Healthcare CMMS Blog | FSI (2024)

Employee Spotlight

Meet Erica Crowe, Senior Implementation Project Manager

Meet one of FSI's newest team members as we chat about what brought her to FSI and what keeps her going every day.

FSI

New in CMS: Resource Center

Find out about the Resource Center, the newest addition to CMS developed to offer streamlined access to the information you need.

Best Practices

Advocating for Budget

Read on for our top recommendations on points to come prepared with when presenting or defending a healthcare maintenance department budget plan for...

FSI

Case Study: Implementation Course Correcting

Read about how the team at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center overcame CMMS challenges after their initial implementation process resulted in an...

FSI

Press Release: Spotlighting New Integrations

Find out more about FSI's new open API integrations with PartsSource and Cynerio, offering enhanced efficiency in your parts ordering and network...

Data Management

Data Deep Dive: Uncovering the Value in Healthcare Facility Management

Digging deeper into your data in healthcare facility management can unlock several benefits, including improved resource allocation, reduced costs,...

Highlighting Women in Facilities and HTM

For Women's History Month, FSI took the opportunity to speak with several women in the facilities and HTM space about their experiences.

Employee Spotlight

Meet Heidi Lasek, Account Executive

We sat down with longtime FSI employee, Heidi Lasek, Account Executive, about what it's like to work with our healthcare CMMS customers and what she...

Best Practices

Navigating Asset Management in Healthcare: CMMS vs. EAM

Learn about the differences between CMMS vs EAM to determine the best work order management system for your healthcare operations.

Webinar Recap

Webinar Recap: 3 Ways to Leverage Your CMMS Data

Find out how to put your healthcare CMMS data to work to enhance your team efficiency and drive decision making through three real-world examples.

Best Practices

Does Your CMMS Streamline the Capital Planning Process?

Capital planning is an important way your healthcare CMMS can help your hospital's facilities maintenance or HTM department plan for the future.

Employee Spotlight

Meet Manny Wolfe, Senior Software Developer

Ahead of an exciting new year for our healthcare CMMS, we spoke to an experienced developer with a long history with FSI.

Webinar Recap

Webinar Recap: From Headlines to Hospital – HTM Roundtable

If you're using a healthcare CMMS for biomed and HTM, get the scoop on the industry's most important topics in a recap of our recent webinar.

Press

FSI Achieves SOC 2 Type 2 Certification in Ongoing Effort to Prioritize Data Privacy

In completing the next phase of a SOC 2 audit, FSI continues its commitment to prioritizing the privacy and security of healthcare systems' data.

Webinar Recap

Webinar Recap: Three Things You Should Know About CMS Space Manager

Find out everything you need to know about hospital space management and other important insights from our recent webinar.

Customer Success Stories

Meet FSI’s Customer Advisory Board

FSI's Customer Advisory Board allows us to hear firsthand from customers how our healthcare CMMS helps them address challenges in their...

Customer Success Stories

Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week By the Numbers

We're celebrating ASHE's Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week by highlighting the hard work and dedication of all the professionals we work...

Webinar Recap

Webinar Recap: The Three Things You Should Know About CMS Capital Planning

The latest addition to FSI's healthcare CMMS product suite is CMS Capital Planning. Here are the three most important takeaways from our recent...

Customer Success Stories

Enhancing Maintenance Efficiency and Patient Safety With CMS View

At hospitals, patient safety is the top priority. Find out how Tift Regional Medical Center has found success with CMS View to maintain safety...

Data Management

How FSI Puts Data Security and Privacy First

In this conversation with Derek Smith, Director of Technology, find out why and how FSI maintains the highest standards of cybersecurity and data...

Employee Spotlight

Meet Shawn Hewitt, Product Manager

Our Product Team balances new innovations with enhancements to existing features. Learn how Shawn Hewitt, Product Manager, approaches this endeavor.

Press

FSI Completes SOC 2 Type 1 Audit, Prioritizing Data Security

FSI has successfully completed a SOC 2 Type 1 certification, one of the highest recognized standards of information security compliance in the world.

