/ en Mon, 28 Apr 2025 04:52:40 -0500 Mon, 14 Apr 25 14:35:38 -0500 /news/headline/2025-04-14-ashe-releases-2025-hospital-construction-survey <p>Achieving operational and survey readiness on day one is an issue that many health care facilities professionals continue to grapple with, according to findings from the 2025 Hospital Construction Survey conducted annually by the American Society for Health Care Engineering鈥檚 Health Facilities Management magazine. In addition to tracking yearly data on new construction, renovation, infrastructure and technology projects trending at health care organizations across the U.S., this year鈥檚 survey explores the myriad strategies hospitals use to ensure new projects operate as they were originally designed and examines the most common barriers facilities overcome to meet that goal. <a href="https://www.hfmmagazine.com/2025-hospital-construction-survey-results">READ MORE</a></p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:35:38 -0500 Planning, Design, and Construction /career-resources/certification-center/chc <div> /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar */ .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 25px auto; } .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: absolute; bottom: 40px; color: #003087; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8); width: 100%; padding: 20px 40px; font-size: 3em; box-shadow: 0 3px 8px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6); } @media (max-width:991px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 2.5em; } } @media (max-width:767px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { font-size: 2em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; } } @media (max-width:530px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: relative; background-color: #63666A22; } } <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-04/aha-cc-chc-banner-image-1170x250.png" alt="Banner Image"><div><h1>Certified Health Care Constructor (CHC)</h1></div></header></div><div class="row"> p.center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; margin-bottom:25px; } <div class="col-md-9"><p class="center_Lead">Take your career in health care construction to the next level - become a Certified Health Care Constructor (CHC). This health care certification program demonstrates your proficiency in the unique and regulated environment of health care construction sites, making you stand out as an expert in your field.</p><p class="center_Lead">Showcase your knowledge and expertise about the fundamental difficulty of construction in health care settings, your understanding of the planning, design, and construction process, special safety precautions necessary in the health care setting, and financial stewardship of complex construction projects.</p><p class="center_Lead">Learn more about how to get CHC certified or how to renew your <a href="#Certifications" title="Jump to Health Care Certifications For Professional Development">certification below</a> or visit <a href="https://www.ashe.org/resources/chcexamprep" target="_blank" title="Visit American Society For Health Care Engineering (ASHE) | Certified Health Care Constructor Resources">American Society for Health Care Engineering</a> (ASHE).</p></div><div class="col-md-3"><div><h4 class="text-align-center"><a href="/career-resources/certification-center" title="黑料正能量 Association Certification Center (AHA-CC)">黑料正能量 Association Certification Center (AHA-CC)</a></h4><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-08/CHC_logo_250x250_new_2023.png" alt="Certified Health Care Constructor (CHC) Logo"><ul><li><a href="#Resources" title="Here you will find links to forms, documents, and other relevant content"><strong>Program Resources</strong></a></li><li>P: <a href="(312) 422-3702" title="Call the Certification team">(312) 422-3702</a></li><li>E: <a href="mailto:certification@aha.org?subject=Info%20about%20the%20AHA%20Certification%20Center:%20CHC" title="Email the Certification team">certification@aha.org</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="row" id="Certifications"> /* PFLmenu */ .PFLmenu { margin: 20px auto; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #afb1b1; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .9em; width: 100%; } .PFLmenu .PFLMenuBar { border: 1px solid #5fa1d0; padding: 5px 10px; overflow: auto; width: fit-content; margin: auto; } .PFLmenu .PFLMenuBar .PFLmenuGroup a:after { content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #9d2235; font-weight: 700; } .PFLmenu .PFLMenuBar .PFLmenuGroup a:last-child:after { content: ""; } .PFLmenu a.PFLmenuHome { text-transform: uppercase; color: #63666A; font-weight: 700; } .PFLmenu a.PFLmenuHome:hover { color: #9d2235; } .PFLmenu .PFLmenuGroup { float: right; } .PFLmenu .PFLmenuHome, .PFLmenu .PFLmenuParent { text-transform: ; color: #63666A; opacity: .9; } .PFLmenu .PFLmenuParent { float: ; font-weight: 700; } .PFLmenu .PFLmenuChild {} .PFLmenu .PFLmenuCurrent { opacity: .7; } .PFLmenu .PFLmenuHome:hover, .PFLmenu .PFLmenuParent:hover { text-transform: ; color: #9d2235; } .PFLmenu .PFLmenuActive { font-weight: 500; color: #9d2235; } /* PFLmenu // */ <div class="PFLmenu"><div