ASHE 50th Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition 2013
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Energizing your Environment of Care Committee
Program Code:
470
Date:
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Time:
10:10 AM to 11:00 AM
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PRIMARY SPEAKER
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about each speaker.
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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CO-SPEAKER
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Mrs. Mary Spruill, RN, CEN, Emergency Management Manager, Vidant Health
Steve Spaanbroek,
MBA, FASHE, CHFM, CHC, Managing Director,
MSL Healthcare Consulting, Inc.
Steve Spaanbroek has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare market, and focuses primarily on regulatory compliance consulting in multi-service healthcare facilities across the country. Steve has served on and chaired numerous committees with ASHE. Steve’s areas of expertise include healthcare facilities management, environmental issues, Life Safety Code, construction planning, safety, risk assessment, performance improvement, and emergency preparedness.
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Description
Is your EOC Committee stuck in the mud? Ineffective? Poorly attended? If you can answer yes to even one of these questions, this session will provide tools to remedy the situation. Learn how to build teamwork and establish a committee charter, goals, and expectations. Use these to develop metrics to keep the group on track and engaged. A case study will demonstrate the effectiveness of the process. This session will enable you to:
Explain the use, development, and value of an EOC Committee charter.
Identify potential expectations for committee membership.
Develop metrics to efficiently track the committee's progress.
Explain common EOC Committee problems identified by Joint Commission surveyors.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
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Describe the information gathered by surveyors in the review of the EOC minutes.
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Explain the use, development, and value of a committee charter.
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Identify three common problems of EOC committees.
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List strategies to address the common committee problems.