San Francisco Surgical Arts: A First of Its Kind
SAN FRANCISCO — The city by the bay is now home to the country’s first privately held surgical/dental office to achieve LEED Platinum certification.
August 29, 2012
Columbia University Earns Unique Pediatric Grant
NEW YORK — Throughout the entirety of human medical history, one of the largest and most insidious enemies of human health and happiness has been the seemingly basic struggle against infection. Parents of small children wouldn’t be very surprised to hear that pediatric facilities provide an increased challenge in the battle for cleanliness.
Healthcare Grade Television
Introducing its latest addition to the LRH50 series, Panasonic launches its TH-42LRH50U healthcare grade, 42-inch LCD high definition television, built for patient room, lobby and waiting rooms in hospitals, medical care centers as well as nursing homes. Weighing a little under 40 pounds, the wall mount flat screen delivers crisp and clear images with automatic brightness and gradation adjustments, ensuring better quality display contrast and reducing power consumption, according to the company.
Brenda Traweek
Health care industry veteran, Brenda Traweek has been named chief operating officer for the Brookwood Medical Center. Having previously served as vice president of operations and assistant vice president of surgical services, Traweek has worked with Brookwood since 2003. Most recently, she held the position of vice president of the hospital’s patient care services, where she was responsible for the operational and financial management of the nursing division.
Tennessee Medical Center Addresses Readmissions
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — One of the classic problems in medical and educational institutions is that many of the people the organizations serve have almost no other resources to get those services from. In education you see this in studies concerning summer break. Students with a lot of resources at home tend to come back to school more prepared than when they left. Conversely, students with few resources at home can actually regress, failing to even maintain the progress they made during the previous school year.