Prescription Choices in EHRs Impact Care Costs
PHILADELPHIA — Researchers have found that programming electronic health records to make generic drugs a default choice when writing prescriptions may help to curb health care costs.
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Moffit Cancer Center Awarded for Pest Control Measures
TAMPA, Fla. — Orkin, the IPM Institute and the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) has honored Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa with the 2014 IPM Partner Award in the health care category.
The IPM Partner Awards, now in its 11th year, honor facilities for their dedication to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) partnerships with Orkin, a subsidiary of Rollins Inc. based in Atlanta.
AnaTracey Hawkins
Stalco Construction has hired AnaTracey Hawkins as vice president of marketing. Hawkins serves as Stalco’s business development executive. She is in charge of sales and marketing activities, including developing relationships with prospects and clients, coordinating company-wide business development efforts and organizing promotional events.
Impact-Resistant Panel
The Endurex 555 from Nudo Products is a new, high-impact hurricane panel. Despite the popular use of steel as the protective force in a panel, Nudo has developed a new lightweight composite that actually outperforms their steel predecessors. The lightweight composite is also completely resistant to moisture and has a perfect balance to it. Even though the Endurex 555 is not as thick as its steel counterpart, Nudo has developed a proper insulation value in order to make up for its thinness.
Natural Birthing Center Opens at Beaumont Hospital
ROYAL OAK, Mich. — The Karmanos Center for Natural Birth opened on Nov. 3 at Beaumont Hospital.
The hospital calls it a safe and natural birthing alternative for expectant moms in metro Detroit. It combines the comforts of a high-end home with the safety net of a high-tech hospital. The birthing center was built as part of the Danialle & Peter Karmanos Jr. Birth Center at Beaumont through a $6 million gift from Danialle and Peter Karmanos Jr. Karmanos has four sons who were born naturally, including two who were born at Beaumont, Royal Oak.
Three Ways Flooring Design Affects Hospitals
AUSTIN, Texas — Flooring has always been a hot topic of debate for hospitals, according to Debra Harris, PhD, principal investigator at RAD Consultants in Austin, Texas.
Taking Control of Your Heating and Cooling System
When it comes to energy use, advanced building automation systems (BAS) provide a powerful tool for understanding, thereby reducing, heating and cooling energy consumption.
Cherise Poulin
Shen Milsom & Wilke welcomed Cherise Poulin as director of health care business development. Poulin has 18 years of experience as a professional marketer in the A/E/C industry. Prior to joining Shen Milsom & Wilke, Poulin served as director of health care marketing at Perkins Eastman Architects. Her responsibilities included targeted client and business development activities focused on the health care industry.
Longer Patient Stays Can Reduce Costs, Study Finds
NEW YORK — New evidence shows that keeping patients in the hospital one day longer can significantly cut readmissions, save patient lives and reduce costs.
Research from a September 2014 Columbia Business School study titled, “Should Hospitals Keep Their Patients Longer? The Role of Inpatient and Outpatient Care in Reducing Readmissions,” compared the impact of a longer length of stay in the hospital to the effects of outpatient care for Medicare patients.