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Two Emergency Preparedness Tactics for Healthcare Facilities

2/10/2022

Facility managers must ensure buildings and organizations are ready to handle crises while supporting a high level of care.

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Indy's Best and Brightest

2/9/2022

Congratulations to Medxcel team member Danielle Lawson for being selected as a finalist in Indy's Best and Brightest Event! The event honors 100 of the region's most outstanding young professionals based on their professional accomplishments, civic contributions, character, and leadership qualities.

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How To Balance Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Patient Care

1/19/2022

Energy efficiency and sustainability are high priorities in healthcare facilities, but patients come first

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Succession Planning During the Great Resignation: There’s No Time to Procrastinate

1/17/2022

Worker retention and succession planning are nothing new to healthcare facility CEOs. Five years ago, global business membership and research association Conference Board conducted a survey of 555 CEOs to gauge their greatest business challenges. As Becker’s Hospital Review reported at the time, a significant problem facing CEOs was their aging workforce and the need to develop a new generation of workers amidst emerging challenges.

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Care When it Counts

1/4/2022

Medxcel’s Scott Cormier tells us how to prepare medical facilities for disaster

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Case Study: Bottom-Line Sustainability with Modular Casework

1/3/2022

Strategy contributes to waste-reduction strategy with source reduction, efficient design and standardization.

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What will 2022 bring to healthcare facilities?

12/21/2021

Telemedicine and supply chain challenges will continue to affect planning, design, and construction

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How Can FEMA Help Hospitals Mitigate and Recover from Disaster?

11/29/2021

Following disasters, FEMA will reimburse 75-100 percent of costs for services such as debris removal, overtime pay, and infrastructure repairs.

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Recovering From Natural Disasters: Accessing FEMA Assistance for Support and Mitigation

11/12/2021

When a health care facility is damaged by a natural event, the organization normally has insurance to try to make the facility whole and repair the damages after the fact.

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Addressing & Overcoming Global Staffing Shortages in Healthcare Facilities

11/10/2021

Reaching and retaining highly skilled talent is no easy task, no matter the circumstances. With healthcare practitioners and facilities staff facing new challenges during the ongoing pandemic, many employers are struggling to successfully engage employees.

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5 Impacts of COVID-19 on Healthcare Facility Design and Technology

10/26/2021

As we continue to navigate COVID-19, it’s crucial to understand the way the future of facility management will shift with these technological advancements and facility design updates in healthcare.

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Mitigating and Recovering from Disaster with FEMA Assistance

10/10/2021

We typically don’t think about an insurance claim until after the event has occurred, and hospitals are no different. The prevailing mindset is to get through the disaster, then figure out filing insurance. Unfortunately, in the weeks following a disaster, healthcare facilities can lose receipts or take the wrong photos of damage or fail to procure help in the right way. The facility could lose thousands or even millions of dollars in potential insurance claims, unless they implement a program that starts the process early in the disaster, or even before the disaster strikes.

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Keeping Patients Safe From Harm: Enacting and Sustaining a Ligature Risk Assessment

9/20/2021

The growing concern around suicide in healthcare facilities, particularly in behavioral health units, has prompted facility managers, clinicians and governing healthcare organizations like The Joint Commission (TJC) to further assess ligature risks. Though patient suicide rates have recently been falling, TJC Journal on Quality and Patient Safety found that 49-65 hospital inpatient suicides occur annually. That is 49-65 too many.

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Indy Companies Among 'Most Engaged Workplaces'

9/17/2021

INDIANAPOLIS - Two Indianapolis-based companies are included in the 2021 Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces list. Achievers, a Canada-based company that has developed an employee recognition and engagement platform, says the list recognizes employers that display leadership and innovation.

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Medxcel Hires Real Estate VP

8/17/2021

Indianapolis-based Medxcel has hired Ron Brown as vice president of real estate. He most recently served as regional director of real estate for St. Vincent's in Bridgeport, Indiana. Brown holds a bachelor's degree from the University of New Haven and a master's degree from the University of Connecticut.

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COVID Protocols for Facilities Managers in the Long Term

8/11/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Healthcare systems have made great strides to limit deaths and the spread of coronavirus, but hospitals around the country should shift their mindset from, “When will this be over?” to “How can we incorporate COVID-19 protocols into our daily operations?” The rise of the Delta variant proves that healthcare facilities are going to have to make a pandemic safety response plan a permanent part of their system.

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Equip Your Healthcare Facility for Next Year’s Tornado Season

6/1/2021

Though we’re almost in the clear this year, it’s never too early to start preparing for next year, as a thorough emergency preparedness plan takes a good deal of time, effort and talent. Learn the three steps healthcare facilities should take now to ensure staff can act quickly during the next tornado season – a time when every second counts.

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How to Consider Energy in Planning, Design, and Construction

5/8/2021

Efficiency is often an afterthought in many PDC practices. To ensure existing and new facilities alike are poised for long-term success, efficiency must be integrated.

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Taking on Tornado Season: Is Your Healthcare Facility Prepared?

4/19/2021

Tornado season is from February to March in the South and April to June in the Plains and Midwest. It is an annual occurrence that healthcare facilities must be protected against and prepared for, and this year is no exception. Learn the three steps healthcare facilities should take now to ensure staff can act quickly at a time when every second counts.

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Health system facilities representatives say lessons learned from COVID-19 will affect construction.

4/15/2021

For health systems wanting to build facilities post-COVID-19, there will be more design and engineering aspects to consider than ever.

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