class="PFLMenuBar"><div class="PFLmenuGroup"><a class="PFLmenuParent" href="#Qualify" title="Jump to: Do I Qualify for Certification">Do I Qualify for Certification</a> <a class="PFLmenuParent" href="#Logistics" title="Jump to: Testing Logistics">Testing Logistics</a> <a class="PFLmenuParent" href="#Process" title="Jump to: Recertification Process">Recertification Process</a> <a class="PFLmenuParent" href="#Study" title="Jump to: Study Resources">Study Resources</a></div></div></div></div> .SessionWrapper { border: solid 1px #aaa; margin-bottom: 20px; } h2.SessionTitle { font-weight: 700; background-color: #003087; color: #fff; padding: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 33px; } .SessionEvents { margin-bottom: 30px; } .SessionEvents br { margin-bottom: 10px; } .SessionEvents h3 { font-size: 30px; } .SessionEvents h4 { color: #9d2235; } .SessionEvents ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; } .SessionEvents ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 16px; } .SessionEvents ul li::before { content: " "; font-size: 1em; margin-right: 10px; display: inline-block; height: 12px; background-color: #9d2235; width: 12px; position: relative; top: 0px; } .SessionEvents ul li { padding-left: 23px; text-indent: -23px; } <div class="row SessionWrapper" id="Qualify"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Do I Qualify for Certification?</h2><div class="SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><h3 id="Researchers">Eligibility for the examination requires <span>ONE</span> of the following:</h3><ul><li>Baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited college or university plus five (5) years of associated construction experience*, five (5) years of which must have been working on health care construction projects, three (3) years of management/supervisory/administrative experience, and work experience on health care construction projects within the last three (3) years.</li><li>Associate degree from an accredited college or university plus seven (7) years of associated construction experience*, five (5) years of which must have been working on health care construction projects, three (3) years of management/supervisory/administrative experience, and work experience on health care construction projects within the last three (3) years.</li><li>High school diploma or equivalent plus ten (10) years of associated construction experience*, five (5) years of which must have been working on health care construction projects, three (3) years of management/supervisory/administrative experience, and work experience on health care construction projects within the last three (3) years.</li></ul><p><em><small>*Associated construction experience refers to work experience in the following functional areas: Construction/project management, estimating, planning, marketing, project superintendent or foreman, architect/engineer design, or design and construction position within a health care organization.</small></em></p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="row SessionWrapper" id="Logistics"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Testing Logistics</h2><div class="SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"> <img alt="medical staff with hand to head" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/spg_job_stressor_400.png"> </div>--><p>The 黑料正能量 Association Certification Center contracts with PSI to administer its certification exams.</p><p>Eligible candidates <a href="http://ams.aha.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=AHACertApply&ct1_credential=CHC&ct2_process=CHC_APP" title="Apply">must apply</a> to take the exam with the 黑料正能量 Association Certification Center. Once the candidate purchases their exam, they can schedule their exam with PSI through the <a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?webkey=c2d2b8a9-0b78-4ff4-88c2-1fd4ebbd2302" title="AHA Certification Portal">AHA Certification Portal</a>. Candidates can schedule their exam with PSI at an approved <a href="https://home.psiexams.com/#/test-center?p=NGH9CHWN" title="Find an Exam Center">testing center</a> or they can schedule a <a href="https://www.psiexams.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PM-Online-Proctoring-Full-Guide.pdf" target="_blank" title="PSI | Testing Excellence: Online Proctoring Guide">live-remote proctored</a> exam with PSI.</p><p>If you need to reschedule an exam, log in to the <a href="http://ams.aha.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=AHACertApply&ct1_credential=CHC&ct2_process=CHC_APP" target="_blank" title="Online Certification Management Portal">Online Certification Management Portal</a>.</p><h3>Exam cost:</h3><ul><li>$400 for ASHE members</li><li>$570 for non-members</li><li>Eligible veterans can have the cost of their <a href="https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/how-to-use-benefits/test-fees/" target="_blank" title="U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs| Get paid back for test fees">exam reimbursed</a></li></ul><p>Candidates that pass their exam can expect to receive their official certification from the 黑料正能量 Association Certification Center two to four weeks after their testing date. Please contact the <a href="mailto:certification@aha.org?subject=Info%20about%20the%20AHA%20Certification%20Center:%20CHC" title="Email the Certification team">黑料正能量 Association Certification Center</a> if you have questions about a certification or need the receipt for the exam for your records.