Maintenance and Operations

COVER STORY
Nine tips for acquiring and acquired organizations to bring disparate operations together.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Design interventions can help to improve patient safety and create a proactive operation.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
From rented trailers to emergency tents, hospitals have deployed a number of resources to handle increased patient volume.
OPERATIONS
Center combines key operations like bed management, patient transport and environmental services.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Four steps for upgrading or replacing aging facility equipment.
FINANCE
Looking at variables that factor into energy-purchasing strategies.
COVER STORY
Facilities professionals can turn to a number of resources for career development and management knowledge.
SUSTAINABILITY
100-kilowatt solar array will offset power needs, provide emergency backup power.
SUSTAINABILITY
Health system plans to reach goal through renewable energy purchases, continued energy efficiency.
ENGINEERING
The engineering initiative was achieved via retrocommissioning and technology upgrades .