Healthcare Facility Managers Association
of Delaware Valley, Inc.
ORGANIZED 1949
Platinum Level Affiliated Chapter of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering
Spring Conference & Technical Exhibition
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Full-day Healthcare Codes and Standards Program
Radisson Hotel in Trevose, PA.
Program Description
This one-day program will provide valuable information for those individuals who are
responsible for creating effective HFMADV’s Spring Conference & Technical Exhibition
continues to be one of the region’s outstanding venues to connect with healthcare facility
decision makers. Annually over a hundred attendees from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware have networked with exhibitors in a friendly interactive environment, where they can
realize resources and solutions to incorporate in their facilities. This event draws a diverse
audience of healthcare professionals that include Facility Managers, Administrators, Engineers,
Safety and Security Personnel, Environmental Services and Infection Control Professionals.
This is a “Do not miss this opportunity.” For the last five years the conference &
technical exhibition program has been sold out. This year’s conference and trade exhibition
will again be held at the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia, Northeast, Trevose Pa.
This program will familiarize attendees with the 2013 Joint Commission's Environment of Care,
Emergency Management & Life Safety standards, ASHE, New code Updates and provides
detailed instructions on how to efficiently integrate the throughout your healthcare facility.
Overview
The FGI Guidelines has been undergoing a major revision over the past three years. The work of the
committee is complete and the document is ready to be published in January of 2014. In this era of health care
reform many traditional design concepts are being challenged by state and federal payers, clinicians, patients,
and professionals supporting the physical environment. This session will review the work of the Health
Healthcare Facility Managers Association
of Delaware Valley, Inc.
Guidelines Revision Committee in the areas of patient safety, nursing unit design, infection control, operating
room requirements, children's hospitals, etc. The participate will:
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Describe the basics of the seven safety risk assessments included in the standards.
Explain how the standards will impact the patient experience.
Evaluate the major changes and how they will impact design of new or renovated facilities.
Tell how the integration of standards can still allow flexibility in determining how best to
deliver patient care.
Target Audience
Who should attend?
Healthcare staff from hospitals, ambulatory care centers, clinics, nursing homes, university hospitals,
mental health facilities and other health-related organizations that are required to comply with the
Joint Commission Environment of Care, Facility, Emergency Management and Life Safety standards.
Which individuals will benefit from this training?
Accreditation coordinators, safety officers, risk managers, quality management and performance
improvement directors, facility and engineering managers, directors of security, staff with hazardous
materials and emergency management responsibilities, biomedical engineering managers, fire safety
professionals in healthcare, infection control practitioners, and administrative and clinical staff who
manage others with Environment of Care, Emergency Management and Life Safety responsibilities.
Healthcare Facility Managers Association
of Delaware Valley, Inc.
Proposed Agenda:
7:30 to 8:00 AM Conference Registration
8:00- 9:30
- Anne Guglielmo 2013 - Joint Commission Updates
9:30-10:00 Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:00 – 11:15 Continue 2013 Joint Commission Updates.
11:15 – 12:00 - Doug Erickson - 2014 Guidelines – Meeting the Client's Needs
12:00PM Noon – Lunch Served in the Exhibit Hall
1:30 Continuation of Doug’s Presentation followed by Mark Kennedy ASHE President
2:00-2:30 Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
2:30 – 3:30 Mark Kennedy- ASHE President
3:30
Questions and discussion
Biographies of the Speakers:
Speaker 1:
Anne M. Guglielmo, CFPS, CHSP, LEED A.P.
Engineer
Department of Engineering
Anne Guglielmo is an Engineer in the Department of Engineering at The Joint Commission. She serves
as one of four engineers providing support for the Life Safety, Environment of Care, and Emergency
Management standards. In this role, Ms. Guglielmo provides interpretation of standards, reviews
equivalency and extension requests, reviews survey reports, conducts periodic performance review
conference calls, serves as faculty for educational programs, and conducts on-site surveys.
Ms. Guglielmo joined The Joint Commission in 2010 with 10 years experience in Fire Protection
Engineering. Prior to joining The Joint Commission, she worked as a Fire Protection Engineer in the
Design and Construction Industry. In this role, she was responsible for reviewing plans for fire
protection and life safety code compliance, field survey and documentation, preparing and presenting
project submittals, energy code compliance modeling, and project equivalency identification and
preparation.
Ms. Guglielmo is a Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS), a Certified Healthcare Safety Professional
(CHSP), and a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED A.P.)
She is a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the Society of Fire Protection
Engineers (SFPE) and the International Code Council (ICC).
Ms. Guglielmo received her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, specialized in Fire and Life
Safety Engineering, from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois.
Speaker 2:
Doug Erickson, FASHE, CHFM, HFDP, CHC
Director, Health Care doug.erickson@northstarmgmt.com
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Doug provides expertise in health care facilities planning, design and construction, as well as
national codes and standards, to Northstar projects. He brings 36 years of total industry
experience, which includes being a health care facility manager, an authority having jurisdiction,
and 26 years as the principal advocate representing the American Hospital Association
(AHA)/American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) membership on national codes
and standards and built environment committees. He is a member of ASHE, National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA), and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air
Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
Doug has represented AHA/ASHE membership on over 15 NFPA Technical Committees, which
includes NFPA 101 (Life Safety Code ©) and is the immediate past chair of NFPA 99 (Health
Care Facilities Code) and NFPA 110 (Emergency Power Supply Systems.) Doug is also the chair
of the Clinical Subcommittee of ASHRAE Standard 170 (Ventilation in Healthcare Facilities).
Doug has represented AHA/ASHE membership on over 15 NFPA Technical Committees, which
includes NFPA 101 (Life Safety Code ©) and is the immediate past chair of NFPA 99 (Health
Care Facilities Code) and NFPA 110 (Emergency Power Supply Systems.) Doug is also the chair
of the Clinical Subcommittee of ASHRAE Standard 170 (Ventilation in Healthcare Facilities).
Doug has been appointed the CEO of FGI and has an illustrious history with this organization.
He is also a founding board member of FGI and has had a leadership position with the
Guidelines since 1985 and a committee member since 1978. Doug currently chairs the 2014
edition and was the chair of the 2010 and vice-chair of the 1987, 1992/92, 1996/97, 2001 and
2006.
Doug earned his Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering at the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana and is the past Deputy Executive Director of ASHE, Director of Planning,
Design and Construction for the AHA, and the Director of Engineering for the Joint Commission
in Chicago, IL. He is a featured speaker at national and local conferences on health care facility
codes, standards, guidelines, and environmental infection control.
Speaker 3-
Mark Kenneday, MBA, CHFM, FASHE
Mr. Kenneday has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Houston in Construction
Management and an MBA from UH with a concentration in Service Marketing. He
currently holds the position of Vice Chancellor for Campus Operations at the
University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences.
Mark was elected to be the 2013 president for ASHE, The American Society for
Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association (AHA). In this role Mark
also serves in a leadership capacity on the ASHE Board of Directors.
With 30 years of experience in healthcare facilities management, Mark has served in
various committee and board roles including President of TAHFM, Texas Association of
Healthcare Facilities Management, where he now serves on their Board of Directors
with emeritus status. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Arkansas
Association of Healthcare Engineering (AAHE) as their ASHE liaison.