In my last entry, “Preparing Your Facility for a Joint Commission Review,” we discussed what the Joint Commission is, what it does, and laid the groundwork for a Joint Commission review.  This entry looks at the review process a little further, focusing on the role of the Life Safety Specialist. The Life Safety Specialist:  dotting [more...]

Luckett and Farley Structural has been working tirelessly with one of our clients to address certain corrosion issues they’ve been having at their facility.  We all know that concrete cracks; well, carbon steel rusts. But the processes within their 2002 industrial building exposes the structure to the double whammy of extreme heat and steam, occurring in hot-cold cycles throughout [more...]

It’s a normal day at your healthcare facility—doctors and nurses are buzzing about tending to patients, clerks are pulling files and directing visitors.  Then, an official looking group of people step onto the premises—a Joint Commission survey team.  Is your facility prepared? While at the Kentucky Healthcare Coalition Conference last month, I had the opportunity [more...]

The YMCA has been practicing “grassroots” before the concept was even a seed. And while it’s now en vogue for businesses and consumers today to “act local” (and with good reason), the YMCA has been a cornerstone to community support and development since 1851. Now it’s not often I come across companies and organization’s older than Luckett & [more...]

“Are you a Leader or a Follower?” When you think about that question, you first need something by which to gauge your response. You could read the latest best seller on leadership skills or watch the hottest new self-help video. Personally, I prefer to study past leaders to see how they lived and try to [more...]