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The support services division at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia developed and implemented a service concept to improve organizational effectiveness and service. The design of the new concept has five major elements: implementation of a team-based organization, establishment of individual performance criteria or standards, development of performance goals and objectives for the teams, individual staff development and a recognition program. This document discusses the elements of team design and implementation, stages of growth and the role that the other four components (performance standards, goals, staff development and recognition) play in achieving improved organizational performances. This case study is intended to show general management techniques that can be adopted into a facility's management plan.

This document discusses a health care investment strategy developed by the military. It is based from a survey conducted of both private and military facilities. The document provides techniques to help determine a medical facility's life cycle cost.

Medical technology is not only rapid, it is constantly changing. Architecture, however, is a slower and more deliberate process. This document discusses the awareness and understanding needed of the two fields for anyone involved in health care architecture.

Too many of our nation's hospitals have been become complacent over disaster preparedness. They develop a document to meet a licensure requirement or a joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations standard. The language is minimal and when the document is exercised, only a few portions (personnel recall and mass casualty, in particular) are tested. It would benefit hospitals to take time to talk to those recently effected by floods, earthquakes or hurricanes, so that they would learn that to be really prepared to face and survive a disaster, extensive, in-depth planning must take place.

Energy-reduction conservation efforts are in the interest of any well-run health care facility. Energy-efficient lighting and lighting systems can deliver significant energy savings while maintaining optimum lighting levels. This document is a result of a lighting study conducted by Southern California Edison's Customer Solution's Group and Kaiser Permanente to help resolve some issues relating to future lighting projects. In particular, specular reflectors as an issue was addressed.

The significant changes in health care and telecommunications has produced an emergence of new and exciting technologies. Clinical engineers must continue to safeguard patient safety by adequately refurbishing their arsenal of technical knowledge of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). This document examines the methodology and the tools for managing the technical changes in the telecommunications and biomedical equipment areas.

There is a considerable effort in the health care arena to establish credible engineering manpower yardsticks that are universally applicable as a benchmark. This document was created by using one facility's own benchmark criteria that can be used to help develop either internal or competitive benchmarking comparisons.

All hospitals must have an emergency power testing program that includes generator load testing and emergency power supply system maintenance. This document examines a management program that uses lessons learned from an emergency power testing program to improve the hospital's facilities and training.

If management fulfills its responsibilities by meeting both Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Environment Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, a safe and healthful operation then depends largely upon employees who are properly informed and aware of potential hazards as well as impending regulatory actions which will impact the health care industry. This document details OSHA compliance and regulatory review as well as EPA compliance and regulatory review.

Health care facilities need to be prepared for disasters such as floods, tornadoes and earthquakes. Rochester, NY, and its surrounding communities devised a hospital mutual aid evacuation plan in the event a disaster occurs and also to comply with the Joint Commission. This document discusses the plan's development process and also provides the end result.