Customer Success Stories

Maintaining Data Integrity: Ann Monks, Yale New Haven Health

Ann Monks, Director of Facilities Data and Technology Analytics at Yale New Haven Health, shares how her team uses CMS Analytics to maintain accurate...

Employee Spotlight

The Future of Healthcare Space Management: Ted Pappas, Healthcare Facility Information Specialist

We sat down with Ted Pappas to learn about his breadth of experience in healthcare space utilization and why he's so excited to partner with FSI.

Press

Healthcare CMMS FSI Nearly Doubles in Size with Ambitious Product Roadmap Slated for 2H 2023

In preparation for an ambitious roadmap for the rest of the year, FSI has grown exponentially. Upcoming enhancements include capital planning tools,...

Employee Spotlight

Meet Ed Korshlak, Manager of CAD Services

Read our latest employee spotlight to discover how FSI's CAD services team brings a hospital’s most important asset to life.

FSI

The Consequences of Using a Homegrown CMMS

Understand the risks of a homegrown CMMS and discover how a reliable, purpose-built CMMS surpasses the capabilities of an internally developed...

Press

FSI Wins MedTech Breakthrough Award for Compliance

FSI wins 2023 MedTech Breakthrough Award, a prestigious international annual awards program recognizing standout digital health technology and...

Facility Maintenance

Visualize Your Assets and Work Orders Like Never Before

Visualize your hospital's work orders and assets easily on CMS View, part of the leading healthcare-focused CMMS solution from FSI.

FSI

FSI Celebrates Women’s History Month

FSI is celebrating Women’s History Month and women in healthcare this March.

FSI

How Using CMS for HTM Saves You Time and Money

Consider the ROI of your CMMS for HTM departments. Save time and money with the right CMMS software.

Employee Spotlight

Hear from FSI's Customer Success team in our latest interview. We discuss the secret to happy customers, what's on the CS to-do list for 2023, and...

Press

FSI Expands Leadership and Appoints New Head of Product

FSI welcomes two new leadership members along with redefining the Product team to build on new customer momentum.

Press

FSI Hosts 9th Annual User Conference in San Antonio

FSI, a leading provider of CMMS solutions for healthcare, hosted their 9th Annual User Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Press

FSI Launches eBinders for Healthcare CMMS Community

Created in collaboration with The Joint Commission Inspectors, new feature redefines compliance preparation with emphasis on inspection, testing and...

FSI

FSI Introduces 100% Inventory Visibility with RTLS

Keeping track of your inventory in healthcare maintenance is difficult—particularly if your equipment is mobile. With RTLS, get instant asset...

Press

We collected FAQs from current customers and got the inside scoop from our ten-year FSI veteran Angie Oglesby.

Employee Spotlight

A Trusted Partner for Your CMMS Needs: Meet John Self, Senior Account Executive

This month we sat down with one of the newest members of our team - John Self, Senior Account Executive.

Best Practices

Can I Use My ERP As A CMMS for Healthcare Maintenance?

An ERP helps run hospitals. However, does it have the capabilities to replace a CMMS? In short: no. Learn why a healthcare-specific CMMS is important.

Press

FSI Expands Team, Brings on Senior Strategic Hires

CMMS leader brings on tech and leadership veterans to support industry growth and demand

Best Practices

The Ultimate Guide to a Successful CMMS Implementation

In this ultimate guide to a successful CMMS implementation, learn how to make the transition go smoothly before the process begins.

Best Practices

There are a wide variety of benefits that come with using a CMMS mobile app, including up to a 50% increase in productivity for your team.

Best Practices

Maintenance Management System Best Practices for Healthcare

Using best practices with your maintenance management system CMMS will help you increase productivity and drive ROI. Here are our top 5 you can try...

FSI

FSI celebrates 20 years of pioneering healthcare CMMS products

March 23rd, 2022 marks FSI’s 20th anniversary. Learn about our history, how our healthcare CMMS products have evolved, and our plans for the next 20...

