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Date: 3/23/2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST
Price: $0.00
Registration Deadline: 3/24/2007 6:00:00 AM
Registration For This Event Is Closed
In January of 2006, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) implemented its new policy of unannounced inspections. This policy clearly puts added pressure on healthcare institutions to strengthen their programs and processes to ensure they are always ready for a compliance audit. The wide range of areas covered by the Environment of Care (EC) standards represents one of the most difficult compliance challenges for healthcare institutions, considering the multidisciplinary input required and the extensive data collection and reporting requirements.
Listen as Steven Bloom, M.S., Senior Scientist at EH&E who is currently acting as Director of Environmental Affairs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, takes you through the process he and his colleagues at EH&E used to identify potential weaknesses in EC programs that might be barriers to maintaining continuous compliance. He’ll then review tested solutions to these issues, including a demonstration of a cost-effective and user-friendly system to ensure continuous compliance. This web-based compliance support system was designed specifically to help hospitals maintain a state of continuous compliance within the EC program using existing personnel and resources. This support system is now being used by many of the largest medical centers in the Boston area.
This on-line event will focus on some of the key issues faced by EC groups including:
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Providing instant access to program documents and data.
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Managing program continuity during organizational changes.
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Gathering and managing program metrics efficiently (e.g., Hazard Surveillance Rounds and Infection Control Risk Assessments).
EH&S managers, facilities managers, and anyone responsible for maintaining EC compliance at their hospital or other type of healthcare institution.
Steven Bloom, M.S., is currently a Senior Scientist at EH&E and also serves as the Director of Environmental Affairs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he manages a comprehensive program that addresses air quality, environmental management, safety, and regulatory compliance. Mr. Bloom has extensive experience as an air quality scientist and, prior to joining EH&E, conducted research on pulmonary disease. He has co-authored 35 publications and made numerous presentations on air quality and other environmental issues.
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