NSHE
Nebraska Society of Healthcare
Engineers
4th Annual Trade Show / Conference
Tracy Robinson
Region 8 Director
May 2-3 2013, Holiday Inn
Convention Center Kearney, NE.
Who’s ASHE?
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Membership makeup
Become an ASHE member
Cost
Benefits
Optimize the Health Care Physical Environment
Strategic Goals: Regulation, Reputation, and Capacity
Advocacy
Professional
Development
Networking
Information
Resource
2013 Committee Structure
Steering
Advocacy
Board Committees
Education
Chapter Relations
Task Forces
Finance
Membership
ASHE Advocacy Program
• Representation
o National
o Regional
o State
• Proactive Efforts
o Managing code and standards
Who Regulates Hospitals?
Source: American Hospital Association
http://www.aha.org/aha/trendwatch/2011/11mar-tw-costofcaring.pdf
Ways Chapters Can Help
• Report poor code interpretations through Advocacy
Highway www.ashe.org/advocacyhighway
• Designate a chapter Advocacy Liaison
• Active chapter advocacy liaison
o Participates in ASHE advocacy conference calls
o Reports ASHE advocacy news to chapter members
Repaving Work Underway
• ASHE advocacy leaders meeting with liaisons
• ASHE staff and liaisons continue to
communicate on advocacy issues
A Two-Way Street
• ASHE learns about local issues from chapter
advocacy liaisons
• Advocacy liaisons learn about national issues
from ASHE
More Ways Chapters Can Help
• Spend a few minutes of chapter meetings
discussing codes and standards issues
affecting your members.
• Actively engage state authorities (fire marshal,
licensing agencies) and organizations
(hospital, health care) – NOW, not after an
issue becomes critical.
Get Involved
• ASHE is a member-oriented organization: “We
Are ASHE.”
• Getting involved can change codes and save
your facilities money and time.
• To get involved, contact your chapter
advocacy liaison or ASHE Director of Codes
and Standards Chad Beebe:
cbeebe.aha@gmail.com
Strategic Goal: Regulation
Regulation: Our members will work in a regulatory environment
characterized by:
o Good science
o Defensible economics
o Informed policy-making
o Clear decision authority
Strategic Goal: Reputation/Capacity
Reputation: strengthen the reputation of facilities
professionals
and their strategic, operational, and business value
to the entire
enterprise.
The ASHE Institute
Certifications, Designations, and Award
Programs
Professional Designations
• Senior (SASHE)
• Fellow (FASHE)
Certifications
• Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM)
• Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC)
Awards
• Crystal Eagle Leadership Award
• Emerging Regional Leader Award
• Excellence in Facility Management
• Vista Awards Program
ASHE Education Portfolio
Certification Preparation
Workshops
Commissioning Guidelines
• About the HCFx Guidelines & Handbook
• Advantages of commissioning
• Cost savings
• ADVOCACY
o Incorporation of
HCFx Guidelines
into the FGI
ASHE Communications
• ASHE Insider (Electronic newsletter e-mailed weekly)
• Inside ASHE (Printed quarterly magazine)
• Other Communications
o Advocacy Alerts
o Issue Briefs
• Social Media
o Twitter; LinkedIn; Facebook
Just Ask ASHE
http://www.ashe.org/connect/ask-ashe/
• Keynote Speaker: James Lussier, Founder The Lussier
Center/TLC
• Education Tracks:
o Compliance Strategies
o Operational Excellence
o PDC for the Facility Manager
o Management Development
o Delivering Value
o Fundamentals
Visit www.ashe.org/annual for more information
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Keynote Speaker – Dr. Atul Gawande, author of the Checklist Manifesto
Attendee Mix: 28% A/E; 27% Construction 24% Facility, 21% Other
Summit Collaborators: ACHA, FGI, AAHID, AIA AAH, ASHRAE
Make for a rich, collaborative learning environment
2013 Highlights Video: http://www.ashe.org/PDC/
Education Tracks Presented
CHFM waivers
The “rules” on the waivers are
The awardees must be eligible for the CHFM
The awardees must be an ASHE member
The awardees must register for the CHFM
If you are interested please contact me
Tracy Robinson
trobinson@swmedcenter.com