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• NEW Register Now! Spring Seminar Program to Pack Four Important Education Sessions + Technical Exhibit into One Day, March 19
• NEW 10 Booths Added for Spring Seminar March 19 - Hurry and Reserve Yours - Food and Book Sponsorships are Available
• NEW No CHFM Yet? You May Qualify for a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager Exam Fee Waiver
• NEW Take Part in Selecting the 2009 NEHES Engineer of the Year - Nominations Due by May 1
• NEHES Scholarship Winner Seeks Biomedical Position
• Student Seeks Summer Engineering Internship in Hospital
• Free Dues for Active Members!

• Conference Presentations
• How Vendors Can Reach and Support NEHES Members

Register Now! Spring Seminar Program to Pack Four Important Education Sessions + Technical Exhibit into One Day, March 19

You're invited to the 2010 NEHES Spring Seminar Friday, March 19 at the Four Points by Sheraton Leominster, Leominster, MA. Organizers are members of the Maine Healthcare Engineers’ Society.

Register now!     [Download Brochure - MS Word]

Chair: Brian DeLong, CHFM, Inland Hospital, Waterville, Maine, bdelong@emh.org

Vendor and Sponsor Chair: Mike Connolly, Mercy Hospital, Portland, Maine, connollym@mercyme.com

Education Program:

1.  The Transformation of Healthcare, Organizational Leadership, Impact of Healthcare Reform on Healthcare Facilities Management
Jim Lussier is the founder of and principle consultant with The Lussier Center/TLC in Bend, Oregon. He spent more than 36 years in health care. He is President Emeritus and Board Member of Cascade Healthcare Community (CHC), which operates St. Charles Medical Center-Bend, Oregon, and St. Charles Medical Center-Redmond, Oregon. He advocates for the transformation of healthcare and speaks interna-tionally on organizational and personal leadership, transformational healing healthcare design, and the development of integrated health systems designed to improve community health status.

2.   It’s NFPA Code Cycle Time and You can Participate in the Code Change Process
It’s NFPA Code Cycle time! Hear about the "hot topics" and how you can make a difference… this is a presentation on the upcoming code review and comment period by members of NFPA Committees and Healthcare Interpretations Task Force offering insight on the proposals that are being entertained and offering opportunity to participate in the Code change process.

Presenters: Gene Cable, P.E. FPE, and Dave Dagenais, SASHE, CHFM, CHSP. Gene is a member of the VA Fire Protection Engineering Task Force and has now retired from the HITF and three NFPA Life Safety Technical committees where he served for up to 20 years. He remains active in the code change process.

Dave is an executive board member of the NFPA Healthcare section, a member of the NFPA Healthcare section – Codes and Standards Review Committee, NFPA Healthcare Interpretation Task Force, NFPA 99 – Technical Collating Committee, NFPA 99 – Healthcare Emergency Management and Security Technical Committee, NFPA 99 – Electrical Systems Technical Committee, NFPA 730 – Premise Security Technical Collating Committee, and NFPA 731 – Installation of Security Systems Technical Committee.

3.   Capital Project Financing, Loan Guarantee, Stimulus Funding, and Grant Opportunity Success Stories
With banks and other institutions not as willing to lend funds for hospitals’ capital projects as they once were, hospitals need assistance in ways to find funding and funding guarantees, especially since few healthcare projects cost less than $10 million. A partnership of solutions providers will discuss how to obtain funding and guarantees from various sources: HUD, USDA, Baldrige award, Kresge Foundation, and other sources of grants and funds. They will also discuss recent success stories, including a $ 130 million funding package recently secured for a New England hospital. Larry Brown, Director of Business Development, DiGiorgio Associates, Inc., is selecting the solutions providers for the presentation.

4.   FGI Guidelines (previously AIA Guidelines) for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities
Kurt A. Rockstroh, AIA, ACHA, Vice Chairman of the FGI’s Health Guidelines Revision Committee, will present an overview of important information on the rationale behind the major changes and additions to the new FGI Guidelines document, and changes between the 2006 and 2010 editions. Many states already apply the Guidelines as their standard, so this is a presentation that you wont want to miss! A question and answer session will also be held. Kurt has 34 years of experience in the master planning and design of hospitals, medical office buildings, health maintenance organizations, and private institutions for research and teaching.

He has contributed to more than 400 projects throughout the United States, England, and the Middle East. He has been involved in master planning and strategic planning initiatives for more than 75 healthcare organizations.

Conference Payment Options:
1. Active* NEHES Members: $ 175 and a free copy of the new Guidelines from the Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI ), previously AIA guidelines, a $168 dollar value! * Active = individuals who are directly employed in or by healthcare-related facilities (those that provide patient care), and who have responsibility in healthcare facility operations

2. Non-NEHES members eligible for Active NEHES membership: $ 200, including a free copy of the FGI Guidelines and $25 of the registration fee applied to a one-year, $25 NEHES membership. Fill out a membership application form (available at www.nehes.org, About Us/Join Us tab), and submit at the registration desk at Spring Seminar or mail in with your payment.

• Eligible for Active NEHES membership and an ASHE member in good standing? Pay just $ 175 for NEHES membership, conference registration, and a free book when you provide your ASHE membership ID number on the NEHES membership application.

3. Supporting NEHES Members, Non-NEHES Members: $200

Bring a Guest
Active and Supporting NEHES members may bring one new NEHES qualified Active status candidate (i.e., must be a direct employee of a healthcare facility) for FREE. (Free copy of FGI Guidelines not applicable.)

