PRIMARY SPEAKER
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Susan McLaughlin, MBA, FASHE, CHFM, CHSP, Managing Director, MSL Healthcare Consulting, Inc.
Susan McLaughlin is a Managing Director of MSL Healthcare Consulting, a full service consulting firm in the environment of care and capital lifecycle planning. She has 8 years of prior consulting experience as President of SBM Consulting, Ltd. She is a Fellow of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association. Previous positions include Director of Safety and Compliance for ASHE, and Associate Director, Standards Interpretation, Environment of Care Standards, for The Joint Commission.
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George D. Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, Director, Department of Engineering, The Joint Commission
George Mills is the Director for the Department of Engineering at The Joint Commission. In this role, Mr. Mills provides standards interpretation and education to The Joint Commission’s Surveyors and accredited organizations, reviews equivalency requests, conducts surveys, and is a nationally recognized speaker. Previously, Mr. Mills served as Senior Engineer for the Standards Interpretation Group in the division of Accreditation and Certification Operations at The Joint Commission.
Mr. Mills has over 25 years of experience in the health care setting, and previous experience in the construction industry and structural steel fabrication. Prior to joining The Joint Commission, he served as a Director of Facilities; held national positions related to Codes and Standards, including serving as Director of Codes & Compliance for ASHE; and served as a consultant.
Mr. Mills is a Fellow with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (FASHE), a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM), a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), a Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP). He is also a past President of HESNI – a local ASHE chapter.
Mr. Mills earned an MBA from California Coast University in Santa Ana, California.
Stephen Monteiro, Emergency Management Coordinator, Children's Hospital Boston
Stephen Monterio serves as the Emergency Management Coordinator for Children's Hospital Boston. A clinically active EMT-P with over 5 years of Emergency Management experience and 11 years hospital-based EMS experience, Mr. Monteiro serves as Children's Hospital's primary liaison with local, regional, and state EMS and emergency management agencies.
Description
This unique panel discussion will bring together a standards writer, an industry expert, and an emergency response leader to discuss best practices in emergency management. The discussion will focus on how to use the standards to create a foundation for excellence by fully integrating the hospital and community response plans. This session will enable you to:
* Evaluate your current emergency response plans to identify potential gaps. * Discuss the needs of community responders and how their planning can benefit both the hospital and the community.