
Operational Excellence, Maintenance and Operations
Facility-related operations play bigger role in patient safety
How engineering, construction, environmental services and supply chain operations are improving patient safety.
Energy Management, Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene, Water Management
2015 Sustainable Operations Survey
Hospitals make fruitful progress toward sustainability as some take great strides and others stick to baby steps.
Operational Excellence, Leadership
2015 Salary Survey results
Health care consolidation presents challenges and opportunities.
Operational Excellence
2015 Salary Survey results - Page 2
Taking on more Whether or not they are being compensated for it, managers across the board are being asked to take on more responsibility. Forty-seven percent of respondents reported having added responsibilities as a result of a merger or acquisition while just 12 percent received a salary increase. One survey respondent summed it up this way: “Increased responsibility, no salary increase, title change.”.
Operational Excellence
2015 Salary Survey results - Page 4
Metrics tied to bonuses One way to lure good employees is to offer top-level compensation. The survey showed that 35 percent of respondents receive cash bonuses, and that the amounts given most often were $5,000 to $10,000 (24 percent) and $10,000 to $25,000 (also 24 percent) annually. The mean bonus was $12,215, up from a mean of $10,108 in 2012. Fifty-five percent of respondents say their incentive compensation is tied to performance improvement metrics like patient satisfaction, quality of care and health care-associated infection rates..
Operational Excellence
2015 Salary Survey results - Page 3
Graying of management A critical factor destined to leave a huge impact on salaries is the aging of the health care management workforce. The survey shows that 29 percent of respondents have 25 or more years in management/supervision, vs. 26 percent in 2012, while 34 percent have more than 25 years just in health care management, vs. 29 percent in 2012..
Operational Excellence
BIM and other technologies drive building efficiencies
New tools help facilities professionals to improve performance.
Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene
ES Department of the Year
MD Anderson Cancer Center and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital win this year's award.