Safety Management Services

SMS, Inc. Accreditation Maintenance Program has been around for over twenty years and was the first such program in the industry designed specifically for helping organizations stay prepared for compliance in the Physical Environment throughout their survey cycles. By scheduling regular visits to assess compliance, provide regulatory updates, and assist clients with management of existing programs, as well as development of new ones.

SMS, Inc. conducts Audits and Reviews of client programs relative to accreditation and deemed status for hundreds of clients.

Focusing on all aspects of the Physical Environment (PE), our highly experienced staff perform a comprehensive analysis of organizations programs of the Environment of Care (EC) standards: Safety, Security, Hazardous Materials and Wastes, Fire Safety, Medical Equipment Management, Utilities Systems, Emergency Management (EM), and Life Safety (LS).

Upon completion of our mock survey, we are available to provide extensive assistance from highly qualified individuals to help facilities develop programs that will meet the intent of The Joint Commission standards. This service can range anywhere from a few days of policy development to full responsibility for development and implementation of specific program components.

SMS, Inc. staff has served on numerous NFPA committees over the past 20 years including NFPA Life Safety Code 101. We have conducted complete Life Safety Code evaluations in hundreds of hospitals across the country, some of them as large as three million square feet. We have taught NFPA and The Joint Commission-Life Safety Code requirements and interpretations to both engineers and Joint Commission surveyors for over twenty years.

Whether the situation requires a simple phone call, or email, or a full-scale site review of your facility, SMS, Inc. can provide the experienced staff you need with the skills you want to help answer simple questions, solve immediate concerns and help develop solutions for complex issues.

SMS, Inc.'s leadership has been in the Healthcare Physical Environment business for nearly forty years, and our consultants have an average of 20 years of experience.No other firm in the country provides a better qualified or more experienced staff relative to completion of a Life Safety Code (LSC) Evaluation.