</p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="row SessionWrapper" id="Process"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Recertification Process</h2><div class="SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><h3>Certificants can renew their certification in <span>two</span> ways:</h3><ul><li><strong>Option 1:</strong> Track and renew your CE credits by logging into your <a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?webkey=c2d2b8a9-0b78-4ff4-88c2-1fd4ebbd2302" target="_blank" title="Certification Portal">Certification Portal</a> and <a href="/system/files/media/file/2019/05/AHA_CC-CHC-QualifyingActivities.pdf" target="_blank" title="AHA CC CHC Qualifying Activities">documenting 45 qualifying contact hours</a> over your three-year certification period.</li><li><strong>Option 2:</strong> Successfully pass the CHC exam.</li></ul><p>Certificants may submit their renewal <span><strong>one year</strong></span> before the current expiration date. However, if you submit your application early, that will not change the expiration date or extend the next renewal cycle. Your 45 contact hours must fall within the three-year certification dates.</p><h3>Renewal fees:</h3><ul><li>$135 for ASHE members</li><li>$225 for non-members</li></ul><p><em><small>Additional $50 if renewing in the 30 days after your expiration date.</small></em></p><p><em><small>You can submit your certification renewal up to 30 days after your expiration date with a $50 late fee. However, you cannot submit CECs you earned during this 30-day extended grace period. If you do not submit your renewal by the end of the 30-days, you will have to retake and successfully pass the exam to reinstate your credential.</small></em></p><p><em><small>The 黑料正能量 Association Certification Center may grant an extension of time to a certificant to complete the number of Continuing Education Credits (CECs) required for a recertification cycle. An extension of time shall not relieve the applicant of the responsibility for completion of the recertification requirements for the cycle in which the extension period falls. A certificant with a credential in Revoked status is NOT eligible to request an extension.</small></em></p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="row SessionWrapper" id="Study"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Study Resources</h2><div class="SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><ul><li>Review the <a href="https://www.ashe.org/resources/chcexamprep" target="_blank" title="ASHE | Certified Health Care Constructor Resources">ASHE resource page</a> to see a list of materials and classes offered for CHC exam preparation.</li><li>Take the <a href="https://www.psionlinestore.com/aha/" target="_blank" title="psi Testing Excellence | AHA (黑料正能量 Association Certification Center)">SAE-Self Assessment Exam</a>, an online test that parallels the actual certification exam.</li></ul></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div> .y-hr3 div:nth-child(2){ border-top: solid 2px lightgrey; margin: 25px 0px } <div class="row y-hr3"><div class="col-md-3"> </div><div class="col-md-6"> </div><div class="col-md-3"> </div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12" id="Resources"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Program Resources</h2></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6"><h3>Quick Links</h3><ul><li><a href="http://www.ashe.org/" target="_blank">ASHE</a></li><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2019/05/AHA_CC-CHC-Handbook.pdf" target="_blank" title="AHA CC CHC Handbook">Candidate Handbook</a></li><li><a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?site=aha&WebCode=runreports&RedirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fams.aha.org%2Feweb%2FReports%2FReportStart.aspx%3FReportKey%3Dc61e4e61-dc4e-4cc3-a20c-790963bebfd3%26cpg_code%3Dchc%26new_certs%3Dno&_ga=2.199204456.659228337.1510064521-1173483709.1482348745" target="_blank" title="Credential Verification">Credential Verification</a></li><li><a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?webkey=c2d2b8a9-0b78-4ff4-88c2-1fd4ebbd2302" target="_blank" title="Certification Portal">Certification Portal</a></li></ul></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6"><h3>Forms</h3><ul><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/11/AHA-CC-W9.pdf" target="_blank" title="View the W9">W9</a></li><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/02/AHA_CC-Pin-Cert-form.pdf" target="_blank" title="View the Certificate/Pin Order Form">Certificate/Pin Order Form</a></li><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/05/AHA_CC-Logo-form.pdf" target="_blank" title="View the Logo Order Form">Logo Order Form</a></li></ul></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-12"><h3>Health Care Certifications</h3><ul><li><a href="/career-resources/certification-center#PatientSafety" title="Patient