MILWAUKEE — Columbia St. Mary’s recently opened its new $3.5 million newborn intensive care unit, designed to set a new standard of care for premature and ill infants in southeastern Wisconsin.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 100,000 primary care providers are adopting certified electronic health records in an effort to improve quality of care and ultimately lower health costs.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Sanders Trust, a healthcare real estate investment company in Vestavia Hills, Ala., will develop a $19 million 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility in Oklahoma City, scheduled for completion in late 2012.
Weyerhaeuser Edge Gold flooring panels now feature a new fastening template to help builders work faster on the job site. The simplified nailing template uses pre-printed dashes for a more efficient and faster installation and a proprietary edge seal formulation significantly reduces edge swell, according to the company. With features such as the tongue-and-groove edges and touch sanded face, Weyerhaeuser provides a 50-year limited warranty to reinforce the floor panel’s long-term performance.
Kimball Office’s Villa lounge seating line now includes the Privacy Back, ideal for public and private areas in health care and educational facilities. The new Privacy Back is designed for flexibility to create free-form lounge configurations of any size. It allows facility managers and designers to divide space into separate brainstorming, meeting, or social spaces for more efficiency.
The DeltaTrak FlashLink Mini Data Logger is designed as a management tool for monitoring temperature sensitive and perishable commodities as they travel from produce and prepared foods, to chemicals and pharmaceuticals, ensuring the safety and quality of products. The compact single-use device provides temperature history information ranging from -40 degrees up to 66 Celsius while its patented Shadow Log feature guarantees that data is available even if the unit is not activated.
Joseph L. Cappiello has been appointed new Chief Operating Officer of the Chicago-based Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, an organization authorized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. With a history of accreditation management experience, Cappiello is responsible for directing the nimble and educative approach to facility accreditation while meeting challenges of the complex healthcare environment.
Guthrie Healthcare System hired Anita Kingsbauer as the new Facilities Project Manager and will be responsible for two new hospital facilities. Kingsbauer’s primary duties include overseeing the development and construction of the new hospital projects in Troy and Corning, New York, as well as several design and construction projects at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania. Kingsbauer comes to Guthrie from the St.
STG International hired James Burrell as its newest Deputy Director. In his new role, Burrell will oversee recruitment and placement of healthcare professionals working in correctional and detention facilities. With 27 years of correctional management experience with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, he held various assignments related to correctional healthcare in federal, state, and private facilities.
Speakman Company announces the release of its Anystream Retro Showerhead. As a remake of the classic Speakman 4-inch, self-cleaning showerhead from the 1920s, Anystream features a solid brass shank, handle and ball coupled with its showering engine. The showerhead is only available in polished chrome. Its 360-degree rotation allows the user to make small adjustments to the type of spray and transition effortlessly through an infinite number of sprays, according to the company.
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