Jamie Morgan

Chicago

Senior Editor at Healthcare Facilities Management

Associate editor of Health Facilities Management magazine. Tweets are my own.

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Articles

Benchmarking may lead to more resources

1 month ago | hfmmagazine.com | Jamie Morgan

Benchmarking is not just a tool for measuring performance. The insights gained from setting standards and tracking performance can provide guidance on how to invest in an operation. And because numbers help to paint a story, those insights also can help when advocating for more resources for staff and projects.
2025 Hospital Construction Survey results

Mar 27, 2025 | hfmmagazine.com | Chris Dimick |Jamie Morgan

After months or years of construction, eye-popping budgets and countless planning meetings, the phrase health care facilities managers should hear on the Day 1 opening of a new project should be “Ready, set, go!” and not “Ready? Oh no!” But achieving operational and survey readiness on Day 1 is an issue that many health care facilities professionals continue to grapple with, according to the new 2025 Hospital Construction Survey.
NFPA weekly update: Dec. 30, 2024 to Jan. 3, 2025

Jan 3, 2025 | hfmmagazine.com | Zachary Seely |Megan Headley |Jamie Morgan

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) manages more than 300 codes and works with more than 250 technical committees in its codes and standards development process. Below is a list of NFPA committee happenings for the week of Dec. 30, 2024. Meeting minutes and agendasNFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code. An agenda for the upcoming Jan. 15 meeting regarding the first draft of the 2027 edition has been posted under the “next edition” tab in the “first draft committee information” section.
Planning keeps patients safe in the face of extreme storms

Oct 31, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Jamie Morgan

Tampa General Hospital facilities staff anchor the AquaFence into the concrete along the hospital’s perimeter in preparation for hurricane season. Earlier this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted an 85% chance that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season would be above normal, and it was right. In what is considered a normal year, the Atlantic hurricane season spanning from June 1 to Nov. 30 produces about three major hurricanes of a Category 3 or higher.
Practical steps to implement AI in health care facilities management

Oct 11, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Jamie Morgan |Brian Justice |JD Duigou

Technology seems to advance at an hourly pace these days, with generative artificial intelligence (AI) leading in explosive growth and adoption in the past year. Free and open-source tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google’s Gemini (formerly named Bard) have shown how generative AI can be used for learning, content generation, coding and more, prompting many industries and organizations to examine how AI can best benefit their operations.
Neuronal and glial cell alterations involved in the retinal degeneration of the familial dysautonomia optic neuropathy

Sep 3, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Anastasia Schultz |Henar Albertos-Arranz |Xavier Sáez |Jamie Morgan

AIF apoptosis-inducing factor CKO conditional knockout Col IV collagen type IV CRALBP cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein DCP deep capillary plexus FD Familial dysautonomia GCL ganglion cell layer GFAP glial fibrillary acidic protein Iba1 ionized calcium binding adapter molecule 1 ICP intermediate capillary plexus INL inner nuclear layer IPL inner plexiform layer NFL nerve fiber layer NVU neurovascular unit ONL outer nuclear layer OPL outer plexiform layer RGC retinal ganglion cells RPCN...
Resilient design standard open for public comment

Aug 30, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | John Mccormack |Jamie Morgan |G. Andy Woommavovah

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has opened the next edition of ASCE 24, Flood Resistant Design and Construction, for public comment. The standard is referenced in the International Codes® (I-Codes®) and states the minimum requirements and expected performance for the siting, design and construction of buildings and structures in flood hazard areas that are subject to building code requirements. In the updated edition, which is open for public comment until Sept.
Standardized designs for ambulatory care

Aug 11, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Jamie Morgan |Landon Hegedus |John Mccormack

The standard emergency department layout offered customizable options, such as location of patient monitoring systems and nurses station desks with or without privacy glazing. In 2018, the Mercy Health and Bon Secours Health Systems merged to form Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) in Cincinnati, at the time operating 48 hospitals across seven states and in Ireland.
Harris Health breaks ground on a new $1.6 billion hospital

Aug 8, 2024 | hfmmagazine.com | Jamie Morgan |John Mccormack |Mick LeRoy

Houston voters approved a $2.5 billion bond package to partially fund the facility expansion, capital improvements to existing facilities and build community clinics. Harris Health System announced in May that it broke ground on a new $1.6 billion hospital on the Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Hospital Campus in northeast Houston.
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.