Our Core Ideology

With more than 12,000 members, ASHE is the largest association dedicated to optimizing the planning, design, construction, and operations of a health care organization’s physical facilities. As a trusted industry resource, ASHE advances the knowledge and leadership of our members as they build and maintain health care facilities, support project teams and facility management staff, and serve patients. ASHE develops valuable resources and education programs that respond to member needs, provides a unified voice for the industry through intensive advocacy efforts, provides expert consultation and advice, certifies health care facility managers and constructors, and engages members through volunteerism and content expertise.

Our Mission

Dedicated to optimizing the health care physical environment.

Our Vision

To engage stakeholders in the creation of health care environments that are optimal for healing.

Our Purpose

To advance our members’ ability to design, build, operate, and maintain a physical environment that supports excellent care; quality service; safe, efficient, and effective operations; and financial success.

Core Values

  • Integrity: Demonstrated by uncompromised dedication to being a trusted, unbiased and honest source of fact-based information and expertise while actively supporting and encouraging equity, diversity and inclusion.
  • Innovation: Demonstrated by continuing commitment to achieving the best of what is possible and serving as a trusted and respected source of evolving knowledge and practices.
  • Fellowship: Demonstrated by professional and personal pride in being part of a diverse community of excellence with a common passion for good thinking, shared experience and collective action where all members are respected and valued.
  • Stewardship: Demonstrated by our profession’s acceptance of responsibility for success of the built environment and our leadership’s accountability for effective use of our members’ involvement in their society.
  • Capacity: Demonstrated by the resources, relationships, decision systems and work processes that ensure our members receive the support they need.
  • Advocacy: Demonstrated by our engagement on behalf of our members, in matters of interest to our members.

 

Our Strategic Plan

This strategic plan was developed by the ASHE Advisory Board and staff to advance ASHE’s mission and meet member needs. This plan will guide work through 2024 and as ASHE introduces new content, advocacy initiatives, education resources, products, and services, they will support this plan.

 

Goal A: Optimization of Health Care Facility Operations
Provide members with the resources, tools and content they need to optimize health care operations.
Some examples of objectives within this goal include:
  • Develop resources and tools for technical staff and facilities managers so they can run facilities efficiently and effectively.
  • Support the field with a cross functional environmental sustainability and de-carbonization initiative.

 

Goal B: Member Inclusion
Engage with and better understand the needs of all ASHE members and respond to those needs effectively.
Some examples of objectives within this goal include:
  • Support ASHE affiliated chapters and enhance chapter relations.
  • Understand the different needs of ASHE’s diverse membership.
  • Recruit, retain and engage young professionals and established professionals entering the field of facility management.

 

Goal C: Career Advancement, Succession Planning, and Workforce
Provide training and certification programs, and other tools and resources to help ASHE members secure career advancements and ensure effective succession planning at their organizations.
Some examples of objectives within this goal include:
  • Provide relevant and aligned training and certification opportunities and educational resources for all levels of experience.
  • Develop and provide succession planning guidance, resources and training for ASHE members.

 

Goal D: Capital Planning
Provide education and assistance to ASHE members in applying best practices for planning, design and construction to enhance resilience, flexibility and preparedness.
Some examples of objectives within this goal include:
  • Provide education and training on capital planning topics most useful for ASHE members.

 

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