Achieving Effective Acoustics in Hospitals
Noise is a well-documented problem in hospitals.1 Sources include patients, staff and visitors talking, televisions, alarms, carts, doors, medical equipment, mechanical systems and more.
August 2, 2012
Hospital Achieves LEED Certification
MARION, Va. — Mountain States Health Alliance’s (MSHA) new facility — Smyth County Community Hospital (SCCH) — has achieved LEED Silver. It marks the first project of its size in the county to achieve a LEED certification.
Birthing Center Unveils Renovations
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — The newly renovated birthing center at Christus New Braunfels Hospital in New Braunfels, Texas, was recently unveiled at a ceremony open to the public.
New Medical Center Comes to Pennsylvania
EAST NORRITON, Pa. — The new Einstein Medical Center Montgomery (EMCM) is the first new hospital to be built in Pennsylvania in over a decade and is set to open in September. EMCM will operate as a full service acute-care hospital for members of the community.
Medical Center Opens in Texas
FRISCO, Texas — The Forest Park Medical Center in Frisco, Texas opened to the public after 18 months of construction beginning in January 2011 and ending in June of this year.
HKS Hospitals Make “Top 20” List
DALLAS — San Francisco-based HKS Architects have reason to celebrate, as four of the company’s hospital designs have been named among the “20 Most Beautiful Hospitals in America,” in an annual list by Soliant Health.
Health Care Seating
Nemschoff, together with Herman Miller Healthcare, introduces Monarch and Valor, two new collections of lounge and stack seating, designed to provide comfort for patients and their visitors. Ideal for waiting areas in hospitals and health care facilities, Nemschoff’s Valor gives clients a soothing and calming feel of modern steel design, while the Monarch wood collection creates a kind and warm environment, intended to minimize the patient’s stress levels.
Herman Miller Healthcare
Flooring Tiles
Play of Light by the Mohawk Group offers specialized flooring tiles with alternating light and dark configurations, which in conjuncture with natural lighting, allowing users to experience a multitude of varying displays. The floor system offers three luminous patterns, including Filtering Through, Streaming In, and Radiating Out, ideal for open floor layouts.
Louis Katz
Dr. Louis Katz will be the next executive vice president for America’s Blood Centers. An advocate for the blood banking community, he brings 30 years of experience and infectious disease expertise to his new position, where he will assume the role of chief medical officer.
James B. Bross
With more than 28 years of experience in hospital, health plan, and health care consulting, James B. Bross will assume the roles of president and chief executive officer, serving Mission Health, in affiliation with Angel Medical Center. Coming from Applied Revenue Analytics in Temple, Texas, he previously served as senior director of client services and led business development strategies specializing in improving hospitals with financial analytics.