In-Wall Device Box

Legrand has introduced a Wiremold in-wall device box to provide power, communications, audio and video to wall-mounted flat-screen monitors. Available in 4-gang and 2-gang options, the Evolution Series Flat Screen Wall Box offers complete flexibility for any combination of connectivity devices, according to the company. The box supports digital displays in conference, meeting and training facilities in medical, commercial and educational settings.

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National Health Care Campaign to Better Serve Veterans

WASHINGTON — In order to better serve veterans and their families, the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) has launched a campaign entitled Have You Ever Served in the Military?

Understanding a patient’s military background of patients allows nurses and physicians to better understand the health risks a patient may have come in contact with, according to the AAN.

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Construction Begins on Lifestyle Comprehensive Healthcare Center

BENSALEM, Pa. — Construction has begun on the 200,000-square-foot Lifestyle Healthcare Center. In celebration of the beginning of construction, Lifestyle Healthcare Group held a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 24.

Slated for a 2015 opening, the $120 million health care facility will include a women’s center, orthopedics, general surgery, ophthalmology, cancer treatment, plastic surgery and several other medical services. The eight operating suites in the center will also support a variety of surgical procedures.

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Researchers Look to Meet Future Physician Shortage

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) are presenting solutions to a potential upcoming shortage in health care providers.

By the year 2025, UCSF officials estimate that there will be a shortage of 52,000 primary care physicians in the United States. In a series of papers published in Health Affairs, doctors and administrators of UCSF offered potential solutions to close that shortage.

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Jesse McCarter

Jesse McCarter, AIA, has joined HDR Architecture’s Princeton, N.J. office as health care principal. The new principal holds 15 years of industry experience and has worked at health care firms such as Ellerbe Becket, Perkins Eastman and, most recently, HOK.

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Microfiber System

The Rubbermaid Hygen Disposable Microfiber System is the ideal solution for optimizing infection prevention, ensuring environmental hygiene and improving productivity, according to the company. The only disposable microfiber system with 99.9 percent microbe-removal claim, the system is recommended for health care applications including patient rooms, OR terminals, ERs, isolation rooms, nurses’ stations and X-ray stations. Traditional disposable products cannot remove microbes and leave behind a food source for live pathogens.

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