Healthcare Facilities Network

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.  We can guarantee you that no matter your job title, you will take away several nuggets of information from this episode, which focuses on the current healthcare facilities management market and the job seeker.  It's a turbulent time in healthcare facilities management!In today's episode, we discuss:The Market;The Resume;The Interview;The Deal;The Exit.Thanks for listening!Take our Survey In light of COVID-19, we were wondering how you and your facility have fared. We prepared a brief survey, and respondents have anonymity. The link is:http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07eh4d15p3kas69qtc/start

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.  Introducing "So, You Want to Be..."In this episode of High Reliability, we introduce So, You Want to Be...,  our new podcast segment dedicated to exploring the various roles available in healthcare facilities management.  In today's first installment, we speak with Robert Hacker, Director of Facilities, Planning, Design, and Construction, Community Memorial Hospital & Ojai Valley Community Hospital, Ventura, CA. Robert will discuss his career path into the director role. Robert also owns a consulting firm, Hacker Innovative Solutions.This career-based conversation has information that all professionals will find helpful, whether you are a hospital tradesperson, supervisor, manager, director, or vice-president. If you are considering a role in healthcare facilities, this conversation is for you, too. Here, we speak to Robert about:A California COVID-19 update;From the military to healthcare;On a healthcare fact-finding mission;Dealing with differences in hospital size;The role of professional societies in career development;Career advice.Thanks for listening!Take our Survey In light of COVID-19, we were wondering how you and your facility have fared. We prepared a brief survey, and respondents have anonymity. The link is:http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07eh4d15p3kas69qtc/startWe will share the results with you, please see the following to participate....thanks!

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.  In this episode, Jared Shapiro, System Senior Director, Environmental Health & Safety at Montefiore Health System, discusses his experience dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic from the viruses' United States epicenter in the Bronx, and at Montefiore satellite locations across New York, including the very first outbreak in New Rochelle. Listen to Jared's description from the early stages of the virus to today's present state. As of May 9, the Montefiore Health System had successfully treated and released more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients. In today's episode, we cover the following areas with Jared, and more:Present update from Montefiore;Pace of work at Montefiore, staff education and response ramps up (6:30);Business as usual did not apply (14:00);Converting a conference center to patient care (17:20);The ramp-up (22:00);Healthcare futures (27:00).Thanks for listening and for more information on the Montefiore Health System, please see montefiore.org.

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.In this episode Gordon Burrill, President of Teegor Consulting, joins us. Gordon is a Registered Professional Engineer with 30 years of experience in the design, construction, maintenance, and operations of healthcare facilities. He has trained healthcare facilities management and construction personnel throughout Canada and the United States and has been a technical speaker at several National and International events, including ASHE.In today's episode, we cover the following areas with Gordon, and more:Gordon's update from across the border (1:00)A global COVID-19 perspective (7:20)Some of the biggest challenges hospitals face (16:00)The virus, air handlers, and amazing facility responses (19:30)Future views and regulatory relationships (25:00)Thanks for listening.  If you have comments on this episode or suggestions for a future show topic, please reach out to me at peter@gosselin-associates.com.For more information on Teegor Consulting, please see teegor.comAbout Us: 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

High Reliability, The Healthcare FM Podcast is brought to you by Gosselin/Martin Associates. The show discusses the issues, challenges, and opportunities within the Facilities Management (FM) function. FM professionals keep America's hospitals safe, secure, and functioning.Today we are joined by Vance Vinson, Director of Facilities at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, OH. Miami Valley Hospital has 946 beds across 3.5 million square feet of space. Vance has worked in healthcare facilities management for more than 20 years.In today's episode, we cover the following areas with Vance, and more:Musical interlude to begin;A day in the life (2:50);Staff, the virus, and early assumptions (6:50);A surprising discovery (14:00);Lessons learned and best practices (25:00).Thanks for listening.  If you have comments on this episode or suggestions for a future show topic, please reach out to me at peter@gosselin-associates.com.About Us: 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

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 hospitals across the country, we asked Steve Spaanbroek, a founding partner of MSL Healthcare Partners, to join us. Steve has over 28 years of national consulting experience in the Environment of Care and Facilities Management. Steve was formerly the Director of Facilities Consulting for Premier, Inc.In today's episode, we cover the following areas with Steve, and more:Could pre-planning have anticipated COVID-19 (5:40);Lessons learned from the Space Program (10:10);Are there recurring COVID-19 client themes (14:10);What's next, Part I (19:00);Repurposing construction (21:40).Thanks for listening.  If you have comments on this episode or suggestions for a future show topic, please reach out to me at peter@gosselin-associates.com.Listen to MSL Healthcare Partners podcast, Compliance for the Sake of the Patient on Apple podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/compliance-for-the-sake-of-the-patient/id1473802280. About Us: 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

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