Becoming a member of Bon Secours Mercy Well being (BSMH) in Cincinnati in September 2019, Jonathan Hunley was introduced on board to supervise $500 million in infrastructure enhancements deliberate over the following 5 years for the group, which encompasses 35 hospitals and greater than 15 million sq. toes. A few of that work consists of new and expanded central utility vegetation to accommodate peak calls for and implementing a strategic partnership to deal with the whole lot of the roofing portfolio for all of BSMH’s acute hospital campuses, by means of a grasp upkeep and alternative program with a nationwide constructing envelope vendor.
In his position, Hunley represents BSMH in relationships with division heads, structure and engineering companies, contractors, and consultants for all infrastructure tasks, in addition to offering oversight for tasks from inception during to completion. His priorities embody evaluating and assessing infrastructure wants for every facility and prioritizing tasks primarily based on a set standards that revolve round regulatory compliance, power effectivity enhancements, and affected person expertise. As a member of the BSMH Sustainability Council and Affected person Security and Accreditation Councils, Hunley aligns his work with the strategic targets of the group to implement new insurance policies that impact network-wide change, together with an infection management and interim life security measures, and sustainability packages.
On prime of that, inside a number of months on the job, his focus shifted to incorporate serving to 35 services put together for surges in COVID-19 circumstances and guarantee occupant well being and security. For instance, he developed a set of inner tips for facility supervisor groups to make use of for short-term surge set-up by using suggestions from ASHE and ASHRAE. He’s additionally making an influence on a nationwide and worldwide degree, volunteering on a working committee for the World Well being Group to develop COVID-19 hospitals for growing international locations; as a member of the Nationwide Fireplace Safety Company electrical committee to tell nationwide constructing codes for emergency energy methods; and on ASHRAE’s Nationwide Healthcare Technical Committee, the place he gives perception and evaluation of ASHRAE 170, which can set the American Nationwide Normal for future healthcare services.
As his HCD 10 nomination states, Hunley is “by no means glad with the established order—at all times on the lookout for strategic alternatives to enhance the apply of healthcare facility administration and infrastructure planning.”
What do you’re keen on most about your job?
I really like the flexibleness and management I’m given to construct the infrastructure program right here at BSMH. I’ve been entrusted to develop and keep this program and given all of the sources I’d ever want to take action. I’ve been in a position to take a profession’s price of information and create one thing from scratch. It’s been very rewarding to look at it succeed.
What trade problem do you hope to unravel?
The shortage of resiliency preparedness wanted inside our services because it pertains to completely different disasters/occasions that influence them. These occasions present themselves in some ways, and the trade is severely missing to face them head on. This additionally has a steep monetary dedication that comes with it, and we’ve many individuals who want to higher perceive the place to properly make investments inside our services and the place to not.
What did you be taught over the previous yr?
By working remotely full time, we’ve discovered how you can leverage know-how to work productively and cut back our journey to markets versus life earlier than the pandemic.
What’s the following main pattern you anticipate for healthcare design?
I really feel like two are on the verge of breaking unfastened. The primary is SMART Expertise and Web of Issues (IoT). I believe you’re going to see well being methods begin to migrate over to all these methods to automate extra capabilities inside the hospital. SMART Expertise has proven optimistic influence to each affected person and worker expertise in addition to success in mitigating affected person questions of safety corresponding to affected person falls. The opposite pattern is using prefabrication/modular development. I do know this isn’t essentially a brand new pattern; nonetheless, I consider it’s use goes to extend in development to assist handle points with obtainable manpower.