Facility Maintenance

3 ways to improve employee productivity with healthcare-specific CMMS

Use these three methods to improve productivity and justify your work using a healthcare-specific CMMS to manage your assets.

Clinical Engineering

Clinical engineering basics for healthcare systems

Learn clinical engineering basics, including the responsibilities, guiding regulatory standards, and how a Biomed CMMS can help the department.

Facility Maintenance

Matthias Ebinger's important attributes for a healthcare CMMS

We talked to the former Senior Director of Digital Solutions at Enstoa about the most important features to look for in a healthcare CMMS.

Facility Maintenance

How to improve hospital building maintenance [2022 best practices]

Staying on top of hospital building maintenance is challenging. Evaluate these hospital maintenance strategies for your healthcare facilities.

Facility Maintenance

The 6-Step Guide to Implementing Healthcare Quality Assurance Program

A quality assurance program in your hospital is essential to help you achieve top-notch care. Learn how CMMS can help with that through this 6-step...

Employee Spotlight

FSI Celebrates Charles van der Laan, A CMMS Implementation Expert

Wrapping up our National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering celebration, meet one of our amazing Implementation Project Managers, Charles van der...

Employee Spotlight

FSI Celebrates Michele Neff, A Beloved Customer Support Specialist

Today, we continue our celebration of the National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week by highlighting our hard-working employee, Michele Neff.

Employee Spotlight

FSI Celebrates Leroy Barnett, A CMMS Implementation Superstar

As we continue to celebrate ASHE’s National Healthcare Facilities & Engineering Week, we are highlighting one of our own healthcare heroes, Leroy...

Press

FSI Celebrates ASHE’s Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week

Learn how FSI is celebrating National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week.

Facility Maintenance

4 Ways Facilities and Biomed Departments use a Healthcare CMMS

Healthcare systems need integrated, computerized maintenance management systems to run operations efficiently. Here's how a healthcare CMMS helps.

Facility Maintenance

6 benefits of healthcare mobile work order management software

For healthcare maintenance professionals, mobile work order management software improves productivity, efficiency, and data completeness. Learn...

Customer Success Stories

Maintaining facilities uptime and compliance with FSI's medical CMMS

Find out how one medical enterprise kept its Facilities compliant, safe and secure with FSI's medical CMMS.

Customer Success Stories

FSI's Custom Maintenance Software lives up to its name

Oklahoma University Health relies on FSI's CMMS to manage efficient, effective Clinical Engineering operations. Here's how..

Customer Success Stories

Baptist St. Anthony turns to FSI for healthy asset management

For the past five years, Baptist St. Anthony's Healthcare system has turned to FSI to run smooth Clinical Engineering operations.

Healthcare Compliance

What changes did The Joint Commission healthcare make in 2020?

Hospitals and healthcare organizations must align with The Joint Commission healthcare 2020 updates to receive federal reimbursem*nts and stay...

Best Practices

How to improve hospital asset management

Extending your asset lifecycles can boost operations and revenue. Learn how to optimize your hospital asset management with these seven best...

Press

FSI launches Scan & Find within CMS Tech to redefine how users find, update, and complete Work orders management.

Customer Success Stories

Nationally ranked healthcare system relies on FSI for Yale CMS needs

When Yale New Haven Health was looking for a new CMMS, they were focused on price and usability. Find out how FSI's services and Yale CMS helped them.

Customer Success Stories

SSM Health care system makes sure its facilities are healthy with FSI

Health care organizations rely on doctors, and staff to take care of their patients. For SSM Health care system FSI's CMMS

Customer Success Stories

FSI proves to be a game-changer WVU facilities management

With nearly 20 years of experience living and breathing boilers, there’s not much that surprises Rob Boyce when it comes to WVU facilities management.

Customer Success Stories

UNC facilities turns to FSI to keep hospitals in good shape

UNC Facilities needed a new CMMS equipped with the right usability and tools to keep their facilities healthy. What they got was a true partner.