Safety Professionals">Patient Safety Professionals</a></li><li><a href="/career-resources/certification-center#EnvironmentalServices" title="Environmental Services Professionals">Environmental Services Professionals</a></li><li><a href="/career-resources/certification-center#Facilities" title="Facilities Professionals">Facilities Professionals</a></li><li><a href="/career-resources/certification-center#Construction" title="Construction">Construction</a></li><li><a href="/career-resources/certification-center#SupplyChain" title="Supply Chain">Supply Chain</a></li></ul></div></div></div> Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:28:47 -0500 Planning, Design, and Construction /education-events/harnessing-healthcare-academic-capital-project-management-data-ucmc-lunch-learn <p><a class="btn btn-block btn-primary" href="https://smithbucklin.zoom.us/rec/share/vk1YlZCYXcNgwjD4eHzfHgxEkCZn_GOvbjBlYZhlBkuxB0XuwFD55MqWIzR5ttso.S0ApClsanFwq2vF_?startTime=1696525204000" role="button" target="_BLANK">View On-Demand Recording</a></p><p>The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC), a nationally ranked academic medical institution, digitally transformed its capital project management processes to improve efficiency, collaboration, cost-effectiveness, and project outcomes. In this webinar, leaders of UCMC鈥檚 digital innovation provide insight into the benefits of combining healthcare and academic capital project management data for optimal program results.</p><h3><small>Learning Outcomes: </small></h3><ol><li>Review highlights of UCMC's capital program </li><li>Identify how UCMC initiated digital innovations to be able to deliver projects on time and on budget </li><li>Pinpoint the benefits of using both healthcare and academic capital project management data for cross-project visibility and efficiency</li><li>Understand key components of digital project delivery and their impact on collaboration and project outcomes</li></ol><h3><small>Speakers: </small></h3><p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/trimble-speaker-zamer-100x100.jpg" data-entity-uuid="26565155-4b53-488a-a72e-ff013e4b980c" data-entity-type="file" alt="Anthony Zamer" width="100" height="100" class="align-left">Anthony Zamer (Assistant Director, Program Management University of Chicago) joined Chicago House鈥檚 Board of Trustees in January 2022. He currently serves as Director of Program Management at University of Chicago Medicine, managing capital renovations and new construction. Anthony began his career in Chicago with a nonprofit real estate developer focusing on low-income housing.</p><p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/trimble-speaker-urban-100x100.jpg" data-entity-uuid="3ce3ba8f-8eb1-4619-9a30-e86f5cf69512" data-entity-type="file" alt="Peter Urban" width="100" height="100" class="align-left">Peter Urban is Vice President with KFA, Inc. and a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP). With a degree in architecture and over twenty (20) years鈥� experience, he is a specialist in software solutions for design, construction, and facility management, with a focus on program and project management solutions for large and complex capital programs. </p> Thu, 05 Oct 2023 10:37:06 -0500 Planning, Design, and Construction /sponsored-executive-dialogues/2022-11-30-/building-patient-centered-continuum-care-future <div> </div>header.jumbotron {display:none} <div> /* center_body */ .center_body { /*margin-top:50px;*/ /* margin-bottom: 50px;*/ } .center_body h3 {} .center_body p { font-size: 16px } p.center_Intro { color: #002855; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 30px; margin: 10px 0 25px 0; font-weight: 700; font-size: 2em; } @media (max-width:768px) { p.center_Intro { line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 23px; font-size: 1.45em; } } .center_body .center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; } /* center_body // */ /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar */ .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 25px auto; } .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: absolute; bottom: 40px; color: #003087; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8); width: 100%; padding: 20px 40px; font-size: 3em; box-shadow: 0 3px 8px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6); } @media (max-width:991px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 2.5em; } } @media (max-width:767px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { font-size: 2em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; } } @media (max-width:530px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: relative; background-color: #63666A22; } } /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar // */ <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img src="/sites/default/files/2022-11/DPRConstruction_1170x250_banner.png" alt="Banner Image" width="1170" height="250"><div><h1>Building the Patient-Centered Continuum of Care of the Future</h1></div></header>/* CntMenuSub */ .CntMenuSub{ margin:20px 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #afb1b1; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar{ border-bottom: 1px solid lightblue; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar a:after{ content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #555; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar a:last-child:after{ content: ""; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubHome, .