Webinars

Webinars hosted by the American Hospital Association and its business units.

Description: To support infection control and clinical care teams and satisfy accreditation compliance requirements, facilities staff in a hospital operates and maintains a variety of critical and pressurized spaces. Unfortunately, the built environment may be having a negative impact on patient…
Speakers: George Mills and Kevin Eaton   Description: The Joint Commission is now stressing the need to maximize technology during surveys to minimize contact. Many hospitals around the country still believe that surveyors prefer paper documentation and have resisted the move to electronic…
Speakers:  Jeremy Jones, PE, EDAC, LEED AP, Healthcare Market Leader, Affiliated Engineers, Inc Michelle Taylor Kerry Bennett, AIA, LEED, AP, LSSYB, HKS, Sr. Project Architect Vice President Megan Kaufman, Assistant Director of Lean Operations, Cone Health
The decision and opportunity to move central sterile supply operations off campus can present many challenges, but when done correctly it can optimize efficiency and save money for a health care system. The design team and owner who collaborated on such a facility for the University of Iowa…
This session will focus on how to successfully integrate NFPA 101-2012, Chapter 43 and NFPA 99-2012, Chapter 4 into a health care organization's construction program. The regulatory requirements will be reviewed and the presenters will share a success story of how one health care organization…
The emphasis on designing for the future while managing budgets and timelines often overshadows the focus on risk and compliance. Yale New Haven Health has incorporated a new process to address compliance in the early design phase of new construction and renovation. This includes initiatives such…
Correct definitions for LOD, how it can help owners define their standards, and what end-deliverable model content owners should expect.
Learn how the world’s most rigorous green building standard could achieve new heights in human and environmental health outcomes.