Operational Excellence

OPERATIONS
Knowing what to assess and when to assess it can help to prevent both minor and major incidents at hospital helipads.
INTERVIEW
Academy will focus on issues to improve facility design and construction.
NEWS
Advocate Health Care will expand its footprint as it takes over all 56 of the retailer's Chicago area clinics.
INFECTION PREVENTION
The one-day campaign resulted in nearly 97,000 hand-hygiene events from patients, visitors and employees.
TECHNOLOGY
The organization also gives recommended steps health care organizations can take to reduce cybersecurity threats.
ASHE PERSPECTIVE
ASHE offers facility managers a wide array of professional development resources.
COMPLIANCE+OPERATIONS
Physical environment issues for health facilities professionals to monitor in the new year.
TECHNOLOGY
Survey shows how hospitals safeguard patient information on mobile devices.
SECURITY
Has your health system reviewed its emergency response plans with staff within the last month?.
NEWS
Also this week: A new study on the costs of C. diff infections and CDC warns of new superbug variation of CRE.