Trending News - July 2015

Dallas hospital rehearses moving patients to new facility

Faux patients were moved across into the new Parkland Memorial Hospital

7/31/2015

Healthcare construction rebounding

The healthcare industry is shifting its spending focus from health information technology to construction

7/31/2015

UCLA will test new scope-cleaning machine

UCLA officials are planning to test a new scope-cleaning machine following a superbug outbreak involving three deaths

7/30/2015

New hospital construction projects increasing

Health systems investing in new facilities again after focusing on health information technology

7/29/2015

'Day hospitals' are increasing in popularity in S.A.

South Africa is opening more healthcare facilities that can offer accessible and affordable private healthcare

7/29/2015

3-D printed hospitals may be on the horizon

Medical 3-D printing expert says the technology's arrival is inevitable, but will come with challenges, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website

7/28/2015

CVS clinic presence growing

It is now the country's biggest operator of health clinics

7/28/2015

OSHA investigating assault at Minnesota security hospital

Additional safeguards urged for facility

7/27/2015

Apache tribe in Arizona opens new healthcare facility

The new facility has 15 in-patient beds and will offer a number of medical services

7/27/2015

Confetti for women's soccer parade included medical documents

Strips of confetti were found that made up entire prescriptions with patient names, doctor office address

7/27/2015

Scope of New Parkland Hospital defies industry norms

At 2.1 million square feet, Dallas County, Texas's $1.33 billion, 862-bed New Parkland Hospital is a monumental achievement in more ways than one, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website

7/27/2015

California health systems trying virtual office visits

Systems looking to offer convenient,lower-cost alternatives

7/27/2015

Fungal-infected bed linen at Hong Kong hospital linked to two patient deaths

Laundry services suspended during investigation of fungal outbreak

7/24/2015

New Texas clinics designed for seniors

Facilities have feature amenities designed for patients 65-and-older

7/24/2015

N.Y. healthcare facility parking garage collapses

A large chunk of concrete caved in on top of vehicles on the bottom level of the garage

7/23/2015

Training healthcare staff in a post-Ebola environment

Efforts are underway to re-train health workers and return them to the workforce

7/22/2015

Mobile healthcare facilities bring care to veterans

Mobile clinics help provide medical and wellness care to veterans in need

7/22/2015

Studies explore how UV disinfection affects C. diff

Ultraviolet light was linked to a reduction in intensive care unit-acquired Clostridium difficile infections

7/21/2015

CDC toolkit latest effort to prevent patient falls

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently launched STEADI - Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries

7/21/2015

New 409,000-square-foot neuroscience center built in Columbus

OhioHealth opens facility, one of the largest in the country, at Riverside Methodist Hospital

7/21/2015

Facility Guidelines Institute hosts guide for behavioral healthcare facilities

Updated edition now available on the FGI website

7/20/2015

Huge Nevada hospital project starting

The 245,000-square-foot Henderson Hospital will be part of the Union Village medical complex

7/20/2015

L.A.'s 'Killer King' hospital gets image upgrade with renovation

The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital replaces the King/Drew Medical Center that closed eight years ago

7/20/2015

New Connecticut Ronald McDonald House planned

More services needed as Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital has tripled the number of inpatient and outpatient services

7/17/2015

Children's healthcare facility moves to outpatient model

Shriners for Children Medical Center in Pasadena replaces the existing 1952 hospital in Los Angeles, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website

7/17/2015

Oklahoma healthcare facility expansion reflects outpatient trends

Hospital planning an $11 million medical clinic and a $3 million fitness and therapy center

7/16/2015

Nursing home improvements urged by HHS

Proposal would improve the care and safety of the nearly 1.5 million residents long-term care residents in U.S.

7/16/2015

Access to nature good for healthcare facility residents

A new study says older adults who with natural spaces have better feelings of renewal, restoration and spiritual connectedness

7/16/2015

Chicago rehab patient dies of legionella

Officials are working with health facilities the patient had visited to identify possible sources of exposure

7/15/2015

Leaks close Perth hospital operating rooms for a second time

Some areas of Fiona Stanley Hospital were closed and ambulances diverted after flooding

7/15/2015

N.J. hospital plans $250 million expansion

Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston is adding 241,000 square feet of new construction, 29,000 square feet of renovated space and a new structured parking facility

7/14/2015

Tennessee reviews certificate of need process

Reform efforts aims to increase competition and spending among health care organizations

7/14/2015

Fire at Michigan hospital starts during operation

The fire spread to a nearby curtain before it was extinguished

7/13/2015

Projects represent forward-looking design for senior facilities

Rose Villa Pocket Neighborhoods and Town Center and the T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Care Center share an appreciation of the outdoors and a strong sense of shared experience, according to an article on the Environments for Aging website

7/13/2015

Health facility managers survey stressed training

Health Facilities Management salary survey conducted with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE)

7/10/2015

Construction begins on N.Y. medical campus

Orange Regional Medical Center is building a medical office building and a cancer center at the hospital's main campus

7/10/2015

Jacksonville health facility incorporates new technologies

University of Florida Health Jacksonville's new facility has point-of-care registration, kiosks and real-time location systems

7/10/2015

Study says copper destroys human norovirus quickly

Ten minutes' exposure was enough to kill the receptor-binding ability of human norovirus virus-like particles

7/8/2015

McLaren Port Huron plans $162 million expansion, renovation

Port Huron, Mich., healthcare facility campus will renovate about 100,000 square feet of existing patient floors with a redesign of most inpatient services

7/8/2015

Healthcare design research needs replication

Healthcare designers needs opportunities to share findings and get a better handle on what we really do and don't know, according to a blog on the Healthcare Design website

7/7/2015

'Luxury hotel-inspired' healthcare facility planned in Michigan

A new post-hospital care provider will offer 'suite recovery' in Ypsilanti

7/6/2015

Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital set new benchmarks for sustainability

The $281.5 million, 84-bed, Sutter Health's Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital is one of the first hospitals in California to earn LEED Gold certification, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website

7/6/2015

Saudi hospital design adapted to new site

The designers of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, needed to adapt to the new site conditions, develop the master plan and expand the new hospital to 1,200 beds, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website

7/2/2015

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