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.  This episode covers a different topic: Stress in healthcare facilities management. Stress is on the rise for many in the discipline, including those who have been in the role for the entirety of their career. From diminishing budgets to a lack of employees, from increasing regulation to unrealistic demands, facility professionals are speaking to the toll of stress. So, because stress is such an integral part of facilities work, we view stress through the lens of healthcare facilities management.  This is an important topic.Our guest is Patricia Arcari, PhD, RN, AHN-BC. Patty is the Program Manager for Meditation and Mindfulness at the Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living at Dana Farber Cancer Center in Boston, MA. She is also a Visiting Scholar at Boston College. Patty has created novel meditation, mindfulness, and mind/body resilience programming for patients, staff, and students. She is board-certified as an Advanced Holistic Nurse and a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Integrative Nursing. She has practiced holistic nursing for over 20 years in clinical, training, and research capacities. In this episode, we discuss the following:What is stress (6:00);Resilience (18:00);The stress toolbox, strategies to address stress at the moment (24:00);Is mindfulness a problematic mindset change for  FM professionals (32:00)?The most powerful tool to stay "present" in meetings (44:00);What happens when a sense of mission and passion is overwhelmed by stress (52:00)?Relaxation or self-care practices to manage stress and answer the question, how do I begin to meditate (57:00)?Learn more about the Zakim Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute.Join  Gosselin/Martin Associates at the Healthcare Facilities Network on YouTube 

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 of High Reliability,  we have excerpted an episode from the Healthcare Facilities Network. This YouTube Network, created by Gosselin/Martin Associates,   aims to increase awareness that the rewarding and stable career of healthcare facility management is open and available to all. However, an influx of new professionals is needed, from the trades to the management level. So in today's podcast, we speak about Filling the Pipeline. Filling the Pipeline was the genesis of the Healthcare Facilities Network:  To perform outreach and publicize that rewarding careers exist in Healthcare Facilities Management.  Our panel covers a great deal of ground, beginning with a simple question: Is the hiring process used in healthcare today able to meet the demands of the 2023 labor market? Their answers may surprise you. In the second part of this podcast, we look at internships and some challenges organizations face in attracting students.Our thanks to today's guests:CJ Brown, Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RISteven Call, Ph.D., Washington State University, Pullman, WA Clay Ciolek, Facilities Manager at Providence Health & Services, Olympia, WA Lamar Davis, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Chicago, IL Christine Pirri, Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, NY Maryanne Richards, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, MA Nancy Vanasse, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, MA  @BassettNetwork @massachusettsmaritime @ShirleyRyanAbilityLab @HealthcareFacilitiesNetwork @carenewengland@ProvidenceVancouver @WSUPullman @providenceswedish@asheaha @IFMAGlobal @HealthcareFacilitiesNetwork

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 of High Reliability,  we have excerpted an episode of the Healthcare Facilities Network. This YouTube Network, created by Gosselin/Martin Associates,   aims to increase awareness that the rewarding and stable career of healthcare facility management is open and available to all. However, an influx of new professionals is needed, from the trades to the management level. So in today's podcast, we ask a straightforward question: What does a Healthcare Facility Manager do? The answer is simple: A lot!Now a 35-minute conversation cannot convey all of their responsibility, there are some significant areas we did not even touch on, but you will get a sense of scale and scope. And if you are presently working in healthcare facilities management, from the trades to the CSuite, you will benefit from listening to our guests:* Alison Brisson, Vice President of Facilities & Support Services, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA;* Robert Hacker, Director of Facilities & Planning, Design, and Construction, Community Memorial Health System, Ventura, CAAdditionally, Alison's path from hospitality to facilities management and Robert's path from the military to healthcare facilities management may be instructive for others to follow.  Please share this podcast and tell people that great careers exist in healthcare facilities management, from the trades to leadership.  Thanks to Alison and Robert for their time and insights.https://www.youtube.com/@HealthcareFacilitiesNetwork@HealthcareFacilitiesNetwork @CambHealthAlliance @my_cmh

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 of High Reliability,  we introduce the Healthcare Facilities Network, the YouTube channel that focuses exclusively on healthcare facilities management.  The Healthcare Facilities Network (HFN) is a grassroots, collaborative effort initiated by Gosselin/Martin Associates to help promote the unique discipline of Healthcare Facilities Management. The mission of HFN is simple: Increase the visibility of the facilities management role by any means necessary, informing, educating, and boosting awareness that this rewarding career is open and available to all. "Filling the Pipeline," the topic of this podcast, is a collaborative group effort by the Healthcare Facilities Network to promote and attract new employees to the discipline of healthcare facilities management. Learn more about it.  Check out and subscribe to the Healthcare Facilities Network   Website for the Healthcare Facilities Network @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 are pleased to welcome James Shoemaker, Retired LT. Colonel, USAF,  and former Director of Plant Operations at Deborah Heart & Lung Center in Browns Mills, NJ. Before joining Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Jim served as Assistant Director of Engineering at St. Frances Medical Center in Trenton, NJ.Jim served in numerous healthcare facilities management national leadership roles during his healthcare career, including as the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) President in 1994. In addition, Jim was awarded the distinguished ASHE Crystal Eagle Award at last summer's Annual Conference (2023) in Boston.Jim has had a distinguished leadership career in the military and then in healthcare facilities management, jobs that included challenges to overcome. Jim colorfully describes those challenges in this podcast, including the difference between color blind and color ignorant, and how that distinction would impact his Air Force career. Other areas discussed include:How a beer party Jim threw for himself led him to a career in healthcare facilities management; His good friend George Thomas and how a chance meeting at a conference formed a deep personal friendship and led to leadership opportunities for each;His experiences as a Navigator for the Air Force during the Vietnam War and some incredible stories from those experiences; Four years of retirement post-healthcare, and going back to work to deliver Lexus'.Jim also recounts stories and experiences from his life that are still instructive for us in 2023. We thank Jim for sharing his stories and experiences with us on the High Reliability podcast. Thank you for listening.Subscribe to the Healthcare Facilities Network, the YouTube Network that tells the stories of healthcare facilities management. 

