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Medxcel Joins FirstNet – America’s Public Safety Communications Platform

2/14/2019

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 14, 2018 — Medxcel is connecting its emergency management teams to FirstNet – public safety’s dedicated communications platform. This tech upgrade allows Medxcel to equip eligible hospital personnel with new capabilities and reliable wireless access to critical information, so they can better serve patients at its facilities across the country.

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Industry Voices - 3 ways healthcare providers can take advantage of CMS' reduced burdens

2/4/2019

It goes without saying that both regulation and accreditation are crucial to ensuring that healthcare providers and facilities uphold nationwide standards in patient care. 
While both hold healthcare providers accountable to their patients and community, strengthen patient safety and measure quality and safety of care, federal regulations require a great deal of physicians’ time—not to mention the looming penalties they could face if they fall short.

Ensuring that healing environments are meeting and exceeding standards of patient care should not be a burden. CMS recently launched its “Patients over Paperwork” initiative to identify what stakeholders consider burdensome in the healthcare environment. 

Larry Lacombe, VP Program Development & Facilities Compliance shared insights with FierceHealthcare on how healthcare facilities can take advantage of this change. 

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Efforts to Prevent Healthcare Violence Gain Momentum

2/1/2019

Violence in healthcare has been an ongoing challenge, and more alarming, has been accepted as "part-of-the-job."  That may change as a proposed federal law follows Joint Commission action.  

Relias Media called on workplace violence experts, including Medxcel's VP of Emergency Management, EC & Safety, Scott Cormier, to weigh in on the impacts of this potential change and how healthcare organizations can make some impactful changes now to reduce workplace violence within their hospitals.  

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Patients over paperwork

1/11/2019

Regulation is necessary to ensure healthcare providers and facilities uphold nationwide standards in patient care, but it takes a great deal of time.  

CMS proposed a rule to remove "unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome Medicare compliance requirements for healthcare facilities."  Less red tape means less paperwork, and more time for everything else. How can healthcare facilities take advantage of CMS's reduced burdens? 

Medxcel's VP of Program Development and Facilities Compliance Larry Lacombe shared his insights with Becker's Hospital Review.

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4 Considerations When Designing Pediatric Healthcare Units

12/5/2018

When it comes to design, pediatric healthcare units are different. The tiny patients they care for in these spaces not only require special care, but they require special design choices, too.  Medxcel's VP of Planning, Design & Construction, Dan Scher shared with Becker's Hospital Review 4 considerations when designing pediatric healthcare units. 

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'How's my hospital running today?'

10/18/2018

'How's my hospital running today?' is a fair question for the COO of a hospital to ask a member of the hospital's facilities department. While it could be a casual greeting, if pressed, how would your facilities team answer the question? Could they answer with measurable data?  

As facility managers look to the future of facility operations, it's undeniable that the future will likely involve buidling analytics.  In an article published by Healthcare Facilities Today, Jim Prince, Medxcel's Director of Energy and Performance Excellence covers how building analytics plays a vital role in not only controlling energy usage, but it can also control the overall health of the facility as well.  

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CMS Developing More Uniform Ligature Risk Guidance

10/1/2018

Patient suicide ranks among the top three sentinel events, reports The Joint Commission (TJC), prompting regulators to focus heavily on ligature risks.  Because of that, hospitals may soon have a more uniform set of guidance on protecting patients from ligature risk according to a memo issued by CMS to state survey agency directors, reports Relias Media.  In this article, Sue Andersen, Medxcel's National Director of Emergency Management, Environment of Care and Safety shares her insights on this topic with Relias Media. 

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Prioritizing Hospital CEOS' #1 Priority: Cost Control and the Physical Environment

9/11/2018

According to Advisory Board’s Annual Health Care CEO Survey, cost control has surpassed revenue growth as healthcare system CEOs’ number one priority.  When discussing cost control in the physical space of a hospital, Medxcel's National Vice President of Operations, Matt Keahey has valuable insights that he shared with Boss Magazine on three ways to prioritize your facility to enable cost control. 

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Medxcel Recognized as One of Nation's Most Engaged Workplaces for Third Consecutive Year

9/5/2018

Indianapolis (Aug. 29, 2018) — Medxcel, an Indianapolis-based healthcare integrated facilities management provider, was recognized today as one of the nation’s most engaged workplaces by a panel comprised of employee engagement academics, industry analysts, thought leaders, journalists and influencers. The annual award, Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ in North America, identifies top employers that display superior leadership and innovation in engaging their workplaces. 

