Healthcare Facilities Today
Rubber flooring can help with ergonomic benefits that enhance workplace safety and productivity and curb muscle fatigue, according to an article on the Healthcare Construction & Operations website.

FacilitiesNet
One of the biggest safety concerns facility managers have is the treatment of staff by patients, family members, and other visitors. Protecting the workers is vital.

Debra Beaulieu-Volk, FierceHealthcare
Team-based care is one of the biggest buzzwords in health care today, but it's been a challenge for traditionally siloed organizations to implement.

Shannon Barnet, Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Data gained from HCAHPS scores over recent years indicate that the areas patients find most important to their overall experience are changing, according to a report published by Healthgrades.

Matthew Weinstock, Hospitals & Health Networks
As hospitals compete for loyal customers, it is critical that they hire an engaged and loyal workforce.

Elizabeth Srejic, Infection Control Today
Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are a major health concern, despite being largely preventable. Standard precautions are the minimum infection prevention practices that apply to all patient care, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status of the patient, in any setting where health care is delivered.

Lola Butcher, Trustee
As Americans take more control of their health care spending, they are demanding straightforward information on prices, proof of value and excellent customer service. Is your hospital ready to offer all that?

Infection Control Today
The World Health Organization (WHO) is publishing a series, "Ebola Diaries," with first-person accounts of WHO staff and others deployed to the field for Ebola response since the first cases were reported in West Africa on March 23, 2014.

Infection Control Today
Leading infectious diseases experts have released new guidance for health care facilities looking to establish precautions for visitors of patients with infectious diseases.

Emma Rigby, WirralGlobe
WIRRAL health chiefs are urging people to practice good hygiene after an outbreak of Norovirus saw the hospital a no-go for visitors for almost two weeks.

Medical Construction & Design
In the wake of recent concerns over the spread of highly infectious diseases, hospitals and health care organizations are searching for ways to better prepare facilities for potential pandemics and widespread viral outbreaks.

Heather Punke, Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Hepatitis C is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and several new studies and reports released so far in 2015 highlight the all-too-common disease.

Gary Hamel, Harvard Business Review
Pope Francis has made no secret of his intention to radically reform the administrative structures of the Catholic church, which he regards as insular, imperious, and bureaucratic. He understands that in a hyper-kinetic world, inward-looking and self-obsessed leaders are a liability.

Edward E. Lawler III, Forbes
More and more organizations are changing their performance management systems. There are a number of reasons for this, including the difficulty of doing performance management effectively.

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Marty Fukuda, Entrepreneur
Leaders who value their teams and aren't reluctant to share credit are the ones who achieve the most.

Thursday, April 30
This webinar walks environmental services leaders through the maze of identifying, selecting and applying effective staffing standards for your facility.

Thursday, May 14
Panelists will discuss a plug and play strategy and toolkit to use during outbreaks.

Take part in one of AHE's Train the Trainer workshops and return to your facility prepared to train your environmental services staff to become Certified Healthcare Environmental Service Technicians, CHEST... and start making significant contributions to the patient experience of care, the facility, the profession, and the community!

The AHE Innovation Award presents a tremendous opportunity for companies and organizations to be recognized for innovative and improved products, processes, and technology advancements. The award is open to AHE members and non-members and requires a nominal application fee of $300 at the time of application. Apply now!

MyAHE is our branded members-only discussion forum. We recently migrated the discussions from iCohere to Learner Community, a new, interactive and exciting learning platform. On MyAHE, you can ask your most pressing environmental services related questions or answer questions posed by other professionals.

Paul Barr, H&HN
Mandated community health needs assessments – a less-talked-about provision of the Affordable Care Act – may turn out to have a big impact on the transformation of health care.

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Ron Shinkman, FierceHealthFinance
Despite the recent alarms about health care costs creeping up again, a new and extensive study by the Urban Institute suggests that they will continue to remain low in the years to come, with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) playing some yet-to-be fully defined role.