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent{ text-transform: uppercase; color: #555; opacity: .9; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent{ } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubChild{ } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubCurrent{ opacity: .7; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubHome:hover, .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent:hover{ text-transform: uppercase; color: #d50032; } /* CntMenuSub // */ <div class="container CntMenuSub"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10 row CntMenuBar"><a class="CntMenuSubHome" href="/education-events/aha-virtual-executive-dialogues">Executive Dialogues</a> <span class="CntMenuSubChild" id="CntMenuSubChild">Building The Patient-Centered Continuum Of Care Of The Future</span></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div><div class="row spacer"><div class="col-sm-3"><div><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/11/DPRConstruction_PatientCentered_ExeDialogue_113022.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2022-11/DPRConstruction_coverimage_910x1220.jpg" alt="Executive Dialogue | Building The Patient-Centered Continuum Of Care Of The Future: Strategies to support the workforce and minimize patient care disruptions during construction" width="100%" height="100%"></a></div></div><div class="col-sm-9 center_body">.sponsortype { color: #9d2235; font-size: 1.5em; margin: 0px; font-weight: 700; } <p class="sponsortype">Executive Dialogue</p><h2>Strategies to support the workforce and minimize patient care disruptions during construction</h2><p>Health systems are expanding into the community with different models and making capital investments to elevate their capabilities to deliver patient care and better support their clinical care teams. These investments can serve as a change agent to address historic stressors in the environment of care, operational workflows and technology. However, deploying these capital projects often causes disruption to existing operations that can elevate stress for front-line workers if not carefully planned and executed. 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Embed break areas in the units.</li><li><strong>Go Lean </strong>Use lean processes with performance improvement teams and clinicians to design the build-out to improve patient flow.</li><li><strong>Keep Staff Safe </strong>Ensure that security of staff and patients is a top priority. 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class="more-link"><a href="/aha-knowledge-exchange-archive">View All: AHA Knowledge Exchange</a></div> </section> </div> </div></div> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:52:02 -0600 Planning, Design, and Construction /education-events/building-patient-centered-continuum-care-future <h2>Strategies to support the workforce and minimize patient care disruptions</h2> <p>Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, 12 p.m. 鈥� 1 p.m. Central</p> <p><em>Hosted by the 黑料正能量 Association in partnership with DPR Construction</em></p> <p>Explore strategies for health care organizations to meaningfully engage and support their workforce during capital project developments and learn best practices to improve workforce mental health, staff satisfaction and retention during times of operational disruption. Join your hospital and health system executive peers in this virtual discussion.</p> <p><strong>What We鈥檒l Discuss</strong></p> <ul> <li>On a recent capital project deployment, what would you have done differently to better support your care teams during the disruption on your campus and other care settings?</li> <li>As an organization, how do you evaluate staff satisfaction during potentially disruptive capital projects? What leading measures have you found most insightful?</li> <li>How do you meaningfully engage your workforce in capital project planning to mitigate disruption?</li> </ul> Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:34:50 -0500 Planning, Design, and Construction /aha-center-health-innovation-market-scan/2022-08-02-cleveland-clinic-university-hospitals-dei <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <p><img alt="Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals DEI Supplier Accelerator Program Aims to Level the Playing Field. A construction worker in reflective vest holding a hard hat safety helmet under her arm looks at blueprints she is holding unfurled in her hands." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="bf3fd471-be5e-448c-8f19-0e235a569bd7" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Cleveland-Clinic-University-Hospitals-DEI-Supplier-Accelerator-Program.jpg" width="620" height="381"></p> <p>Fatima Ware faced many challenges when she began her career in the male-dominated sheet metal industry. 鈥淭here was one Black woman, and it was me,鈥� she recently told a Cleveland television station.