Hospital COVID-19 Response & Preparation, with Scott Aronson

High Reliability, The Healthcare FM Podcast is brought to you by Gosselin/Martin Associates. Our show discusses the issues, challenges, and opportunities within the Facilities Management (FM) function. FM professionals keep America's hospitals safe, secure, and functioning.

With COVID-19 impacting all hospitals across the country, regardless of the status of their state's surge, we asked Scott Aronson, Senior Vice President, Security Risk + Emergency Management at Jensen Hughes, to join us. Scott leads the Security Risk + Emergency Management division for Jensen Hughes. 

In today's episode, Scott speaks to the key issues related to hospital surge and off-campus sites (2:00);  the most important planning considerations for hospitals to consider (8:00);  the downstream facility impacts of appropriately loosened CMS regulations (12:30); the top two things non-surged facilities should be doing NOW (17:23); and a look at a post-COVID-19 world (25:10).

Gosselin/Martin Associates is a leading national recruiter and educator in the discipline of healthcare facilities management. The firm works with hospitals and systems across the United States. More information can be found at gosselin-associates.com