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Are Nurse Call Systems Part of Your Regular Testing & Inspection Program?

By Kayla Welta | June 2, 2020

Technology can help you avoid communication issues in healthcare environments – as long as that technology is working correctly.

BuildingReports Partners with ComplianceBinders.com for Healthcare Compliance Reporting Management Binders

By Joanna Ku | February 13, 2018

UPDATE JANUARY 2019: This partnership has been discontinued due to low demand for BuildingReports-branded versions, but members still interested in acquiring Compliance Binders can still order them direct from L&R. Managing and organizing the massive amount of paper reporting required by CMS accredited agencies can be a massive headache for healthcare facility professionals. L&R’s Optix […]

NFPA-101 Life Safety Code & CMS Compliance for Healthcare Facilities

By Joanna Ku | August 22, 2017

Due to the recently issued requirements by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), low-profile fire extinguishers are the only fire extinguishers which may be surface-mounted in the corridors of healthcare facilities while maintaining compliance with NFPA-101, Life Safety Code – 2012 edition. Otherwise, when surface-mounted, typical fire extinguishers that protrude more than 4-1/2” […]

New Feature for ScanSeries Healthcare Users

By Joanna Ku | September 19, 2016

BuildingReports has released a new feature that will be welcomed by users of our ScanSeries Healthcare formats. When logging into your account and viewing your reports in a healthcare format, you will notice a new designation in the legend section at the beginning of the Inspection and Testing section. The legend now includes an “R” […]

CMS Top 10 Life Safety Code Violations & the New Final Rule

By Joanna Ku | August 10, 2016

Audits by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services accredited agencies can cause sleepless nights for those responsible for fire and life safety systems in healthcare occupancy types. Not only can the outcome lead to having to cut employees loose and steep fines, but because these audits results are reported publicly it can also have a […]

Important NFPA Code updates to ScanSeries & Reports

By Joanna Ku | October 29, 2015

As a result of frequent requests from healthcare format users using SprinklerScan, there is a NFPA 25 1998 edition year option now available for SprinklerScan on the Setup page and Building Edit page. This will allow the 1998 edition year to be automated on the cover page and will provide members with the 1998 NFPA […]

Healthcare Facility Life Safety Compliance

By Joanna Ku | August 6, 2014

As a sponsor of the 51st American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition August 3-6 in Chicago, Illinois, BuildingReports provider event goers with an early glimpse at healthcare facility compliance performance. The data and analysis are based on data from the inaugural Fire & Life Safety Inspection Benchmark Report. In addition, […]

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