Asante Health System has named Scott Kelly as the new chief executive officer for the Rogue Valley Medical Center. Working for more than 12 years with Asante, Kelly has served as the firm’s chief strategy and business development officer. In his new role, he will keep focus on the company’s goal to improve clinical outcomes and enhance patient experience.
ARLINGTON, Va. — AECOM Technology Corp. earned national recognition for its design of the Mary Catherine Bunting Center at Mercy, a 700,000-square-foot replacement hospital in Baltimore, Md.
Jason Freeland was promoted to vice president at Heery International, where he will serve as the director of the company’s health facilities design studio in Atlanta. In this role, Freeland will be responsible for strategic direction, marketing and operations for all of the studio’s health care projects.
BISMARCK, N.D. — With the goal of putting tomorrow’s environmental principles into practice today, a new Upper Midwest four-story facility to house St. Alexius Medical Center’s non-patient care departments helped free up space on the rest of campus for clinical service.
FKP Architects elected three new members to the firm’s Board of Directors: Michael R. Rader, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP, Edward E. Huckaby, FAIA, ACHA, ACHE, Gary S. Owens, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Construction consulting firm Buric has landed a contract from the St. John Medical Center in Ohio’s Eastern Lorain County to help manage a $51-million capital improvement project, which includes both renovations and new construction.
The construction is part of St. John Medical Center’s five-year modernization plan that includes building a two-story outpatient lobby, renovating the main lobby and upgrading first-floor common areas.
BOSTON — The Boston Medical Center and seven affiliated health centers will join Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), which aims to promote the quality of care over the number of services provided.
Blue Cross Blue Shield established the contracts in January 2009 as a result of concerns with the fee-for-service reimbursement model, which, according to the health care network, unintentionally rewards doctors and hospitals for the quantity and complexity of services provided rather than the quality and outcomes of care.
