NEHES Monthly Digest

New England Healthcare Engineers Society

NEHES News
Congratulations to the Maine Healthcare Engineers Society (MEHES) and the Vermont Healthcare Engineers Society (VHES) for being awarded the Chapter Excellence Award for 2024! These chapters provided exceptional opportunities to their members throughout the year with ongoing educational programming and networking opportunities.
Corporate Membership in NEHES is now available at a group rate to manufacturers, vendors, contractors, distributors, service providers, architects, and other professionals. Corporate Membership is open to companies that directly support New England-based healthcare provider organizations or medical research facilities and to businesses that interact with NEHES members. Corporate members must have administrative, supervisory, or management responsibility for tasks or duties that fall within the broad field of healthcare engineering.
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The International Code Council Committee on Healthcare testified on 23 proposals to the 2027 International Codes.
2025 Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference
July 27–30, 2025
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Columbus, OH 
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Sustainability
Facility Executive
Depending on a building's purpose, facility executives should look at the requirements for different certification systems to decide the best path to implement sustainability.
Economist Impact
Climate change has led to a rising demand for healthcare services, and they will need to adapt to climate-related shocks and stresses.
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FacilitiesNet
Healthcare facilities have faced nearly 400 cyberattacks in 2024, making it the most cyberattacks the industry has ever faced.
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Innovations in making doors more accessible, secure and durable will allow healthcare facilities to deal with the many people they serve daily.
Facility Executive

Climate change is making natural disasters more frequent, and facilities need regularly updated disaster plans to ensure they are prepared for when they strike.