Tag: healthcare facility

How a CMMS Can Strengthen Your Healthcare Facility’s Emergency Management

By Rick Joslin, FSI May 28, 2025 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: May 28, 2025

Emergencies in the healthcare service industry—natural disasters, infrastructure failures, or cyberattacks—can occur at any moment. To navigate these disruptions, organizations rely on emergency management (EM) plans. A powerful yet often underutilized tool in these plans is your computerized maintenance management software (CMMS). A CMMS can help facilities create comprehensive emergency plans (including ensuring the plan […]

Hybrid Lighting Controls: A Symphony of Wired and Wireless Technologies

By Martin Mercier, Cooper Lighting Solutions Mar 14, 2025 Building Controls

Updated: Mar 14, 2025

The world of lighting control has entered a new era, blending the strengths of wired and wireless technologies into hybrid solutions. This approach delivers flexibility, energy efficiency, scalability, and ease of maintenance—meeting the diverse needs of modern buildings and their occupants. But what exactly is hybrid lighting control, and why is it gaining traction in […]

Under Construction: Top Facility Projects of November 2024

By Joe Bebon, Editor Dec 2, 2024 Under Construction

Updated: Dec 30, 2024

Facilities Management Advisor’s “Under Construction” series highlights some of the latest, most interesting facility project announcements every month. Space Institute Calling all space cadets! Researchers from Texas A&M University are teaming up with NASA on the future of human space exploration. University leaders and other officials broke ground on the $200 million Texas A&M University Space […]

New Report Explores the State of Healthcare Facility Security

By Joe Bebon, Editor Oct 30, 2024 Access Control

Updated: Oct 30, 2024

HID, an ASSA ABLOY Group brand and provider of identity solutions, has released its State of Healthcare Security Report. Based on input from more than 200 security and IT professionals working in a broad range of healthcare facilities, the report delves into the core concerns for the healthcare industry and upcoming innovations and technologies that […]

Under Construction: Top Facility Projects of July 2024

By Joe Bebon, Editor Jul 31, 2024 Under Construction

Updated: Sep 3, 2024

Facilities Management Advisor’s “Under Construction” series highlights some of the latest, most interesting facility project announcements every month. $4.1B Plant for Ozempic Maker We’ve all heard of Ozempic, the “miracle” weight loss drug Hollywood stars started using to look slim on the red carpet, but did you know its primary use is to treat diabetes? […]

Under Construction: Top Facility Projects of June 2024

By Joe Bebon, Editor Jun 27, 2024 Under Construction

Updated: Aug 1, 2024

Facilities Management Advisor’s “Under Construction” series highlights some of the latest, most interesting facility project announcements every month. Sports Arena Makeover Scotiabank Arena, home to the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and NBA’s Toronto Raptors, recently started the second phase of its $350 million Scotiabank Arena Reimagination project. Owned and operated by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment […]

Faces of Facilities: Bobby R. LaRon from CBRE

By Joe Bebon, Editor Sep 18, 2023 Faces of Facilities

Updated: Oct 23, 2023

As the immediate past chair of the International Facility Management Association’s (IFMA) Americas Advisory Board, Bobby R. LaRon remains passionate about advancing the FM industry. He calls for collaboration, encourages high-tech solutions, and promotes the invaluable role of facilities managers. LaRon has about 14 years of industry experience and currently serves as senior commercial property […]

Protecting Patients and Staff During Hospital Renovations

By Sue Hoffmann, Abatement Technologies Aug 24, 2023 Design and Construction

Updated: Aug 24, 2023

In an innovative world where most industries’ biggest challenges are solved by technology, having the latest and greatest upgrades is essential—especially in healthcare. In fact, healthcare facilities continually strive to have the best equipment available in order to provide the best experience possible for patients and keep the facility thriving long term. However, with the […]

Florida Healthcare Facility Cited for Nearly 200 Workplace Violence Incidents in 2022

By Joe Bebon, Editor Jun 23, 2023 Safety

Updated: Jun 23, 2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced “shocking” findings of a workplace safety investigation into a behavioral health and substance disorder facility in Jacksonville, Fla. According to the federal probe, workers at the UHS of Delaware Inc.-Wekiva Springs Center LLC (operating as Wekiva Springs Hospital) were assaulted, confined by patients, and suffered broken bones, […]

OSHA Cites Veterans Affairs Healthcare Facility over Deadly Maintenance Hazards

By Joe Bebon, Editor Apr 19, 2023 Maintenance and Operations

Updated: Apr 20, 2023

Federal safety inspectors found that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) endangered maintenance workers at its healthcare facility in Prescott, Ariz., by allowing them to work on steam lines without ensuring they followed required safety procedures. Similar hazards previously killed two workers at a VA facility in Connecticut. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety […]