In the past few years The Joint Commission (TJC) has placed new emphasis on the importance of building management systems in improving patient safety, and has started to incorporate these systems into their standards. As the Joint Commission becomes more involved in regulating these systems, healthcare employers are presented with a valuable opportunity to get ahead of the curve by integrating their patient health and safety programs with their worker health and safety plans. This only makes sense since patients and healthcare workers are oftentimes exposed to the same hazards in healthcare facilities.