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.  This episode welcomes Jason Brown, Vice President of District Operations at Primetime Healthcare Compliance Services in Houston, TX.  Before joining Primetime Healthcare, Jason served as Corporate Director of Facilities Management Oceans Healthcare in Plano, TX. Oceans is a national provider of behavioral health services, and we spend a good portion of this podcast talking about behavioral health facilities management. Other areas covered in our discussion include:Talking about Texas cold,  how nature and buildings function in it, and the resilience needed in the FM role (2:00);A career path that "carried me down a path that I didn't know existed" (10:30);Servant leadership and ego  (26:30);"There is a taboo around mental illness," and working in behavioral health FM (29:00);Patient elopement (53:00);A word of advice for hiring managers about candidates with behavioral health experience.As always, thank you for listening.

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 today's episode we discuss Population Health as it relates to healthcare and facilities management.  Our guests are Pamela Neckar and Tom Richert.Pam is a Partner at Bostwick Design Partnership, headquartered in Cleveland. Founded in 1962, Bostwick Design Partnership is a full-service architectural firm providing services for healthcare, education, civic, and corporate clients. The firm has great hospital experience and has designed healthcare environments worldwide. Pam also serves as CFO with Bostwick Design.Tom Richert is the Principal at RisingTerrain LLC in Boston. RisingTerrain performs team performance coaching and consulting, specializing in training and coaching lean productivity skills. Tom has worked with healthcare organizations and coached a healthcare project team using lean practices to complete a project within budget. Bostwick Design and RisingTerrain are partnered together on a Joint Venture for a Population Health project in Cleveland, working with the Director of Public Health in the city. Pam and Tom share exciting details about this ongoing project. Other topics covered in the podcast include:What is population health (2:30)?Lean design and construction  in healthcare (17:00);Talking career paths (21:00);Population Health project in Cleveland (39:00);What might a Population Health campus look like (46:00)?For more information, please see https://bostwickdesign.com and https://www.risingterrain.com.  As always, thank you for listening.

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 welcome Jordan Smith to this episode. Jordan is the Administrative Director of Facility Operations for AdventHealth in Zephyr Hills, Florida. Jordan leads the facilities team at their Dade City and Zephyr Hills hospital campuses.  Jordan is also the current District President for the Florida Healthcare Engineering Association (FHEA) District III Board. In addition, he serves as the district's representative to the FHEA state board.Jordan and I discuss many topics, including:"Healthcare is busy in Florida" (2:20);Expansion pressure and staffing needs (9:30);Owning a trades business and making the transition to healthcare (14:30);No drama policy (30:30);On the value of networking (41:00);Touting FM accomplishments (51:30).Our thanks to Jordan for appearing on the podcast. G/MA Nuggets1) Check out the jobs we are recruiting for here, including our latest Children's Medical Center Dallas role. 2) Follow us on YouTube.3) Read our latest blog, Be true to yourself.

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, High Reliability welcomes Rick Sanders, Director of Plant Operations, Safety, Security, and Clinical Engineering, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in  Poplar Bluff, MO. Rick has worked for large medical centers across the country and came to healthcare following a 21-year career in the Navy. Along the path of this podcast, you will hear us discuss our history with the typewriter and how far we have come past the typewriter. Also discussed:  Snow talk (2:20);Flexibility has its limitations, be fluid  (7:00);Talking about an Honor Flight and the challenges of transitioning into healthcare (18:30);Balancing management accountability, or best practices for working in healthcare management (28:00);Working in academic medical centers and finding healthcare (43:00).My thanks to Rick for appearing on the podcast.G/MA Nuggets1) Check out the jobs we are recruiting for here, including our latest Children's Medical Center Dallas role. 2) Sign up for the Gosselin/Martin Associates Career Hub! 3) Results of the Healthcare Facilities Management 2022 survey are here.

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, High Reliability welcomes David Trask to speak about healthcare facilities, the employment market, and the challenges and opportunities he sees as the National Director for ARC Facilities.  Before joining ARC in 2012, David worked in various publishing, media, and marketing roles. As a result, David brings a multi-faceted perspective to the healthcare FM world.  In this episode of High Reliability we discuss:Comparing healthcare to other industries (3:30);Eliminating barriers to gaining knowledge (18:00);Does technology tie you to your desk, and talking generational differences (23:30);Comparing the labor markets  (34:30);Selling to the CSuite for the FM leader, and a funny CSuite story (44:00).My thanks to David for his time. To learn more about ARC Solutions, see https://www.arcfacilities.comAs always, thank you for listening.G/MA Nuggets1) Check out the jobs we are recruiting for here, including our latest Children's Medical Center Dallas role. 2) Sign up for the Gosselin/Martin Associates Career Hub! 3) Results of the Healthcare Facilities Management 2022 survey are here.