American Society for Healthcare Engineering ASHE of the

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• American Society for Healthcare Engineering
  (ASHE)of the
• American Hospital Association (AHA)

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• 2009 NEHES FALL CONFERENCE
• SEPTEMBER 28-30
• CROWN PLAZA HOTEL
• WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND

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Terry Martin, CHFM,SASHE

• Employed at Medical Center of South Arkansas (166
  bed hospital) for 28 years.
• Member of Arkansas Association for Healthcare
  Engineering -16 years
• Member of ASHE- 16 years
• ASHE Region 7 Board Director (2003-07)
• Currently serving as Board Director on the
  American Hospital Association Certification
  Center (rep. for ASHE/CHFM)
• Hobbies- Hunting, Fishing, Antique
  tractors/engines yard work

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My goals as ASHE President-2010

• 1- Succession Planning
• What can we do to kick start the
  succession planning process?
• 1-Develop a Student Chapter within your
  respective Chapter.
• 2- Work with Universities Colleges to develop
  a career pathway into the healthcare facility
  management arena.
• 3-Online training programs
• To date Perdue University has organized
  the first ASHE affiliated Chapter BYU will
  start offering Healthcare related engineering
  courses this fall.
• 2- Giving Additional Support to Affiliated
  Chapters.
• 1- ASHE sponsored Regional
  Educational programs. (HCC, IC, HCPM JC/EOC)
• 2- Improving communications
  between Chapter officers and ASHE Regional board
  directors. (Quarterly Webinars between ASHE
  Regional Board Directors and Chapter Officers
  within their respective regions.)
• 3-Encourage members to pursue the Healthcare
  Facility Managers (CHFM) Credentials.
• 1- A study guides for the five
  areas of exam content (Compliance, PDC,
  Maintenance Operations, Finance and
  administration) are being developed by ASHE.
• 2- CHFM Prep Sessions are being offered at
  ASHE Regional and Affiliated Chapter Meetings.

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ASHE Chapters By Region
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ASHE Affiliate Chapters

• ASHE acknowledges and supports the work of
  our Chapters through programs such as
• Chapter Leadership Forum
• Chapter Awards Luncheon
• Chapter Levels of Affiliation
• Other Means of Support
• Regional Meetings
• Webinars with Regional Board Director and Chapter
  Officers.
• Speakers Bureau

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ASHEs Major Accomplishments
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ASHEs Major Accomplishments

• International Conference and Exhibition on Health
  Facility Planning, Design Construction (PDC)
• The first PDC was held in 1991 in San Francisco,
  CA and consisted of 325 attendees
• The 2009 PDC was held in Phoenix AZ with over
  1,212 attendees and 339 companies creating the
  Technical Exhibition
• In 2005 and 2006, Tradeshow Weekly magazine
  recognized the PDC as one of the 50 Fastest
  growing tradeshows in the country!

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ASHEs Major Accomplishments

• Healthcare Construction Certificate Program (HCC)
• First HCC program March, 2002
• Number of Certificate holders at the end of 2002
  371 
• Number of Certificate holders at the end of
  2008 4,116
• Coming Soon! ASHE Credentialed Construction
  Certification through the AHA-CC

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ASHE is Your Source For...
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ASHE is Your Source For...

• Timely Information Education
• ASHEFlash

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ASHE Resources(continued)

• Example CMS Waiver for Damper testing

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New Resources for ASHE MembersAs your trusted
resource, ASHE works to provide you with the
information and tools you need to manage the
health care physical environment. We are happy to
provide you with two new members-only documents
that you can add to your ASHE "toolbox"

• Pre-move and Occupancy Coordination Checklist
• Don't plan a move without using ASHE's Pre-move
  and Occupancy Coordination Checklist. Developed
  by ASHE's 2008 Planning, Design and Construction
  Committee, this incredible tool will help you
  supervise the activities associated with pre-move
  and occupancy of a facility. This document allows
  you to monitor and evaluate your progress and
  expenses all in one place.
• Sprinkler System Valve Manual TemplateA
  sprinkler system can be complex with many
  different zones and valves. Some of those valves
  may be easily to locate. Others may be in more
  obscure locations. If there is an inadvertent
  sprinkler activation, or when maintenance or
  system modifications are being performed, it is
  imperative that sprinkler system valves be
  properly identified and can be quickly
  located.

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ASHE is Your Source For...

• Codes , Standards Advisory Information
• ASHE resources for code and standard
  compliance include
• Ask ASHE the "members-only" question and answer
  source for compliance
• A Web-Based Resource Library
• Timely Codes Standard Alerts
• ASHE Resource Personnel (Doug Ericson,Dale
  Woodin)
• ASHE List Serve
• Health Advisory ( H1N1-Swine Flu)
• ASHE Guidance Statement to Membership
• New Resources for ASHE Members
• Weekly Building Health Newsletter

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ASHE is Your Source For...