</p> <p>Determined to create change, Ware kept moving forward. Today, she鈥檚 president, CEO and owner of WTD Mechanical, a company that specializes in installing heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems for commercial and residential clients. WTD is one of five Cleveland area companies chosen to take part in Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals鈥� newly launched <a href="https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2022/07/25/cleveland-clinic-and-university-hospitals-launch-new-accelerator-program-to-support-economic-equity-and-growth-for-local-diverse-suppliers/?mkt_tok=NzEwLVpMTC02NTEAAAGF5G3OalJZSPvpbdNZFP_vwxzDToPaxogV3oPLQApFr9EbVydjdrsxy8bjnRuW4SoldH8gh4NcY-L-jMsP7EI" target="_blank" title="Cleveland Clinic Newsroom: Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals Launch New Accelerator Program to Support Economic Equity and Growth for Local Diverse Suppliers">Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Supplier Accelerator program</a>.</p> <p>The business development mentorship program will give underrepresented entrepreneurs like Ware a better chance at landing construction jobs as health systems continue to renovate and build. The program also helps support business leaders in the LGBTQ+ community and companies headed by Black, Hispanic and other people of color, women and veterans.</p> <p>To help participants grow their companies and be competitive in the market, the six-month training program offers:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Business development coaching and learning the sourcing process of large corporations.</strong></li> <li><strong>Direct access to leaders from the two health systems and other subject matter experts.</strong></li> <li><strong>Networking opportunities with decision-makers at both systems, key suppliers and community organizations.</strong></li> <li><strong>Comprehensive business review to provide feedback for growing and developing businesses.</strong></li> <li><strong>A $10,000 cash prize upon program completion.</strong></li> </ul> <p>As the health care organizations support participants in achieving their goals, leaders believe the effort will create a positive ripple effect in the community, notes Steve Downey, chief supply chain and patient support services officer at Cleveland Clinic.</p> <h2>Learn More</h2> <p><em>The AHA and its member hospitals and health systems have launched a variety of initiatives to promote DEI throughout all areas of operations. Visit the AHA Institute for <a href="/resources/diversity-and-inclusion">Diversity and Health Equity webpage</a> for case studies, podcasts, webinars and other resources to help advance your DEI programs.</em></p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <p><a href="/center" title="Visit the AHA Center for Health Innovation landing page."><img alt="AHA Center for Health Innovation logo" data-entity- data-entity-uuid="7ade6b12-de98-4d0b-965f-a7c99d9463c5" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/logo-aha-innovation-center-color-sm.jpg" type="file" class="align-center"></a></p> <a href="/center/form/innovation-subscription"><img alt data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src="/sites/default/files/2019-04/Market_Scan_Call_Out_360x300.png"></a></div> </div> </div> <p><strong> .field_featured_image { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } .featured-image{ position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } </strong></p> Tue, 02 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0500 Planning, Design, and Construction /education-events/lunch-learn-series-top-safety-challenges-during-occupied-healthcare-renovations <p>Join us and a panel of industry experts as we discuss solutions for common safety challenges during occupied healthcare renovations. From common pre-planning challenges like ICRA collaboration to challenges which often emerge within the first weeks of a project, such as dust and debris containment and ILSM adherence, our panelists will offer actionable advice, tips and solutions.</p> <h4>Speakers</h4> <ul> <li><strong>Dr. Janet Haas</strong> - Principal Consulting Epidemiologist, Innovative Infection Prevention & Former APIC President</li> <li><strong>Josh Brackett</strong> (PE, SASHE, CHFM) - System Regulatory Director of Facilities Operations, Banner Health</li> <li><strong>Paul Guttman</strong> - AEC-Construction Services Senior Project Manager, University of Michigan</li> <li><strong>Bill Cooper</strong> - Senior Vice President of Sales, STARC Systems</li> </ul> <h4>Learning Objectives</h4> <ul> <li>ICRA, SRA and ILSM: planning and adherence</li> <li>Dust, debris and dangerous pathogen control</li> <li>Anticipating human behavior</li> <li>Navigating fire-rated wall requirements</li> <li>Temporary containment documentation and best practices</li> </ul> Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:32:02 -0500 Planning, Design, and Construction /news/healthcareinnovation-thursday-blog/2021-06-24-innovative-approach-emergency-mental-health-care <p><img alt="#healthcareinnovation Thursday" src="/sites/default/files/2019-11/innovation-blog-banner-900.jpg" /></p> <p>At M Health Fairview in Minnesota, we鈥檝e created a unique approach to emergency mental health care by using thoughtful design with evidence-based techniques. This pioneering new treatment model offers rapid, comprehensive care services in a calming environment and is improving care and outcomes for people with mental health issues.