President’s Message

“IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT’S DONE”

HOW MANY OF YOU have taken a moment to reflect on how our facilities now operate versus early 2019?

If you haven’t, you should. It’s impressive how much we’ve changed and how well we’ve executed the transformation.

Similarly, CHES has adapted to our new world. Through necessity, CHES is more agile, adopting more digital methodologies to support the primary mandate of “for member benefit.” Our use of webinars throughout 2021 increased as we converted typical face-to-face interactions and received regular offers to add to our already strong lineup of webinars. And even though we all prefer meeting in-person, our webinars continue to be well-received and attended. Thanks to all who took the time to modify these sessions.

Although modest at this point, lost CHES members are returning to the organization. Hopefully this is the start of a movement that will take us back to our pre-COVID membership status.

As mentioned in the last issue, we held our first (and hopefully last) virtual national conference. Early feedback from attendees and contributors has been surprisingly positive with better than expected numbers. This is certainly testimony to the effort of the conference planning committee.

We’re now ramping up our planning for the 2022 International Federation of Hospital Engineering Congress, which will be held in conjunction with the 2022 CHES National Conference in Toronto, Sept. 17-21. The international planning team remains confident there will be a fullblown, face-to-face event in the fall. More details will be available in early 2022. Hopefully everyone has already marked the dates in their calendar.

With that, I wish you all well. Your commitment and perseverance to the success of your specific facility, as well as the healthcare sector overall is very much appreciated.

Roger Holliss CHES National president

EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS FROM CHES

Members of the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society can earn free continuing education units (CEU) by reading the Winter 2021/2022 issue of Canadian Healthcare Facilities and passing a quiz based on articles in the issue. Once you’ve read the issue from cover to cover, simply go online to www.surveymonkey.com/r/DJ8SZ82 to take the quiz. CHES members who pass the quiz will be able to claim one contact hour (0.1 CEU) on their CanHCC or CCHFM certificate renewals.

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