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Brad Keyes, CHSP

Brad Keyes, CHSP, has over 35 years of experience in the healthcare related fields. He has dedicated his career to understanding healthcare physical environment issues, including Life Safety, Environment of Care and Emergency Management programs, and now shares this knowledge by providing assessments, guidance, education, coaching and implementation services.

Keyes’ clients have included insurance underwriter groups, hospitals, ambulatory care centers, physician practice groups, and large integrated systems across the country. He analyzes and develops leadership effectiveness and efficiency in work processes, focusing on assessing an organization’s preparedness for survey, evaluating processes in achieving preparedness, and guiding organizations toward compliance. Keyes has been effective both in training large groups as well as meeting one-on-one with healthcare leaders. This work has involved organizational assessment; management training; ongoing coaching of task groups; and extensive one-on-one coaching of facility leaders.

Keyes presents at national seminars, regional conferences, and audio conferences and teaches the Life Safety Boot Camp series to various groups and organizations. He is the author or coauthor of the following HCPro books: Analyzing the Life Safety Survey (2011); Chapter Leaders Guide to Life Safety (2011); Physical Environment Online: A Guide to the Joint Commission’s Safety Standards (2010), The Joint Commission Survey Coordinator’s Handbook, Tenth Edition (2009), and Life Safety Compliance Manual: A Guide to the Joint Commission Standards (2008).

Keyes has also authored a variety of articles in numerous publications addressing features of life safety and fire protection, as well as white papers and articles on the Building Maintenance Program. Keyes is currently the senior editor of the monthly HCPro newsletter Healthcare Life Safety Compliance and is certified as a Healthcare Safety Professional by the Board of Certified Healthcare Safety Management.

Keyes has worked as a consultant to the healthcare industry and in the facilities management side of healthcare for more than 37 years. He was one of the original Life Safety Code® specialist surveyors for The Joint Commission and has years of experience related to hospital surveys from both the facility and accreditor perspectives, including time as the advisor for healthcare environments, life safety, and emergency management standards for HFAP, the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, an accreditation agency with deeming authority under CMS.