Hotel room rate:
$99 plus taxes

Continuing Education Credits:
Attendees will receive 5.5 contact hours or .55 CEUs from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association.

Vendors and Sponsors
Choose to be a vendor with a booth ($ 1100); Food Sponsor ($500), or Book Sponsor (Guidelines from the Facility Guidelines Institute - $500). Sign up now, Mike Connolly, Vendor Chair, connollym@mercyme.com.

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10 Booths Added for Spring Seminar March 19 - Hurry and Reserve Yours - Food and Book Sponsorships are Available

Vendors - It's time to reserve booths and sponsorships! Click on the form to the right for all the details!  We sold all of our 35 booths and just added 10 more spaces!  Book and food sponsorships are available too!   Contact Mike Connolly, connollym@mercyme.com (207) 879-3574 for more information.

Spring Seminar, a one-day event, will be held Friday, March 19, 2010 at the Four Points by Sheraton Leominster, Leominster, MA.

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No CHFM Yet? You May Qualify for a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager Exam Fee Waiver

By Jona Roberts, CHFM
Engineering Manager
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
NEHES Scholarship Chair

The American Society for Healthcare Engineering has agreed to provide a number of CHFM exam fee waivers if you are both a NEHES and ASHE Active Member. If you are thinking 2010 is the year to finally take the exam, here is your big chance to save the $275 exam fee. The only thing you have to do is be both a NEHES and ASHE Active Member, be eligible to take the exam, (see the ASHE or AHA web sites for the CHFM eligibility requirements) request the waiver form, using the contact information below, and submit the completed form before submitting your application for the waiver. These waivers are available now, but remember, you must submit the waiver request before taking the exam to receive this special offer.

Don’t let another year go by without receiving the recognition you deserve and “enjoy the pride of recognition of being among the elite in a critical field of healthcare management”!

To receive the waiver request form, contact the NEHES Scholarship Chair.

Jona Roberts

jona.roberts@hitchcock.org

603-650-8457

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Take Part in Selecting the 2009 NEHES Engineer of the Year - Nominations Due by May 1

By Fred Leffingwell, CHFM

NEHES Chair, Engineer of the Year Committee

It is once again time to begin the process of nominating deserving individuals for the New England Healthcare Engineers’ Society Engineer-of-the-Year award. This award is given to an Active member in recognition of their contributions beyond their normal duties to the Local Chapter, NEHES, and the profession as a whole. The award is designed to honor a member’s achievements during the previous year of the submission, or in this case, 2009.

I am honored to chair the selection process for the Engineer-of-the-Year for 2010.  Receiving this award in 2009, I can only say this is the proudest moment in my career in NEHES.  The 2009 award will go to the 14th recipient of what is arguably the most significant form of recognition that NEHES can bestow upon any of its active members.

The Engineer-of-the-Year award is presented to the individual who has distinguished himself/herself in service to the Society and the healthcare engineering profession during the previous calendar year. Distinguishing qualities may include service to their institution, their chapter, fellow engineers, and the Society as a whole. The award is not a recognition of continuous years of service.

The selection process begins with the solicitation of nominations from any NEHES member. This can be facility managers, supporting and honorary members, consulting engineers, architects, contractors, and healthcare associates through this NEHES newsletter.

I would personally like to ask that all State Chapters and members help by taking an active look at their fellow NEHES colleagues to identify at least one member in each State Chapter who they can nominate for this award. Although the process can seem a bit complicated, we should at least take the time to recognize their efforts by nominating those deserving members for work and support to our profession. I would stress that even if I had not received the award last year I would have felt honored to be nominated.

The Engineer-of-the-Year Committee will review all nominations and submit our candidate recommendation for the Engineer-of-the-Year Award to the NEHES Board of Directors no later than the September Board meeting.

The Board will confirm the candidate selection at its September meeting.  The successful candidate will be announced at the Annual Banquet during the 2010 Fall Conference in Bretton Woods, NH on Sunday October 3rd through the 6th. 

There are many, many deserving candidates. This is a great honor and an acknowledgement of efforts!

Please take a moment to download the nomination forms ( List of Criteria and Nomination Form ) and send them to me with the supporting documents. 

Fred Leffingwell, CHFM 

652 Winthrop Ave. 

New Haven, CT 06511

fredrickleffingwel@sbcglobal.net

Past Engineers of the Year

1997 - Mark Cappello

1998 - Jack Gosselin, FASHE, CHFM

1999- Steve Cutter, CHFM, MBA, HFDP

2000 - Joe Mona

2001 - Mark English, CCE, SASHE, CHFM

2002 - Don Garrison, FASHE, CHFM

2003 - Gene Cable, P.E., FPE

2004 - Ron Vachon, SASHE, CHFM

2005 - Joe Mona

2006 - Bob Lord

2007 - Steve Jalowiec, P.E., CHFM

2008 - Fred Leffingwell, CHFM

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NEHES Scholarship Winner Seeks Biomedical Position

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Student Seeks Summer Engineering Internship in Hospital

Tom Klansek, a junior mechanical engineering student at UMass in Amherst, came to the 2009 NEHES Fall Conference in Rhode Island to learn more about our field. He would very much like to pursue HCFM upon graduation (December 2010).

In the meantime, Tom is looking for a 2010 summer assignment as an intern for a hospital in its Engineering Department.  See his resume to learn more about his background.

If you can help, contact Tom by e-mail or phone, tklansek@student.umass.edu, (508) 340-8778. 

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