</p> <p>EmPATH 鈥� or Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing 鈥� is designed to guide patients safely through a current crisis while building coping skills that will guide them through future challenges. Though it just opened in March, this unit is moving emergency mental health care in a new and exciting direction.</p> <h2>A Patient-Centric Model that Balances Safety and Patient Empowerment</h2> <p>EmPATH is a different approach to emergency mental health care. Everything 鈥� from the unit design to the evidence-based techniques our providers use 鈥� puts patients first.</p> <p>The EmPATH approach is intended to address emergency mental health needs and improve patient outcomes. To accomplish this, each EmPATH is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of mental health specialists, including psychiatrists, licensed therapists and psychiatric nurses.</p> <blockquote> <h4>This approach gives each person space and time to calm themselves as our care team begins meeting their treatment needs.</h4> </blockquote> <p>After a short medical evaluation, patients come to EmPATH鈥檚 calming, living-room-style environment: a shared, open space equipped with comfortable recliners and self-serve refreshment stations. When they arrive, patients have access to tablet computers equipped to provide guided meditation, therapeutic programs and nontriggering entertainment options. This approach gives each person space and time to calm themselves as our care team begins meeting their treatment needs.</p> <p>The EmPATH service also features four sensory rooms with special lighting and sounds or music, all of which can be controlled by the patient. The unit鈥檚 innovative format and design give the mental health team the opportunity to better assess patients across time. And we鈥檙e finding the sensory rooms help patients adopt new coping skills. The unit offers a comfortable, soothing and healing environment for patients, who feel more like guests.</p> <p>All patients discharged from the EmPATH have an appointment with an outpatient provider prescheduled. Whenever possible, these appointments are set within 72 hours of discharge from EmPATH following a consult with the existing or new provider. If an appointment cannot be scheduled within 72 hours, an interim appointment is scheduled with our Transition Clinic to help the patient avoid a reescalation of the crisis or symptoms. All patients receive a caring contact via telephone after being discharged from EmPATH and before their first outpatient care appointment.</p> <h2>Design That Enhances a Commitment to Mental Health Care</h2> <p>M Health Fairview is deeply committed to caring for the mental health and addiction needs of the Upper Midwest region. EmPATH will supplement, not replace, other types of mental health care.</p> <p>鈥淭he space itself is a vital part of the care. The open layout and calming atmosphere stand in contrast to hectic emergency departments,鈥� said Richard Levine, M.D., M Health Fairview鈥檚 medical director of adult behavioral outpatient services and an emergency medicine physician and psychiatrist. 鈥淭he design enhances our emergency mental health care and allows our care teams to do what they do best 鈥� focus on mental health and well-being.鈥�</p> <p>Our first <a href="https://mhealthfairview.org/blog/minnesotas-first-empath-opens-march-29-at-m-health-fairview-southdale-hospital" target="_blank">EmPATH service</a> 鈥� and the first in Minnesota 鈥� is located at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital. Future pediatric and adult EmPATH services are planned for M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center.</p> <p><em>Lewis Zeidner, Ph.D., is system director, clinical triage and transition services, at M Health Fairview.</em></p> Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:51:28 -0500 Planning, Design, and Construction /aha-center-health-innovation-market-scan/2021-05-18-lessons-learned-pandemic-planning-hospitals <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <p><img alt="Lessons Learned from the Pandemic: Planning Hospitals of the Future. An image of a virtual building and blueprints." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3a39d0ce-b090-423e-a438-9222cfce4903" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/ms_051621_item1_Hospital_of_Future_620_1912946.jpg" width="620" height="381"></p> <p>Knowledge gained during the pandemic will be used in many ways to shape health care鈥檚 future, and one of the most important will be in facility design. Lessons learned can be applied to finding ways to rapidly scale surge capacity, leverage technology to optimize the efficiency of clinical teams and update critical infrastructure to improve response in future crises.</p> <p>For health care executives, this may require looking at some investments differently, resetting priorities and scrutinizing new technologies more carefully, as noted in a new AHA Center for Health Innovation Transformation Talks video, <a href="/aha-transformation-talks">鈥淟essons Learned from the Pandemic and Future Facilities Planning.