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Value-based healthcare models require a better-educated, patient-centered workforce

7/30/2018

The drive to attain value-based care is reshaping hospital staffing at every level, from hiring to education to teamwork.   Modern Healthcare spoke to several healthcare executives serving in multiple roles within the hospital, including Medxcel's National Vice President of Operations, Matt Keahey.  Read on for valuable insights from these leaders as they address the workforce. 

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Experts address ligature-resistant environments at annual conference

7/17/2018

Assessing health care facilities for ligature risk was the topic of discussion at this morning’s general session at the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition. 

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Hurricanes and healthcare: 4 ways disaster preparedness can minimize devastating results

7/17/2018

Hurricanes are devastating to communities. That’s why hospitals must be prepared for such natural disasters to minimize damages and take care of their current patients and the people affected by the hurricanes.  In a guest post in Healthcare Business & Technology, Medxcel's Scott Cormier, VP of emergency management, environment of care and safety offers four ways healthcare executives can prepare for the hurricane season.

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4 ways to protect healthcare organizations and staff against workplace violence

7/16/2018

Workplace violence against healthcare workers can be as simple as a doctor yelling at a nurse or a patient intimidating a doctor. However, it can also be as grave as a deadly assault. Regardless of severity, it’s imperative healthcare organizations find effective measures to eliminate violence and protect their workforce.

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A Continuous Assessment: Understanding Compliance During New Construction

6/22/2018

Just as healthcare professionals must remain nimble in light of new medical research, healthcare facilities, too, must keep pace with rapid changes in code compliance, neighborhood health, sustainability, and energy management. Code compliance is particularly crucial during new construction.  Larry Lacombe, VP of Program Development and Facilities Compliance stresses the importance of ongoing assessments during new construction. 

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Planning for Pandemonium

6/21/2018

Healthcare organizations play a vital role in the community when disaster strikes and it is imperative they are prepared for all types of crisis scenarios. Healthcare Purchasing News recognized the importance of this and interviewed Medxcel's Scott Cormier, VP of emergency management, environment of care and safety for his expertise, amongst other experts in the field of planning for disasters.  

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Tornado preparedness: 3 ways to safeguard healthcare facilities against disaster

5/11/2018

Hospitals are in a unique position when disaster strikes.  Predominately regarded as safe havens, hospitals are expected to continuously provide quality patient care and protection to patients, associates and visitors during a disaster, as well as prepare to receive victims from the disaster. 

 

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3 Strategies to Minimize Regulatory Overload

5/9/2018

Federal legislation is implemented to ensure superior, safe, and reliable patient care. However, for many healthcare organizations, new regulation can feel more like a headache than anything else. In recent years, clinical staff and facilities managers alike have seen an increased amount of time spent on regulatory compliance, which can take away from other valuable initiatives.  A lot of this can be overwhelming for healthcare leaders. Larry Lacombe, Vice President of Program Development and Facilities Compliance shares his insights and breaks down 3 strategies to minimize regulatory overload.

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Creating a single operational culture after a merger

4/12/2018

When healthcare organizations merge, the union of the facilities departments is rarely at the top of the leaders’ list of priorities.  Medxcel's Area Vice President Damian Skelton was asked by Health Facilities Management to share insights based on his experience.  "What was successful was when we came together in a room and had discussions, and agreed on the pathways forward," Skelton states.  

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Medxcel Client Facility Earns Prestigious LEED Certification, Austin Energy Green Building Rating for Green Design and Construction Methods

3/28/2018

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March 28, 2018) —Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas at Austin, a project of Medxcel and Ascension, has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold and a 4-Star Austin Energy Green Building rating for its green design and construction methods.

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Ligature: This year's regulatory heavy hitter

3/16/2018

Patient suicide ranks among the top three sentinel events, reports The Joint Commission (TJC), prompting regulators to focus heavily on ligature risks this year.  If many suicide attempts are impulsive, TJC reasons, then reducing environmental risks and opportunities for self-harm is vital for curbing the suicide trend in healthcare settings. Larry Lacombe, Vice President of Program Development and Facilities Compliance for Medxcel shares his insights and why we are calling ligature this year's regulatory heavy hitter.  

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