2026 OAHE Spring Conference Agenda

Topic: Benchmarking Excellence: Comparative Analysis of Hospital Performance
Speakers: Joe Stockman, Director of Product Experience and Rick Joslin, Senior Solutions Architect

SESSION DESCRIPTION 

Discover how benchmarking data can transform healthcare facilities operations. This session explores benchmarking best practices and findings from research informed by data from hundreds of leading U.S. hospitals. Attendees will see industry benchmarks as a comparison point for their HFM operations, and hear how real facilities utilize benchmarking to make data-informed decisions.

   Learning objectives

1. How leading hospitals are performing in key areas like work order management and staffing.
2. What practices may be making an impact for high-performing health systems.
3. Using simple formulas for attendees to calculate benchmarks for comparison.
4. Comparisons of performance metrics by hospital size.

Speaker Bios:  

Joe Stockman has more than 30 years of Healthcare CMMS experience, focusing on improving the user experience and the design of CMMS products. He has a wealth of experience in product management, customer success, and software development as well as working in various CMMS software packages to maximize efficiency and provide insights. 

Work experience includes: 

Four Rivers (TMS); Teletracking; FSI; Consulting; Asset Inventory (millions of sq ft); End User Training; Data Conversions

Rick Joslin, IRCC, is a Senior Solutions Architect at FSI, where he helps healthcare systems streamline service operations and navigate maintenance management. Since 1984, Rick has held roles ranging from technician and team leader to director, compliance & enforcement surveyor, and solutions expert. He has supported nearly 500 healthcare organizations in implementing best practices and regulatory functions within computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS). His deep understanding of healthcare operations and regulatory requirements, combined with intimate knowledge of CMMS platforms, allows him to assist healthcare organizations in developing easily implemented solutions for unique and evolving business needs.

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Evolution of Medical Gas Piping Systems & Flame-Free Medical Gas Systems: The Next Generation of Life-Support Infrastructure

Speaker: Mr. Keith Ferrari

Description of Presentation *

 This presentation first explores how medical gas systems first evolved and are transitioning from field-fabricated, workmanship-dependent piping to engineered, modular, sensor-ready distribution networks designed for modern hospitals, animal hospitals, and research facilities. This presentation next introduces a modern, flame-free approach to medical gas infrastructure built around corrugated copper tubing (CMT), engineered mechanical axially swaged fittings, and prefabricated piping assemblies.

The session will examine how you can install a NFPA 99 compliant Flame-Free Medical Gas & Vacuum System and how continuous-run corrugated tubing reduces joint counts, improves vibration and seismic performance, and enables rapid, modular installation without hot work permits or fire watches. Real-world applications—including hospitals, hyperbaric suites, animal hospitals, and high-flow oxygen environments—will demonstrate how flameless installation improves patient safety, gas purity, infection control, construction schedules, and long-term system reliability.

By the end of this session, engineers, facility leaders, and designers will understand why the future of piped medical gas systems lies not in plumbing techniques of the past, but in engineered, prefabricated, flame-free infrastructure built for the demands of modern healthcare and research environments.

Learning Objectives: Learning Objectives:

Attendees will learn: Attendees will learn:

•        How Medical Gas evolved from portable medical gas cylinders to standardized Piped Systems and why

•      The future of Medical Gas Piped Systems

•      The options available to install a Flame-Free NFPA 99 code compliant Medical Gas System

•        How corrugated medical gas tubing (CMT) and engineered mechanical axially swaged fittings are installed

•        The role of factory-controlled joints and continuous flexible tubing runs to eliminate hot work, reduce failure points and improve system integrity

Speaker Bio: 

 Mr. Ferrari is the Business Development Manager for MediTrac by Flex-Trac, a manufacturer specializing in Corrugated Medical Tubing (CMT) that is designed for medical gas distribution. The company focuses on providing high-quality, engineered products that meet demanding healthcare applications, ensuring safety, durability and performance.

Keith has been involved in virtually all aspects of the medical gas industry, including regulatory, manufacturing, consulting, training, designing, planning, inspection, testing and verification over the last 40 years for GMI, CGS, Praxair, Linde and MediTrac.

He is or has been a principal voting member or alternate on many Codes, Standards & Guidance organizations, such as NFPA 99, NFPA 55, NFPA 150, CGA M-1, ASSE 6000, ASPE & MGPHO and is currently on the Board of Governors for MGPHO.

Mr. Ferrari attended Penn State University for Industrial Engineering, California College for Health Sciences and Wake Tech for AutoCad Design and has credentials from ASSE 6000, MGPHO CMGV, ASPE CPD, and is a NFPA 99 Trained Instructor. 

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Topic: Hillcrest Case Study; Boiler Room Risk Assessment & Vulnerability Analysis

Speaker: Sean McMenamin, Victory Energy VP End-Market Sales and Solutions

Learning objectives:

1. Identifying single points of failure
2. Aging infrastructure risks
3. Flooding, seismic, fire, and utility interruption threats

Speaker Bio:

Sean is the Vice President of Operations at Victory Energy Operations.  In addition to strategically leading the operations he is responsible for the technical commissioning and service departments.  He has over 30 years in the power and environmental industries with having begun his boiler career by serving in the Nuclear Submarine Force of the U.S. Navy.  Sean received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and his MBA in Finance from Lehigh University.