Have You Assessed Your Environment of Care Lately?
What You Need to Know BEFORE the Inspectors Come

Are you looking at the environment of care in your healthcare facility the way The Joint Commission looks at your environment of care?

Because if you’re not, you’re going to miss something important – something that could cost you your accreditation.

If you want to avoid the nightmare of losing your accreditation (and major funding with it), you need to know how your environment of care measures up BEFORE Joint Commission inspectors come knocking on your door – and you can get answers to how to assess yourself in this crucial and accredited environment of care training session.

The publishers of FacilityCare Magazine, the country’s leading source for impartial cutting-edge information on healthcare facility operation, design and maintenance, bring you this EC training session so that you won’t be caught of guard when your facility comes up for inspection.

Beyond asking, “What are the inspectors looking for?” this session seeks to prioritize what your concerns should be. What sorts of evaluations can you use to get realistic results, so that you know how you’ll stand up to The Joint Commission’s scrutiny?

Sign up today for this enlightening and practical EC training session to find out what you could be missing in your own evaluations – before The Joint Commission has a chance to tell you what’s missing in your environment of care.

Learning Objectives:

• Can you name and describe all of the elements of the environment of care management cycle? Do you know how they apply to your environment of care?
• What are the critical elements of The Joint Commission performance measurement and evaluation process that you need to know when evaluating yourself?
• Which measures are the most useful and meaningful for assessing and evaluating your facility’s management performance in the environment of care?

Presented By:

Ode Keil, MS, MBA, CCE

Ode Keil, MS, MBA, CCE, is the president of The Ode Keil Consulting Group, Inc. He is internationally recognized as an expert in the areas addressed by The Joint Commission standards for managing the environment of care. He has taught survey process and standards to The Joint Commission surveyors and is well-known worldwide as an expert resource and teacher in the areas described by the PTSM and EC standards. He has also served on committees and boards of many important healthcare organizations including AAMI, NFPA and ASHE, and has served as a member of many government panels and task forces at the state and national level.

His previous work experience includes being Director of Quality Management and Performance Improvement for Provena Mercy Center in Aurora Illinois. During his time there, he managed several departments, including Quality and Risk Management, Patient Safety, Medical Staff Affairs, Infection Control, and the Care Management group.

He consults with hospitals across the country on Joint Commission and regulatory compliance issues. He served eight years as vice-president of Safety Management Services, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in environment of care issues, and thirteen years as Director of Plant and Technology Management for The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. During his tenure with The Joint Commission, he developed the Plant Technology and Safety Management (PTSM) and Management of the Environment of Care (EC) Standards. Mr. Keil also designed the current survey and accreditation process associated with these standards. He spent six years managing biomedical equipment management programs for both hospitals and independent service companies.

Who would benefit from this program:

• Facility Managers
• Facility Directors
• Architects
• Designers
• Industrial Hygienists
• Infection Control Managers

Continuing Education:

• This program meets the requirements for CHFM and CHSP Continuing Education Credits.

Product Options:

• Audio Conference CD Only: $229.00 (includes S&H)

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

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