Wireless Activity Sensor
Inovonics introduces the EN1240 Activity Sensor, a wireless sensor solution designed to meet the unique needs of senior care facilities, according to the manufacturer. Built on motion-sensory technology, the EN1240 offers a significant advancement over other alternative safety approaches for monitoring by enhancing senior care daily check-in and eliminating unnecessary visits by caregivers, dramatically reducing the number of unwanted alarm signals.
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Centrak offers the InTouch Care system for real-time tracking of patients and assets for healthcare organizations. The system uses a combination of infrared and radio frequency tracking to generate accurate location data. The system is battery-powered, eliminating in-room wiring and allowing for plug-and-play functionality.
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Animal-Assisted Therapy Gains in Popularity
Mount Vernon Project Begins
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — A $30 million renovation project will soon be under way to bring the 119-year old Mount Vernon Hospital up to the 21st century, and assure its long-term future and stability.
Restoration of the 358,000-square-foot facility, which has expanded in stages since 1891, will include substantial reconstruction. The hospital, which is one of the most significant structures in the city and a major fixture downtown, has been struggling financially for more than 25 years.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. — The design team of McCarthy and Taylor are working in partnership with St Joseph Health Systems and Latino Health Access to donate services for a new half-acre community center and park in one of the poorest area in California.
The future 2,500-square-foot Latino Health Access Community Center will cost around $4 million to build and operate and will include both recreational and educational space for free or low-cost health and educational programming provided by LHA and collaborating partners.
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Petaluma Provider Plans Expansion
PETALUMA, Calif. — Anticipating a dramatic influx of new patients in the next six years, the Petaluma Health Center, a federally-qualified community health center, plans to add 21 medical exam rooms to the 53,000-square foot building that the center acquired this year and hopes to occupy by next spring.
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Read More Work Continues on Children’s Hospital
BALTIMORE — When work is finally completed on the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center at John Hopkins Children’s Hospital in Baltimore, the result will be a blend of technological advances and a family-friendly environment aimed at putting ailing children — and their parents — at ease.
The 12-story children’s tower is part of the $994 million, 1.6 million-square foot adult critical care and cardiovascular tower expansion scheduled to open 2012.
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Scripps Embarks on $2 Billion Plan
An aerial rendering of Scripps Hospital La Jolla as it will look in 2035.