2026 Spring Conference Speakers

Many organizations consider 90 days to be the standard timeline for onboarding and adjustment. However, this initial period is also crucial for leaders to determine whether a person, product, or process is the right fit. If onboarding takes the full 90 days, there is little time left to evaluate performance or implement necessary changes.

Izzy, Hexmodal’s Manager of Customer, began to ask a new question. Her team routinely helped healthcare facilities implement technology within a 90-day timeframe. If a structured implementation process could work for clients, could the same approach be applied internally?

This session outlines how Hexmodal’s Operations team successfully reduced the internal onboarding time from 12 weeks to 6 weeks while maintaining the quality of training. She starts by reviewing the original onboarding process and pinpointing the gaps that hindered progress. Then, she discusses the revised process, which involves reorganizing training steps, improving documentation, and aligning managers on clear milestones for both employees and operational procedures. Input from team members was instrumental in identifying essential components of the training and garnering support for the new structure.

The new expedited onboarding model also enhanced recruiting and hiring efforts. Clear expectations helped candidates better understand the role, allowing new staff to contribute more quickly.

These principles can also be applied beyond internal hiring. Healthcare facilities often encounter similar challenges when adopting new vendors, systems, or compliance technologies. Clearly defined implementation steps, assigned responsibilities, and structured training facilitate faster adoption and better long-term performance.

This session offers practical guidance for organizations looking to shorten onboarding timelines while improving evaluation processes during the critical first 90 days.

• Explain why the traditional 90-day onboarding model can limit effective evaluation of employees and processes.
• Identify gaps in onboarding workflows that extend training timelines.
• Describe the steps used to reduce onboarding time from 12 weeks to six weeks.

Provide expert overview on the importance of state and local code compliance for elevator safety. In addition, provide expertise on consulting services that protect equipment's investment and ensures maintenance contract fulfillment.

• Importance of using a qualified expert as it relates code compliance of elevators and escalators
• Protecting the reliability of elevators and escalators and the safety of end-users
• Ensuring contract fulfillment when it comes to elevator/escalator maintenance compliance

This presentation examines the essential role of steam systems in hospital operations and how proactive maintenance directly supports patient safety and operational reliability. Steam is foundational to critical healthcare functions such as sterilization, humidification, domestic hot water generation, and precise environmental control. When steam systems operate below optimal levels, hospitals face increased risks of equipment failure, inconsistent sterilization, energy waste, and potential impacts on patient outcomes. The session will highlight how regular steam trap audits, condensate management evaluations, and system-wide performance assessments help identify failures that often go unnoticed such as leaking traps, water hammer, improper insulation, and pressure imbalances. These issues can compromise sterilization quality, reduce system efficiency, and increase operational costs. Attendees will learn how structured maintenance programs and data-driven insights extend equipment life, improve steam quality, and ensure uninterrupted delivery of essential services. By understanding the operational and clinical importance of well-maintained steam systems, healthcare engineers, facility managers, and administrators can implement strategies that enhance reliability, reduce energy consumption, and support the highest standards of patient care.

• Understand the Critical Role of Steam in Hospital Operations
  Explore how steam supports sterilization, humidification, domestic hot water, and environmental control, and why system performance directly affects patient safety and infection prevention.
• Recognize the Impact of Steam System Upkeep
  Identify how failed traps, condensate issues, and system inefficiencies lead to energy loss, wet steam, compromised sterilization, and equipment strain. Learn how routine audits improve reliability and reduce risk.
• Implement Effective Maintenance Strategies for Optimal Performance
  Evaluate best practices for preventive maintenance, including trap testing, insulation checks, pressure/temperature monitoring, and system balancing to ensure long-term efficiency and sustainability.