Adam Bazer

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Go ahead — innovate yourself | HFM Magazine

Oct 27, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Adam Bazer

Like Theseus’s ship in Athen’s harbor, we live in a perpetual state of becoming — replacing parts to keep us afloat, to keep us yar. Our body’s cells divide and regenerate. Our consciousness consumes time and experience, remapping synapses. The person you are is different than the person you were and from the person you will be. The art of living is accepting this perpetual state of transformation to embrace the evolution of our spirit.
ASHE celebrates top members, facilities and organizations

Sep 26, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Adam Bazer

The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) celebrated the outstanding achievements by members to improve the health care physical environment with its annual member awards at the Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference™ (formerly the ASHE Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition) on July 21-24 in Anaheim, Calif. They are featured in this special cover story section of Health Facilities Management (HFM) magazine. The section begins with interviews with Daniel J.
Why ‘can do’ is a ‘must do’ for innovation to flourish

Sep 20, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Jonathan Flannery |Clinton Butts |Adam Bazer

Let’s be honest with ourselves; So much of our lives are beyond our control. The era when we are born. The families of which we are a member. The geography of where our home resides. And yet, despite the thousands of details of our life that are beyond our control, every moment of every day, we are presented with a choice, an endless question. How do we choose to respond to the factors in our lives that are within our control?
Top 10 physical environment findings

Sep 10, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Adam Bazer |Jonathan Flannery |Pier-George Zanoni |Clinton Butts

Health care facilities professionals should develop a greater understanding of the requirements that apply to their organizations. Health care facilities are under continual scrutiny by various regulatory authorities, most notably the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS allows health care facilities to be accredited by third-party organizations that are deemed by CMS to have requirements that are comparable and at least as stringent as the CMS Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
Failing with a smile: The power of a positive attitude in innovation

Aug 26, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Lisa Walt |Adam Bazer |Pier-George Zanoni

When it comes to innovation, success can be seductive, but failure is foundational. Breakthroughs break through failed attempts to solve the problem. Fires that wreak destruction on forests are the handmaiden to new growth. Almost all the products you consume at home, build at work, or leverage to provide essential services to others, come to you as the most current result of an ongoing experiment in the conversion of failure into positive outcomes.
How to get survey questions answered by The Joint Commission

Aug 2, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Adam Bazer |Jamie Morgan |Josh Griffing

Consider the following scenario: A health care organization is within its survey window and staff has questions about how The Joint Commission will evaluate compliance on a specific environment of care or life safety code issue. Solution? Contact The Joint Commission via one of its many available resources to clarify any confusion about survey compliance and the accreditation process. Organizations can reach out before, during or post-survey.
How you lead impacts how you innovate

Jul 26, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Herman McKenzie |Jamie Morgan |Josh Griffing |Adam Bazer

You may think that leadership is a static object, born from a job title, bestowed by your employer, printed on a business card or listed on a social media profile. You’re wrong. Leadership is only alive in action. It becomes evident in how you talk and how you listen. How you make choices in response to success and failure, certainty and uncertainty. Your behavior sets an example and a permission structure of whether the embrace in working toward a shared goal is a joyful act or a rote one.
A recap of the 2024 Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference

Jul 26, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Herman McKenzie |Adam Bazer |Josh Griffing

2024 ASHE President Skanda V. Skandaverl opens the inaugural Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference. Advocating for health care infrastructure investment was a permeating theme at the 2024 Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference held in Anaheim, Calif., July 21-24.
Reinventing restroom cleanliness in health care

Jul 17, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Adam Bazer |Jamie Morgan |Josh Griffing

Several studies show that touch-free products are becoming the preferred option in public restrooms. The COVID-19 pandemic shifted the global perception of hygiene and its impact on health. As hand-washing took on central importance in minimizing viral transmission, the public’s sensitivity to cleanliness and safety in shared or public spaces increased exponentially.
Songs about rainbows and how teamwork impacts innovation

Jun 21, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Adam Bazer

The Jim Henson Company demonstrated that it takes teamwork to keep the show going. This past week, I haven’t been able to get a song out of my head. Why are there so many / Songs about rainbows / And what’s on the other side? A frog and a banjo, taking time during a cross-country road trip to remind us of the best parts of ourselves. The reason this wonderful tune has been playing on repeat between my ears is the debut of the documentary “Jim Henson, Idea Man” on Disney+.