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2024 Iowa Society for Healthcare Engineering Conference


The Meadows Events & Conference Center, Altoona, Iowa  
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - Friday, September 20, 2024   iCalendar Central Standard Time

The Iowa Society for Healthcare Engineering Conference provides education to promote quality patient care, optimize facilities and prepare for health care's future through improved engineering practices.
 

Program Agenda
Wednesday, September 18 - Friday, September 20, in person 

Sponsored by Graham Construction and CMBA Architects

Wednesday, September 18

Habitat for Humanity Panel Build sponsored by Graham Construction

Murray Company, McGough Construction, OPN Architects (open to ISHE members and sponsors only)

Front Parking Lot of Prairie Meadows; 1 Prairie Meadows Dr. Altoona, IA 50009

7 a.m. Set Up Shift

7:45 a.m. 1st Shift Wall Builders

11:30 a.m. Lunch sponsored by CMBA Architects and IMEG Corporation, The Meadows Events & Conference Center

12:15 p.m. 2nd Shift Wall Builders and Clean Up

4 p.m. Adjourn

5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Welcome Reception; Photo Finish Lounge

 

Thursday, September 19

7:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

8 a.m. Welcome; Chris Hanson, ISHE President, Director of Facility Operations, UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center, Fort Dodge

8:15 a.m. ASHE Update; Gordon Howie, M.S., CHFM, CHC, ASHE Region 6 Advisory Board Member and President, Facilities and Support Services, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

9:15 a.m. Proactive Facilities Planning in a Dynamic Market: Forecasting Construction Costs, Drivers, and Disruptors for the Future; Tim Kittila, Director, Facility Condition Assessments, Kraus-Anderson Companies, Minneapolis; Bryan Michael, Director of Operations, Iowa, Kraus-Anderson Companies, Des Moines; Dave Schmitt, Director of Facilities, Kossuth Regional Medical Center, Algona

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. AAMI TIR34 & ST108 Central Sterile Water Systems & Standards; Jeff Lee, Vice President of Industrial Sales, Total Water Treatment Systems, Inc., Monticello

11:30 a.m. Lunch

12:30 p.m. Business Meeting

1 p.m. Experienced Facilities Leaders Panel; Panel of ISHE Members, Moderated by Chris Hanson, ISHE President, Director of Facility Operations, UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center, Fort Dodge

Chad Darter, Director of Facilities and Construction Service Area, Trinity Health, Dubuque

Brian Nelson, CHFM, Facilities Management Director, Dallas County Hospitals, Perry

Chris Phillips, CHFM, CLSS-HC, Director of Facility Operations - Plant Operations, UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, Des Moines

2 p.m. System Design within a Behavioral Health Environment; Justin Olson, PE, Associate Principal, Alvine Engineering, Des Moines; Jess Fitzpatrick, PE, Project Engineer, Alvine Engineering, Oklahoma City

3 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. How a Rural Hospital is Overcoming Disaster; Vince Horras, Project Manager, Graham Construction, Des Moines; Catherine Hillestad, ACHS CEO, Adair County Health System, Greenfield; David Hofmann, Architect, InVision Architecture, Des Moines; Rich Larson, PE, LEED, AP, Principal, KEDbluestone, Des Moines; Nate Timmons, Assistant Superintendent, Graham Construction, Des Moines

4:15 p.m. Closing Comments

4:30 p.m. Trade Show Reception sponsored by INVISION, Bishop Ballroom

6:30 p.m. Trade Show Closes

6:30 – 8:30 p.m. ISHE-endorsed Evening Event sponsored by Plumbing & Heating Wholesale, Inc.; Brick & Ivy Rooftop, 400 34th Ave SW, Altoona 
(open to ISHE members and sponsors only)



Friday, September 20

8 a.m. Breakfast and District Meetings

9 a.m. Break

9:15 a.m. Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing Update; Bryan Shupe, Lead Inspector, Health and Safety Division, Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, & Licensing, Des Moines

OR

9:15 a.m. DNV Healthcare USA Inc. Update; Clinton Butts, CFPS, CHOP, Standards Application, and Interpretation Specialist, DNV Healthcare USA Inc, Charlottesville, Virginia

11:30 a.m. Adjourn

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION 

The American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association has approved the ISHE Conference for 5.75 contact hours on September 19 and 2.25 contact hours on September 20.

 

LODGING

IHA has secured a discounted nightly room rate at the Prairie Meadows Hotel and Casino for $129 plus tax for a run of house guest room for the nights of September 18th and September 19th. Reservations at the Prairie Meadows Hotel can be made by calling (515) 957-3000 and asking for the Iowa Hospital Association ISHE meeting rate. Online reservations can be made at prairiemeadows.com using Group Code 091924. Reservations must be made before Tuesday, August 20th.

 

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Contact Autumn McGill with questions about this event.

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