Concurrent Plenary: HFAP Accreditation and the Physical Environment
Track
:
Plenary Sessions
Program Code:
240
Date:
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Time:
1:45 PM to 3:00 PM
EST
Location:
GWCC, C102
PRIMARY SPEAKER
:
Brad Keyes, CHSP, Life Safety Consultant, Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
Brad Keyes, CHSP, is the owner and Senior Consultant for Keyes Life Safety Compliance and is the Senior Life Safety Consultant for the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). For HFAP, Keyes responsibilities include all areas of life safety, physical environment as well as emergency management in directing accreditation decisions and policy.
Keyes presents at national seminars, regional conferences, and audio conferences and teaches the Life Safety Boot Camp series to various groups and organizations. He is the author or coauthor of 5 HCPro books and is the Senior Editor of the Healthcare Life Safety Compliance newsletter.
Keyes has worked in the healthcare field for more than 35 years, most recently as safety officer at a large Midwest hospital. He also was one of the original Life Safety Code surveyors for The Joint Commission and has been a life safety consultant for The Greeley Company.
Description
In this session, discover why HFAP standards are closer to CMS regulations than to those of any other accrediting organizations. Explore the history of AOA/HFPA accreditation and see what separates AOA/HFAP from other accrediting organizations. This session will enable you to
Explain the origin of the HFAP accreditation process. Describe the HFAP survey process. Identify how HFAP accreditation better prepares the organization for a CMS validation survey. Explain the basic difference between HFAP and other accreditation organizations.