Health care spending continues to rise and a wealth of innovation has been unleashed to reduce costs and improve outcomes. However, operational costs are often overlooked with the laser focus on clinical issues such as patient care and patient outcomes. Yet, facilities management is a major health care cost driver and essential to patient safety. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, inefficiency in facility information management costs organizations over $14 billion each year. Moreover, the hospital climate supports infection control and building infrastructure is essential to critical life support systems.

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