Trending News - June 2017
Rural healthcare facility uses woodchip waste as heating fuel
Ripon Peace Memorial Hospital in Australia is heated solely from woodchip waste supplied from local sawmill
6/30/2017
Microgrids for healthcare facilities
Is it realistic to utilize this type of a technology for healthcare facilities?
6/30/2017
Outpatient clinics finding homes in shopping malls
More providers are moving closer to potential patients
6/30/2017
The truth about disinfectant contact time
More providers are moving closer to potential patients
6/30/2017
Magazine names healthcare design industry contest winners
Healthcare Design editors have selected this year’s winners of The HCD 10, an annual awards program that honors professionals across 10 categories
6/30/2017
Videos urge hospital staff to close the door on 'tailgating'
Boston hospital campaign reminds staff of safety training
6/30/2017
NetDirector Streamlines Patient Experience in Healthcare with New Health Logix Integration Suite
6/30/2017
Swedish Hospital & Medical Center First Hill Earns Top Honors for Nurse Employer In Washington
6/30/2017
Study says healthcare facilities need pet therapy guidelines to limit infection
Without proper policies, pet associated infection risks may outweigh any benefits
6/29/2017
New CMS survey guidance expected soon
Interpretive guidance for the new survey process incorporating Phase 2 regulations could be released over the next weeks
6/29/2017
Complying with Joint Commission and CMS standards
Standards can offer a template for designing security programs
6/29/2017
Checklist for protecting your healthcare facility
A piece of the endoscopy equipment had a defect that may have prevented it from being properly disinfected
6/29/2017
Patients at Md. medical center may be infected by improperly cleaned equipment
A piece of the endoscopy equipment had a defect that may have prevented it from being properly disinfected
6/29/2017
Omaha outpatient center designed to untangle services maze
Nebraska Medicine’s ambulatory services were once an odyssey for patients, with services scattered in different locations, according to an article on the HealthcareDesign website
6/29/2017
HLAC Makes Its Mark on Trade Conference Circuit with Impressive Showings at Clean 2017, APIC 2017
6/29/2017
Cortet by CEL Launches New Online Resource for Lamp and Luminaire Manufacturers and Integrators
6/29/2017
Illinois hospital sued for red-winged blackbird attack
Suit says hospital knew it hosted aggressive birds in its landscaping but failed to block the path or post warning signs
6/28/2017
Bringing robust bandwidth support to a retirement community
The technology had to support 500+ residents with Wi-Fi-enabled Internet, and the behind-the-scenes patient management systems
6/28/2017
Adding a UV disinfection system to a healthcare cleaning routine
There are specific steps to creative an effective system
6/28/2017
Regulations can spur healthcare design innovation
Working with regulators to review and revise critical governing criteria could open the door to new models and methods of care, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
6/28/2017
2017 has seen at least $500 million in hospital expansions, renovations so far
Nine hospitals and health systems have facility plans
6/28/2017
Children’s hospital to consolidate four sites into new clinic
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin to build clinic in Kenosha
6/27/2017
U.S. Airmen may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis due to contaminated scopes
135 patients were treated with improperly sterilized endoscopes at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar
6/27/2017
Children’s hospital partners lighthearted design with advanced technology
Facility has murals of rainbows and baby animals as well as a lab with pressure-sensitive floor plates to analyze how patients walk
6/27/2017
Healthcare security urged consider the impact of Sentinel Event Alert No. 57
The Joint Commission recently issued Sentinel Event Alert No. 57, 'The Essential Role of Leadership in Developing a Safety Culture'
6/27/2017
Transformational health and wellness solutions as economic drivers
Health and wellness centers in Othello, Wash., and Tahoe, Calif., contribute to local economies
6/27/2017
Overhead Door Launches New RapidFlex Model 990 Flexible Bottom High Speed Fabric Interior Door
6/27/2017
Healthcare facilities seeking their own 'Alexa' app
Voice recognition technology could save time, lives
6/26/2017
Study finds airborne pathogens live for 45 minutes
Queensland researchers have developed technique to study how some pathogens can spread
6/26/2017
NFPA casts final votes on healthcare, life safety code changes
Changes that would have stopped efforts to expand maximum compartment size to 40,000 square feet failed
6/26/2017
Size not enough for healthcare facilities in uncertain times
Houston hospital sector mostly weathered the storms but future is seen in smaller regional centers
6/26/2017
Who should get a healthcare construction certificate?
Facility managers need to prove knowledge of the standards set at both the state and federal levels as well as those set by outside organizations
6/26/2017
Widow sues Olympus over scope-related superbug outbreak
Case is the first to go to trial in the U.S. stemming from a series of superbug outbreaks
6/26/2017