鈥�</a></p> <p>Ongoing market shifts in how and where care is delivered will influence future designs. With lower-acuity care increasingly moving to outpatient settings and surgery centers and the rise in retail clinics and virtual care services, there will be significant ramifications for acute care and specialty hospitals. Many facilities will require even greater space flexibility, says Chad Beebe, deputy executive director of the AHA鈥檚 American Society for Health Care Engineering.</p> <p>In the video, Beebe, Bradley Pollitt, vice president of facilities at the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, and Brian Cohen, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon, share insights on designing with flexibility and infection prevention in mind, the value of modular construction and modular units during peak surges, and the need to evaluate new technologies and solutions on the entire</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <p><a href="/center" title="Visit the AHA Center for Health Innovation landing page."><img alt="AHA Center for Health Innovation logo" data-entity- data-entity-uuid="7ade6b12-de98-4d0b-965f-a7c99d9463c5" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/logo-aha-innovation-center-color-sm.jpg" type="file" class="align-center"></a></p> <a href="/center/form/innovation-subscription"><img alt data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src="/sites/default/files/2019-04/Market_Scan_Call_Out_360x300.png"></a></div> </div> </div> .field_featured_image { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } .featured-image{ position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } Tue, 18 May 2021 06:45:23 -0500 Planning, Design, and Construction /education-events/value-based-construction-next-evolution-health-care-facilities <div class="webreplay"> .webreplay{ border: solid 2px #777; padding: 15px 5px; margin: 0 0 10px 15px; } @media (min-width:360px){ .webreplay{ min-width: 290px; float: right; } } <h2><small>On-demand Webinar</small></h2> MktoForms2.loadForm("//sponsors.aha.org", "710-ZLL-651", 1247); </div> <p><strong>Value-Based Construction: The Next Evolution of Health Care Facilities </strong></p> <p><strong>Wednesday, June 23, 2021 </strong><br /> <em>1 - 2 p.m. Eastern; noon - 1 p.m.鈥疌entral;鈥�10 - 11 a.m. Pacific  </em></p> <p> </p> <p>Value-based health care continues to be key to enhancing health care across the nation. Improving outcomes and creating value for patients, providers and payers is an enormous paradigm shift, one that can change the fortunes of the American health care field and transform the lives of patients from coast to coast.  <br />  <br /> The next evolution of this paradigm shift is to extend the tenets of value-based care to health care facilities. Value-based construction (VBC), defined as applying value-based care principles to the way health care systems contract and complete construction work, can help control costs, maintain and improve facility performance, and deliver quality care through collaboration and data. </p> <p>Join Mark Kenneday, former ASHE president and Gordian鈥檚 director of healthcare market strategy and development, and Scott Creekmore Gordian鈥檚 vice president of healthcare as they explore a new approach that shifts away from the fee-for-service model of health care construction to a value-based model.  The approach focuses on a future where hospitals and health systems partner with contractors that help achieve their stewardship projects, where facilities costs are more transparent and budgets are firmer, and where they can consistently deliver the outcomes patients need. </p> <p paraeid="{b6667112-8aac-475a-8c39-cae1485c04e3}{173}" paraid="1773578828"><br /> <strong>Attendees Will Learn: </strong></p> <ul role="list"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="飩�" data-listid="1" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{c6db64f1-baef-45f1-b445-29434d0bea73}{7}" paraid="1797244649">A collaborative value-based approach to construction using data and software to create a more flexible and adaptable health care facility.  </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="飩�" data-listid="1" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{c6db64f1-baef-45f1-b445-29434d0bea73}{24}" paraid="1782204619">Alternatives to the fee-for-service model of construction.  </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="飩�" data-listid="1" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{c6db64f1-baef-45f1-b445-29434d0bea73}{37}" paraid="181667304">How verified construction procurement data can help control costs.  <br />  </p> </li> </ul> <p paraeid="{c6db64f1-baef-45f1-b445-29434d0bea73}{52}" paraid="1123075277"><strong>Speaker: </strong><br /> <br /> Mark Kenneday  <br /> <em>Director of Healthcare Market Strategy and Development   </em><br /> <strong>Gordian</strong><br /> <br /> Scott Creekmore<br /> <em>Vice President, Healthcare</em><br /> <strong>Gordian</strong></p> Mon, 03 May 2021 15:24:41 -0500 Planning, Design, and Construction