December 2022 Newsletter

In the News This Month

Season’s Greetings Everyone,

It’s hard to believe the holiday season is upon us. Once again we reflect on another busy year filled with regulatory changes and updates helping provide solutions for the many ripple effects healthcare organizations are still experiencing from the pandemic.

As we come to the close of 2022, and in keeping with the Courtemanche & Associate’s tradition, our feature article this December, “Top 12 Items for your 2023 To Do List” provides some “house-keeping” suggestions to assist in preparing you for regulatory expectations in the new year.

We appreciate each and every one of you, for your dedication and incredible patient care that you provide every day, and we thank you for your readership and patronage. The C&A team looks forward to continuing ongoing partnerships as well as developing new relationships in the upcoming year.

From all of us at Courtemanche & Associates, we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a healthy, safe, and productive New Year.

We hope you find these articles informative and helpful in assisting you with your ongoing regulatory readiness. Please reach out to us at info@courtemanche-assocs.com for additional information or any service needs you may have.

Healthcare workers using Top 12 House-keeping checklist items for 2023

Top 12 Items for your 2023 “To Do” List

As we come to the close of 2022, we want to provide you with some “house-keeping” suggestions as we go

The Author

Joseph Esch, MBA CHFM

Joseph Esch is a Life safety surveyor and consultant. He is trained under the HFAP Acute Care and Critical Access Hospital requirements, as well as The Joint Commission accreditation requirements for the physical environment, fire safety, Life Safety Code®, and Emergency Management chapters. Joseph has 14 years in healthcare, his primary focus is the operations, plant and the physical environment. He has assisted in the planning and initial startup of facility programs in several acute care facilities, including the implementation of CMMS, compliance program, capital forecasting, and facility condition indexing and has been chairman of the EOC committee. He currently holds a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager certification issued by the American Hospital association in 2015 and is a member of the American Society of Healthcare Engineers and the local chapter of Chesapeake Area for Healthcare Engineers.

Joe-Esch
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