Jamie Morgan

1 week 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.

2 months ago | 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.

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.

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.

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.