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6/18/2020

Minneapolis healthcare facilities damaged during recent protests
Equipment was taken and windows smashed
6/9/2020

Healthcare exec discusses adapting healthcare to post COVID-19 world
Boston Medical Center focusing on four Rs: responding, rebounding, rebuilding and reimagining
6/4/2020

ASHE offers guidance for COVID recovery
The pandemic’s impact on the physical environment has offered challenges and lessons
5/29/2020

Becker's names 100 great hospitals in America for 2020
The hospitals were selected for inclusion based on analysis of ranking and award agencies, including U.S. News & World Report's 2019-20 rankings, CareChex, Healthgrades, CMS star ratings, Leapfrog grades and IBM Watson Health top hospitals
5/29/2020

A New York hospital staff surprised with free vacations
Hyatt and American Airlines announced that the more than 4,000 hospital staff — including doctors, physician assistants, nurses and facilities and food service teams would be treated to trips
5/19/2020

Hospitals struggle to restart elective care after shutdowns
Reopening will be difficult with the threat of more infection
5/18/2020

Hospital ship stopped treating patients, but still in L.A. for support
Mercy hadn’t admitted new patients for treatment since April 30
5/18/2020

Designers can create more healthcare spaces in hotels
Engineers, architects and other designers are working with healthcare experts on a range of efforts to help expand the nation’s supply of hospital beds
5/13/2020

Javits Center Hospital set to close
The federal facility at the Center treated just under 1,100 patients
5/8/2020

Trade Press Launches fnPrime - New Membership Program to Provide Timely Content, Advice and Education to Profession
Membership program now available for facility professionals worldwide
5/7/2020

Nebraska healthcare system staff can now buy hospital food to go
CHI Health has launched an online portal where employees can order basic groceries, take-and-bake meals and meal kits
5/6/2020

Five stages in the battle against COVID-19
Many leaders now are beginning to recognize the importance of planning for the complicated return stage
5/6/2020

Converting campus spaces to healthcare facilities
For instance, Tufts University, will make its residence halls into housing for medical personnel and first responders, as well as patients
5/5/2020

Hospitals celebrate COVID-19 wins with music
Discharges and the removal of ventilators is celebrated
5/5/2020

Virginia hospital system bars workers from bringing own medical equipment
Only ‘hospital-grade, quality-assured products’ are approved by the system
5/5/2020

Closed hospital In New Mexico retrofitted to treat COVID-19 patients
The building could be used to handle general overflow patients as well
5/5/2020

CDC warns of counterfeit N95 masks
Real masks are marked as being approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
4/29/2020

High school gym in New Mexico reopens as coronavirus hospital
Other places in the school are also being transformed, such as locker rooms to shower rooms, classrooms to medical staff lounges and storage and the snack bar to a pharmacy
4/29/2020

Michigan hospital shut down to prepare for next surge of COVID-19 patients
The system is redeploying hospital staff to its other sites
4/28/2020

Coronavirus kills at Least 7,000 in U.S. nursing homes
About a fifth of U.S. virus deaths are linked to nursing facilities
4/28/2020

Coronavirus deaths in U.S. nursing homes jumps in April
The largest increase was in New York state
4/27/2020

More than $1 billion in makeshift field hospitals are being built
FEMA has funded some 32 missions in 25 states
4/27/2020

HVAC increases in relative humidity may help fight COVID-19
The range of 40 to 60 percent RH may reduce contagion
4/24/2020

Patient at Seattle healthcare facility likely got coronavirus at the hospital
Harborview Medical Center has recorded a COVID-19 patient as a hospital-acquired infection, its first during the outbreak
4/24/2020

Sixty-eight bed field hospital set up in Central Park
The Central Park facility has 10 I.C.U. beds and ventilators, seven of which were being used at the beginning of last week
4/24/2020

N.Y. hospitals face $400 million in cuts amid coronavirus crisis
The funding cuts were proposed before the virus had reached the United States
4/13/2020

Dallas convention center will get Texas’ first pop-up hospital in pandemic
As many as 1,400 beds could be housed at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
4/8/2020

More hospitals asked to share data about protective gear inventories
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working on a system that would track the inventory across the U.S.
3/24/2020

Cuomo calls for construction of field hospitals
The N.Y. governor said it is only a matter of time before ICU beds fill up
3/23/2020

California lawmakers trying to block hospital closure amid coronavirus spread
Seton Medical Center in Daly City was due to close as soon as this month
3/19/2020

Haiti's biggest hospital still not rebuilt 10 years after quake
Port-au-Prince hospital one of the first projects approved for Haiti’s reconstruction
1/22/2020

FM salary survey data shows signs of optimism
Building Operating Management's annual FM Pulse salary survey shows how FM salary and benefit trends regionally and at various levels in an FM organization
1/3/2020

Leapfrog names top hospitals for 2019
Florida had the most top hospitals of all states with 21
12/30/2019

Healthcare trends to watch in 2020
One of the healthcare industry’s chief struggles is attracting and retaining healthcare facility staff
12/20/2019
What are the attributes of a successful facility manager?
Experts' advice hit seven highlights
12/12/2019

S.D. hospital plans re-opening after tornado
Three tornadoes touched down in Sioux Falls in September
12/6/2019

Kids 'drive' themselves to OR at N.H. hospital
The car is remote controlled by a staff member, but the children feel they are in charge of the wheel
11/22/2019

Clemson creates healthcare design certificate for clinical and leadership nurses
The Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design was founded in 2017
11/15/2019

Leapfrog unveils fall 2019 safety grades
Thirty-three percent of the hospitals graded earned an 'A'
11/13/2019

Walgreens to cut some in-store clinics
The 220 clinics run by local health systems will remain open
11/6/2019

UPS to use drones to deliver medical supplies
New effort to target time-critical healthcare deliveries
10/29/2019

Michael Jordan funds healthcare facility in Charlotte
The facilities design reflect’s Jordan athleticism
10/28/2019

Montana food bank to open clinic on site
The clinic will be located in about 1,600 square feet of space on the second floor
10/28/2019

Walmart opens 'first' in-store health center
New clinic said to be the first of its kind to put a range of services all in one place outside of a traditional healthcare facility
10/25/2019
