Fundamentals of Facility Management and Operations (B)
Track
:
FM Fundamentals
Program Code:
287394
Date:
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Time:
10:10 AM to 11:00 AM
EST
Location:
Room 217 CD, HBG CC
PRIMARY SPEAKER
:
Tom Stewart, MBA, SASHE, CHFM, CHC, Corporate Director of Facilities, Southern Illinois Healthcare
Tom Stewart is the Corporate Director of Facilities for Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) located in Carbondale, Illinois. Tom has thirty eight years of healthcare engineering experience and leads the energy conservation efforts at SIH. Tom is a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM), a Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC) a Senior level member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (SASHE), received the regional leader award for ASHE region 5, and received the ASHE Crystal Eagle award in 2011. He is co-founder of the Southern Illinois Chapter for Healthcare Engineering and a has been a speaker at local chapter meetings, National Conference on Buildling Commissioning, the Midwest Conference for Healthcare Engineering, and the 48th Annual ASHE Conference. Tom is also an ASHE Faculty member.
CO-SPEAKER
:
Jonathan Flannery, MHSA, CHFM, FASHE, Senior Associate Director of Advocacy, American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)
Jonathan Flannery, MHSA, CHFM, FASHE, serves as the Senior Associate Director of Advocacy for ASHE, playing a key role in ASHEs advocacy program, which works for better codes and standards affecting health care facilities. Jonathan has more than 23 years of health care engineering experience, is a longtime ASHE member, and continues to serve as part of ASHEs educational faculty. Jonathan began his health care engineering experience working as an architectural technician for the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., where he learned the complexities of health care construction and project management. He was promoted to supervisor of maintenance and operations at the same facility, giving him the unique opportunity to see the challenging differences between design and construction and facility operations and maintenance. Jonathan also worked as the Facility Manager of the Gallup Indian Medical Center, Indian Health Service, and most recently as the Executive Director of Engineering and Operations at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark. Jonathan has served on a number of committees as an ASHE representative, including the International Code Councils Ad Hoc Committee on Healthcare, which is working to update codes and standards affecting health care facilities.
Description
The day-to-day operations of the health care environment can be overwhelming and intimidating to the point of paralysis. This session will provide the information you need to manage the patient care environment and ensure your success as a leader in the field of health care engineering. Topics discussed will include leadership skills, effective maintenance and operational strategies, and available resources. This session will enable you to State the key components of a health care facility management program that can provide the foundation for operating and maintaining a physical environment that supports excellent care, quality service, safe and effective work, and financial success. Discuss the knowledge and skills required to manage the day-to-day operations of a health care facility.