• Advocacy
• Recent ASHE advocacy actions include
• Re-engineering the Standard for Health Care
  Facilities (NFPA 99)
• Gaining relief from stringent run hour
  limitations in EPAs Generator standard
• Defeating the NFPAs proposal for annual testing
  of fire and smoke dampers
• Currently (CMS Fire/Smoke damper test waiver)
• Improving health care practitioners hand hygiene
  and reducing infections through collaboration
  with CMS, JCAHO, CDC, APIC, ICC, and NFPA to
  amend fire safety codes to allow widespread use
  of alcohol hand-rubs

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ASHEs Major Accomplishments

• Advocacy
• ASHE advocacy efforts defeated the 1999 NFPA
  proposal to retroactively require all hospitals
  to have a complete sprinkler system.
• Had it been passed it would have cost millions
  for nearly every hospital in America to
  retroactively install a fire sprinkler system
  throughout the entire facility.
• It's estimated that in the past 30 years, ASHE
  has saved healthcare facilities approximately 62
  billion in direct capital costs for compliance
  with a number of standards and regulation-making
  bodies!

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ASHE is Your Advocate
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ASHE is Your Source For...

• Personal Development
• Professional Designations SASHE/FASHE
• Peer Recognition Awards Crystal Eagle Regional
  Leader Awards
• Healthcare Design Construction Recognition
  Vista Awards Program
• Certification Certified Healthcare Facilities
  Manager (CHFM) Designation (Currently _at_ 900)

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• As of August, 2009 ASHE has over 10,000 members.
• ASHEs Current Membership Includes
• Architects
• Clinical/biomedical engineers
• Consultant engineers
• Contractors
• Healthcare construction managers
• Healthcare design professionals
• Facilities management professionals
• Infection control practitioners
• Maintenance engineers
• Plant management services
• Safety/Security professionals
• Support service personnel
• Departments of Defense VA

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• ASHE Mission Statement
• ASHE Dedicated to optimizing the healthcare
  physical environment.
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• ASHE Vision StatementTo engage stakeholders in
  the creation of the optimum healing healthcare
  environment.

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• ASHEs 2007 2009 Strategic Goals
• Increasing Member Loyalty Growth
• Developing and Engaging Stakeholders
• Shaping the Healthcare Environment
• Enhancing Organizational Capacity
• Creating a Customer Service Culture
• View ASHEs Roadmap to Excellence at www.ashe.org

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ASHE COMMITTEES

• STANDING COMMITTEE
• Advocacy Advisory Committee
• Communications Committee
• Education Committee
• Members Chapter Relations Committee

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ASHE COMMITTEE

• CONTENT COMMITTEES
• Facilities Management Committee
• Planning, Design Construction Management
  Committee
• Safety, Security Emergency Preparedness
  Committee
• Technologies/Clinical Engineering Committee
• (NEW FOR 2010)-Sustainabiltiy Committee

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Remember ! Knowledge is PowerHang Close with
ASHE and learn how to avoid the everyday Pit
Falls.
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MRI Explosion !!!!
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Bad Things Happen, so network with ASHE and learn
how to prevent them from happening to YOU!!!!
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ASHE July 31-Aug. 1st Board Meeting Summary

• Dual Membership Fees
• The board discussed the potential loss of
  hospital based members who are faced with the
  decision to belong to ASHE or to the local
  chapter. Members have reported that their
  facility will only fund membership in one
  professional organization putting them in a
  position where they must choose and, as a result,
  both ASHE and the local chapters are losing
  members. An option to assist members pay once by
  including both national and chapter dues in a
  single payment was explored.
• ASHE/AHA and the Green Initiative The
  American Hospital Association has ask ASHE to
  participate in a series of webinars marketed to
  healthcare facility CEOs. ASHE work on energy
  efficiency/sustainability was a major driver in
  this request.
• ASHE Education Foundation The board is
  investigating the option to expand the scope of
  the ASHE Education Foundation to include
  research.
• Clinical/Biomedical Engineering Constituency To
  assist the societys clinical/biomedical
  engineering constituency , ASHE will be
  initiating conversation with the Association for
  the Advancement of Medical Instrumentations.
  (AAMI)

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Board summary continued

• Sustainability Statement
• A document has been developed by the
  Sustainability Committee that is a statement of
  ASHEs stance on sustainability. Marketing
  efforts to the membership, healthcare facilities
  (managers chief executive officers) and
  strategic stakeholders.
• 2010-2012-Strategic Plan
• The board approved a new strategic plan for
  2010-2012. The new plan will be fully crafted and
  marketed to the membership by October.

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• For more information about ASHE and its
  programs, visit www.ashe.org.