Event Description

The Physical Environment Base Camp is a comprehensive in-person event designed to enhance safety and compliance within healthcare facilities by addressing the challenges of the new Physical Environment and Life Safety Standards.

Topics Covered:

•Updates to Standards: Gain insights into recent changes to Joint Commission Physical Environment Standards to prepare for your next survey.
•Survey and Accreditation Overview: Navigate the survey and accreditation processes with guidance from Joint Commission experts, including real-life case studies, survey preparation, and survey corrective actions.
•Review commonly scored Physical Environment deficiencies and leading practices to assist with preparation and corrective action.
• NFPA 101 Life Safety Code Overview: Learn about occupancy types and general Life Safety Code Principles, such as fire response strategies, egress arrangements, compartmentalization, and fire protection features, and how these apply to different occupancies.
• NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code Overview: Learn about required building features for health care facilities, including medical gas systems, electrical systems, emergency electrical systems, ventilation, and special fire safety requirements.
• Fire Safety, Hazardous Materials, Medical Equipment, and Utilities Management: Discover effective strategies for inventory, maintenance, and incident management across key areas.

Intended Audience:

This multi-day event is perfect for anyone preparing for a Joint Commission survey or working to build the safest physical environment for staff and patients. Content is targeted for professionals  including risk and accreditation managers, and quality managers and directors, Certified Facility Managers and Certified Healthcare Safety Professionals. 

The attendees will have access to program materials through the Learning Management System until: February 18, 2026.

Joint Commission is a private, not-for-profit  organization dedicated to continuously improving the safety and quality of care provided to the public. Joint Commission Resources, Inc. (JCR), a wholly controlled, not-for-profit affiliate of Joint Commission, is the official publisher and educator of Joint Commission.

Agenda

AGENDA  in development  -  Please check back for updates. 

Programs starts at 8:00am each day.  

FACULTY:

Robert Campbell, PharmD, BCSCP
Senior Director, Standards Interpretation, Accreditation Decision Management, Medication Safety
Joint Commission

Jim Grana, MBA, CHSP
Field Director
Joint Commission

Leslie Thornburg MPH, CHFM, CLSS-HC
Physical Environment Specialist
Joint Commission

Continuing Education

Before registering for a program, check for updates from your state, county or city on a regular basis to make sure it will be acceptable for your license / certification renewal.  In order to receive continuing education credit, participants must attend live events or review recorded programs in their entirety and complete the post-training evaluation.

Summary of Continuing Education contact hours awarded for this program:

• ACHE: TBD Qualifying Education Hours 

Learn more about continuing education below.

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Location Details

Joint Commission Conference Center
One Renaissance Blvd.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

Parking is available in any of the visitor spots in front of the building and in our attached parking garage.

Joint Commission is a smoke free campus and smoking anywhere on the premises is prohibited. Smoking is defined as (1) lighting or burning any type of substance that contains tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars, and pipes; and (2) using electronic cigarettes.

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Guest room location options:

Marriott Courtyard (Located approximately 2-3 blocks from The Joint Commission)
6 Trans Am Plaza Drive
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
630-691-1500
Courtyard is walking distance to program site, also inquire at the front desk if they may have shuttle transportation.

Holiday Inn (Located approximately 6 blocks from The Joint Commission, but not walkable)
17 W. 350 22nd Street
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
630/833-3600

Hyatt Place Lombard  (Located Approximately 1.5 miles from The Joint Commission)
2340 Fountain Square Drive
Lombard, IL
630-932-6501

Embassy Suites Lombard(Located Approximately 1.5 miles from The Joint Commission)
707 East Butterfield Rd.
Lombard, IL  60148
630-969-7500

The Joint Commission is located approximately 14 miles from O’Hare Airport and about 20 miles from Midway Airport.

Uber & Lyft rideshare services are readily available in the area.

Suburban Taxi Companies - 1 person: Approximately $55-60 - Rates fluctuate
American Taxi: 877-755-2227
Universal Taxi: 630-617-5400
A1 Limo: 630-355-8824 -Approximately $45.00-$50 for Shared, $70-85 for private car - Rates fluctuate

If you plan on taking a taxi from the airport, please make sure you do not use a City of Chicago Taxi–these are more expensive. Make sure you use a suburban taxi service listed above.

Looking for something to do in the evening?
Two large malls (Oak Brook Mall & Yorktown Mall), a movie theatre (Yorktown) and many restaurants are located in the area.
Some hotels can prearrange drop offs & pickups within a few miles. Please speak to the hotel directly for availability.

Payment Options

All Joint Commission Resources products require pre-payment. For your convenience, if you do not have a credit card or a Paypal account available, we offer a sales quote/proforma invoice option to assist with initiating your payment. Payments submitted by check take up to 14 days to process. If you are registering for a program less than 14 days away, your registration may not be received in time and your seat may not be reserved. You will not have access to electronic program materials until your payment has been received. We strongly recommend credit card payments for any events less than 14 days away.

To take advantage of this option:

1. Choose your item(s) and add them to your shopping cart. Select "Proceed to Secure Checkout or Create Proforma Invoice."
2. Enter your billing and shipping details. Select "Continue."
3. The next screen will be a full summary of your order.
4. On the bottom right, there is a section titled "Create Proforma Invoice."
5. Click the "Proforma Invoice" button. (See image below.) 
6. Within 5 minutes, a sales quote will be sent to your email address with details about how to complete a check or wire transfer payment.

Or contact Product Support at 888-527-9255, option 5 (+1 630 268 2990 outside the US) or via email at orders@jcrinc.com to have a proforma invoice created and emailed directly to you.

Thank you.