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March 2024

Upcoming Events

Friday, March 1, 2024
2024 Marin Maine Chapter Meeting
11:00 AM

Friday, March 15, 2024
VHES March Meeting: A Tale of Four Hospitals – How the IRA is incentivizing Value
8:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Friday, March 22, 2024
MHFPS Zoom EDU session on Med Gas
12:00 – 1:00 PM

Friday, March 29, 2024
NHSHFM March 29th Monthly meeting

Friday, April 5, 2024
2024 NEHES Spring Seminar

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NEHES News

Friday, April 5 | Boston Marriott Newton Hotel | Newton, MA

The 2024 Spring Seminar will be held at the Boston Marriott Newton Hotel on Friday, April 5. Network with peers and learn essential tools for facility management through presentations that support this year's theme: "Back to the Basics as We Look to the Future."

Early Registration Rates (now through March 15):

NEHES Active Member: $175
NEHES Supporting Member: $275
Non-Member: $300

Register Today

Conference Hotel

Boston Marriott Newton Hotel
2345 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, MA 02466
Reservations: 800-228-9290

Discounted attendee room rate: $169/night + tax

To book, please call the number above by Thursday, March 14, and identify yourself as a member of the group "NEHES 2024” or book online via the link below (recommended). Availability is limited.

Book Hotel Online

2024 Spring Seminar hosted by the Rhode Island Healthcare Engineers’ Society

Apply Now for the Energy to Care Awards

NEHES has joined the ASHE Energy to Care Chapter Challenge! Hospitals across New England are competing with other ASHE chapters in working to reduce their energy usage year over year. In preparation for the April 1 deadline, we are looking for five or more NEHES member facilities that are tracking data through Energy Star Portfolio Manager to join together for the ASHE Energy to Care Chapter Challenge. If successful, NEHES will achieve Platinum Elite status through ASHE for the 2024 calendar year by highlighting the amazing work many of you are doing in the space of building efficiency.

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Membership

NEHES Member Spotlight

Roger Chicoine
Baystate Health

Certifications:
Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM) 2018
Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC) 2022
Certified Life Safety Specialist (CLSS), In Progress

How has NEHES/ASHE contributed to your career?
Involvement with NEHES and ASHE has helped further my career with education and certification. Being new to the healthcare industry when I joined back in 2012, these opportunities piqued my interest and have helped make me who I am today.

What is your background in the healthcare facilities field?
I had no background in healthcare when I first joined back in 2012. Originally, I had a background in manufacturing.

Do you have a personal tidbit to share?
I enjoy spending time with my family, including camping in the summertime. I also enjoy watching ice hockey with my kids and rooting for the Boston Bruins!

What do you enjoy most about your job?
I enjoy that every single day brings something different so that there is never a boring day. Healthcare is changing every day.

NEHES Welcomes New Members

Chris Harris
LandryFrench Construction
Project Manager

Amy Benoit
W.T. Kenney Co.
Dir. Business Development

Tyler Marcoux
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Project Manager

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From Retro to Renewable: A Partnership for Carbon Reduction & More

Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation®

"In a remarkable partnership, ACS and Preferred Utilities revitalized a 1950s NYC school boiler room. They retrofitted vintage equipment while modernizing controls to enable efficient use of renewable B20 biodiesel for carbon reduction. This transformation enhanced efficiency and significantly reduced the boiler room's carbon footprint, exemplifying sustainable solutions for greener boiler rooms in New York City."

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ASHE Update

2024 SASHE and FASHE Applications Open

Enhance your professional portfolio and gain the recognition of your peers and colleagues by earning your Senior ASHE (SASHE) or Fellow ASHE (FASHE) designation. The applications for 2024 SASHE and FASHE are now open. The application deadline is April 1, 2024. Apply today!

Senior ASHE (SASHE) Criteria
SASHE Application

Fellow ASHE (FASHE) Criteria
FASHE Application

ASHE Leaders Prepare for New Year

Health Facilities Management
ASHE’s newly elected Advisory Board shares leadership strategies and professional insights for their upcoming terms.

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Sustainability

Nursing Facility Partners in Green Initiative

Health Facilities Management
Connecticut-based Ryders Health Management is collaborating with an energy-as-a-service firm to implement sustainability projects, reducing costs and carbon emissions across its facilities.

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Healthcare Workers Support Sustainability in Facilities: Survey

Healthcare Facilities Today
Healthcare workers support climate change initiatives in hospitals, emphasizing the importance of organizational efforts and individual actions for sustainability.

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Switching has never been easier

FSI’s Custom Maintenance Software (CMS) is built by and for healthcare professionals. From services, like on-site barcoding, to software that streamlines asset management, CMS offers everything a healthcare system needs in one suite of products. Overloaded with to-do’s and tired of lacking support? We’re here as an extension of your team.

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Facility Management News

Survey Explores Facility Outsourcing Practices

Health Facilities Management
According to research from ASHE, Maine leads other states in outsourcing facilities management activities. Montana reports the most outsourcing, while Wyoming and West Virginia report the least.

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Podcast – Chapter Updates and Facility Management Briefs: Florida and New England

Gosselin/Martin Associates

In this episode of High Reliability, The Healthcare Facilities Management Podcast, Director of Facilities Operations at Sturdy Health and NEHES Membership Chair Dann Boyer discusses NEHES' new Corporate Membership initiative.

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Facility Planning To Support Humanism In Healthcare

Facility Executive
Digital innovations in healthcare aim to enhance patient experiences and ease clinician burdens, underscoring technology's transformative impact on care delivery.

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