Chief Facilities & Sustainability Officer - General Services and Space Planning | Stanford Health Care
Helen Wilmot holds the title of Chief Facilities Officer – General Services and Space Planning at Stanford Healthcare. Ms. Wilmot’s career has touched all aspects of health care delivery, from direct patient care, to clinical information systems, to senior management of inpatient and outpatient facilities, to consulting in operations re-engineering. Ms. Wilmot is the operational lead for the build of the New Hospital at Stanford--a $2B investment to expand Stanford’s medical campus. The New Hospital, along with a complete refurbishment of the existing hospital campus, will incorporate principles of lean management and patient centric care. Ms. Wilmot also leads the development of a comprehensive Space Master Plan. In her General Services role she is responsible for the care of more than 1,000,000 square feet of hospital, clinic and administrative space and the feeding of more than 3,500 employees, visitors and patients. She oversees all departments reporting through the Facilities Services and Planning Division, including Facilities, Facilities Infrastructure & Safety, Facility Field Services, Security, Hospitality, Business Operation & Strategic Initiative, Exterior Management, Transportation Services, Site Support Services, Hospital & Clinic Activations, Space Management, 300P Renewal and Sustainability.
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Is Decarbonization in Health Care Possible?
The climate is changing. ASHRAE tells us that the US is warming at least a degree a decade. We are experiencing more frequent and more intense severe weather events. We are experiencing movement of disease vectors and changing health threats. In the face of these changes, the healthcare system must adapt and must plan for resilience. This is not a political issue; rather, it’s physics, and it’s an issue with lasting devasting effects (exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius) if ignored or treated with a lack of urgency. We know that the healthcare sector represents roughly 20% of the US economy; 10% of US greenhouse gas emissions; 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. How can/is healthcare legitimately removing carbon from the delivery of care (i.e. carbon-free care)? Is it fully possible? Join this unique webinar, designed as a panel forum, to hear the owner-side of the equation and engineering/consulting side. Helen Wilmot, Chief Facilities & Sustainability Officer Stanford Health Care and Walt Vernon, CEO of Mazzetti & National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative Steering Committee member, will provide candid, and perhaps unexpected perspectives on the most relevant topic impacting human health — decarbonization. Stanford Health Care (SHC), in many ways, is the leading the decarbonization charge in the industry. Discover how SHC is addressing the obvious barriers of “dependence on fossil fuels” to perform essential tasks — heating, humidifying, sterilization — as well as the somewhat less obvious barriers re fleet and medical gasses. Discover how the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative to decarbonize the U.S. Healthcare is addressing operational pathways, including healthcare delivery (e.g. “hospital at home”), supply chain, financing, regulation, and even relevant education and communication for various stakeholders.
Course expires 09/13/2025