Biographies Of Faculty

Britton Berek is an Associate Director in the Standards Interpretation Group at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. At the Joint Commission, Mr. Berek interprets the Environment of Care standards for all accreditation programs. Prior to joining the Joint Commission, Mr. Berek was the Program Director for Technology and Facilities Management with the University Hospital Consortium (UHC), an alliance of academic medical centers and public health institutions. Before UHC, Mr. Berek was with the American Hospital Association (AHA) as the Director of Engineering and Compliance Programs for the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), and also a Technology Policy Analyst with AHA’s Health Technology Assessment Section. He has a clinical background in engineering and information technology from a number of community, teaching, and government healthcare facilities. Mr. Berek holds degrees in Bio-Medical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Marquette University and an MBA from Northern Illinois University. Mr. Berek is a Certified Clinical Engineer and a Certified Administrative Surveyor for the Joint Commission.

James M. Hunt, AIA, is a practicing design and facility management professional with over thirty years experience. He is a registered Architect, holds a certificate from the National Council of Architectural Registration, and began his career practicing architecture for several major healthcare projects. He then served as director of Facilities Management for the Menninger Clinic for 20 years. In addition to managing their main campus, he also consulted on behavioral healthcare unit remodeling projects for their Clinical Network program, which involved work in eight states including both coasts and the Midwest. During this time he was a founding member of the Health Care Council of the International Facility Management Association. He held several offices in the council including Chair. He was featured in a cover story of Facility Design and Management magazine and was published in Psychiatric Hospital magazine. Jim is now the president of Facility Services, Inc., a facility management company serving healthcare and general business organizations by assisting with efficient professional development and management of their facilities. He can be reached at 1250 SW Oakley Avenue, Suite B, Topeka, KS 66604.

David M. Sine, CSP, OHST, has had over a twenty-year career in safety, risk management, human factors, and organizational consulting. He has been the state Safety Director of two Eastern states, the Senior Staff Engineer for the JCAHO, and a Senior Consultant for the AHA. Founding partner and one time contributing editor for Briefings on Hospital Safety, co-author of Quality Improvement Techniques for Hospital Safety, one time Vice Chair of the board of Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas, Mr. Sine is certified by the Joint Board of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and Certified Safety Professionals and as a Certified Professional Healthcare Risk Manager by ASHRM. He has been a healthcare risk management consultant since 1980 and has conducted more than 1,300 JCAHO compliance assessment surveys. He serves as a member of the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code Subcommittee on Health Care Occupancies, the JCAHO Committee on Healthcare Safety, and acts as a risk management advisor to the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems. Mr. Sine has served in the Corporate Offices of the Tenet HealthSystem in Dallas as Director of Risk Assessment and Loss Prevention and is currently the Vice President of Occupational Health and Safety for the Western Division. Mr. Sine continues to write and lecture extensively on healthcare policy, governance, quality improvement, and risk management. He can be reached c/o NAPHS, 325 Seventh Street, NW, Suite 625, Washington, DC 20004.

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