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Air Force Medical Support Agency (AFMSA)/SG8F Statement of Objectives For

American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) Membership

9 December 2015

1.0 OVERALL OBJECTIVES:

The overall objective of the annual ASHE Professional Positional Memberships is to provide the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) Military Treatment Facilities across CONUS and OCONUS with the latest information in the field of healthcare facility management to ensure facilities remain compliant and operational.

2.0 MEMBERSHIP OBJECTIVES:

2.1 Access to ASHE website 24/7.

2.2 Access to weekly e-mail newsletter on topics relevant to the healthcare facilities and medical equipment industry.

2.3 Access to bi-monthly periodical which provides up-to-date information on topics including, but not limited to, the following areas as they pertain to healthcare facilities management: accreditation by The Joint Commission, communications, telecommunications, healthcare facility design and construction, disaster/emergency management planning, and environmental compliance.

2.4 Annual membership for a 5-year period for 95 ASHE Professional Positional memberships shall allow Air Force members to participate (at a reduced rate) in a yearly national caliber conference devoted to issues and matters in healthcare facilities management.

2.5 Access for the members to the networking resource(s); e.g.; a directory of members, directory of healthcare planning & architectural design professionals, on-line answers to members’ questions, and a directory of facilities management services.

2.6 Shall provide telephone consultation to members seeking technical, managerial, advocacy, and regulatory assistance.

2.7 Access to “hot-off-the-press” changes to national codes/standards and regulations, as well as access to other healthcare facilities’ professionals through its on-line Internet web site and its weekly e-mail newsletter list server.

2.8 Shall provide technical, managerial, regulatory, and advocacy assistance via letter, phone, or e-mail; discounts on purchasing publications and on-line registration fees for continuing education courses; access to an on-line service containing special alerts, news from the healthcare facilities field, electronic copies of publications; and access to professional articles and conference proceedings papers.

3.0 PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

3.1 provide an organized structure in healthcare management at the local and/or state level for ASHE members and others in the field of health care facility management.

3.2 Educate facility managers and engineers to meet the challenges of health care today and in the future by allowing personnel access to website, bi-monthly periodicals, telephone consultations, and providing network access to members.

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