HSCS '09: Answering Your Concerns: Q&A Panel with Our Experts
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Attendees of the 3rd Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium brought a host of questions before our speakers, including queries about how The Joint Commission surveys for emergency management and the need for risk assessments.
Note: HSCS '09: Answering Your Concerns: Q&A with our experts is available exclusively to those who buy the full series of recordings for the 3rd Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium.
After listening to this session, you will be able to:
- Describe a variety of best practices related to emergency management, life safety, risk assessments, environment of care, and staff education.
Who should listen:
- Safety officers
- Facility directors
- Safety committee members
- Emergency management coordinators
- Directors of engineering
- Directors of plant operations
- Hospital fire marshals
- Survey prep coordinators
About the speakers:
Brad Keyes, CHSP, is a safety engineer and consultant for The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Marblehead, MA. His expertise lies in the management of the environment of care, development of leadership effectiveness, and efficiency in work processes. This work focuses on life safety issues, assessing an organization's preparedness for survey, evaluating processes in achieving preparedness, and guiding organizations toward compliance. Keyes was one of the original Life Safety Code® specialists for The Joint Commission.
Dean Samet, CHSP, is the director of regulatory compliance services for Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. in Nashville, TN, where he is responsible for coordinating efforts of its compliance and facility management consulting team. Prior to joining SSR, he served with The Joint Commission for 17 years and was the associate director, senior engineer, and a certified Joint Commission surveyor. His responsibilities included developing, interpreting, and surveying for The Joint Commission’s environment of care standards.
Joseph Cappiello is chairman of Cappiello & Associates in Elmhurst, IL, and the former vice president for accreditation field operations at The Joint Commission. He spent 10 years at The Joint Commission directing key internal functions, as well as serving as a surveyor. He led Joint Commission initiatives on emergency management and disaster response, personally debriefing nearly 300 healthcare organizations following disasters. He testified before Congress following his experiences with Hurricane Katrina and before the National Transportation Safety Board following the evacuation of Houston during Hurricane Rita.
Steven MacArthur is a safety consultant for The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc. in Marblehead, MA. He applies his management and safety experiences to help healthcare providers develop common sense solutions to their unique problems. He provides consultation in the areas of accreditation, regulatory compliance, on-site safety assessment and education programs, survey preparation for safety leaders, and the development of comprehensive programs related to the environment of care.
Marge McFarlane CHSP, MS(Risk Control), MS(ENPH),MT(ASCP), is founder of Superior Performance Consulting in Eau Claire, WI, and is currently the Wisconsin Hospital Preparedness Program Exercise coordinator. Prior to serving in her current position with the state, she was the lead for the environment of care committee at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire and has been involved with hospital safety since 1990. She participates in a wide range of activities related to emergency preparedness at the hospital, county, regional, and state level.
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