Mount Sinai Queens Celebrates Milestone
QUEENS, N.Y. — Hospital officials, community leaders and elected officials celebrated the completion of the steel construction phase for a $125 million expansion at Mount Sinai Queens last Thursday.
August 2014
Copper Piping Better Choice for Hospital Expansion
WILMINGTON, Del. — Opening in October, the $215 million Nemours/A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital expansion is a five-story contemporary facility that features a long list of patient and caregiver amenities.
Hardin Retrofit Reduces Energy Costs
SAVANNAH, Tenn. — Improvements made to Hardin Medical Center have reduced annual energy and operational savings by 25 percent, administrators said in a press statement on Aug. 18.
Because the hospital reduced its load on the electrical grid, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) returned $11,500 in a rebate, and the hospital received an Energy Efficiency Leader Award from Trane, an HVAC systems provider owned by Davidson, N.C.-based Ingersoll.
Turner Construction Celebrates Sibley Topping Out
WASHINGTON — The expansion and renovations for Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., are on their way to completion in winter 2016. New York-based Turner Construction Company celebrated the hospital’s topping out on Aug. 15.
Miles S. Snowden
TeamHealth Holdings, a provider of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, has appointed Miles S. Snowden, M.D., MPH, as the company’s chief medical officer, effective Sept. 15, 2014. Snowden is replacing Gar LaSalle, M.D., who retired from the position earlier this year.
Ceiling System
The new MetalWorks TorsionSpan custom ceiling system from Armstrong offers an accessible ceiling panel that can span the entire width of corridors. Available in custom lengths up to 10 feet, the 2-foot-wide panels provide 100 percent swing-down accessibility, making them ideal for corridors where frequent plenum access is required. The large-size panels provide noise reduction with an NRC of up to 0.90 with fiberglass infill in select perforation patterns. Seven different perforation options are available.
Miami Cancer Institute to Open in 2016
MIAMI — Construction is underway for the new $430 million Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida, which celebrated the groundbreaking on Aug. 8.
Rush University Revamps Simulation Lab
CHICAGO — A new simulation lab at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago will finally give students and medical providers the space they need for critical training.
Search for Waste Disposal Ideas Begins
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Edison Nation Medical, a product developer that helps innovators through the process of licensing, is searching for ways to improve hazardous waste disposal in hospitals and health care facilities.
Edison invites the public to submit ideas through its confidential portal at www.EdisonNationMedical.com/waste through Oct. 24.
MRI Users Rank Best Systems
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. — GE, Philips, Siemens and Toshiba are dominating the MRI market, according to ECRI Institute. The nonprofit health care research organization recently released on Aug. 13 details of its poll that asked hundreds of MRI users to rate the best systems on the market.