ISHE Summer State Conference
Location: IU Health North
11700 North Meridian Street
Carmel, IN 46032
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Date: August 19, 2011
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Morning Session: Health Care Energy Management
As health care budgets continue to be squeezed, facilities managers are under increased pressure to reduce operational costs. Utility costs can represent 50 percent or more of a facility manager’s operating budget, and 3 to 5 percent of a hospitals overall operating budget. This session will examine energy management, looking at opportunities for effective management of energy costs and consumption.
Presenters:
Tim Adams, Director Professional Growth, ASHE
Mike Kuechenmeister, Director Plant Operations, UC Health-West Chester Hospital
9:30 – 9:45 |
Welcome |
9:45 – 10:15 |
Energy management as a critical part of the overall business of health care |
10:15 – 10:45 |
Benchmarking and recognition |
10:45 – 11:15 |
Break |
11:15 – 11:45 |
Low hanging fruit and emerging technologies for energy usage reduction |
12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
Afternoon Session: Emergency Planning and Utility System Risk Assessment
Presenters:
Tim Adams, ASHE Director Professional Growth
Mike Kuechenmeister, Director Plant Operations, UC Health-West Chester Hospital
The recent tornado outbreaks as well as not too distant memories of the devastation caused by hurricanes has increased our awareness of the need for planning and practicing how we manage unusual events that affect our hospitals. Not only could a hospital or health care facility be faced with a natural or external disaster that affects its operation, but internal events and utility system failures must also be considered as a very real possibility. This session will discuss the use of a Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) to assess a hospital’s utility systems. The session will incorporate video case studies of actual events, both natural and internal that affected the operation of a facility and will examine lessons learned.
1:00 - 1:30 |
Can you truly be prepared for the never event? |
1:30 – 2:15 |
Using an HVA to assess utility systems |
2:15 – 2:30 |
Break |
2:30 – 3:00 |
Lessons learned |
3:00 – 4:00 |
Hand Hygiene Compliance and Reducing Healthcare Acquired Infections |
About the Presenters
Mike Kuechenmeister FASHE, CHFM, CHC, CPE
Director of Plant Operations
West Chester Hospital which is part of UC Health System
Mike Kuechenmeister is the Director of Plant Operations with construction over site for West Chester Hospital which is part of UC Health System. (Formerly called Health Alliance) West Chester Hospital is a new "Green Field" Hospital that opened May 2010.
Prior to joining West Chester Hospital, Mike was with Triad Hospitals (53 Hospitals) of Plano Texas as Manager of Corporate Engineering Services.
Mike began his career with Jewish Hospitals which was part of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati. Mike has been involved with maintenance and construction at several Health Alliance Hospitals over the past 32 years.
Mike is a consultant for "Joint Commission Resources". In this role, Mike provides consulting health care engineering and safety services for health care organizations that need assistance with compliance with Joint Commission and Federal Regulations.
Mike has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Lewis University. He has been actively involved with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE).
Mike has the designation of "Fellow", "Certified Healthcare Facility Manager", and "Certified Healthcare Constructor" and was elected to the ASHE National Board 2003/2004.
He is a member of the ASHE Committee for their Energy Initiative with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE).
Mike also represents ASHE for the "Office of Home Land Security" and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) taskforce for "Hospital Emergency Planning". He has also been an instructor at FEMA’s Homeland Security Training site in Anniston Alabama.
Mike has been a speaker at numerous ASHE Annual Conferences on topics of Utilities Management, Electric and Natural Gas Purchasing, Electric Deregulation, and Continuous Readiness for Joint Commission.
Mike was also elected to the Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE) National Board 1995/1999 and holds the designation of "Certified Plant Engineer".
Timothy E Adams, FASHE, CHFM, CHC
Director, Member Professional Development
American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)
Tim Adams is the Director of Professional Growth for the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE). Tim has spent over 25 years working in and with hospitals in the areas of Clinical Engineering, Facilities Management, and Life Safety.
Tim serves on the NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code SIG TMS technical committee, which is responsible for the testing and maintenance chapter. He serves on the advisory group that created the current Hospital Incident Command System (HICS). He is a frequent instructor and speaker for education programs in the United States and Canada.
Tim is a Past President of the Indiana Society for Healthcare Engineering and the Indiana Biomedical Society (IBS). He is a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM), a Certified Healthcare Constructor and an ASHE Fellow (FASHE).
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