ATLANTA — Following a 10-month renovation, the Kaiser Permanente Southwood Comprehensive Center has doubled health care space for patients. The two-story, $45 million project brought the facility to 113,000 square feet increasing space for the 24/7 advanced care center.
Mark Dooley has been named the new president and CEO of Wilson Memorial Hospital. Currently the president of Clinton Memorial Hospital, Dooley will begin his new position June 16. Dooley brings with him 18 years of health care leadership experience. While at Clinton Memorial, Dooley oversaw the hospital’s expansion across Clinton County and beyond with several new outpatient facilities in both family medicine and several other specialties.
Designed with patient satisfaction first, the Continuum recliner by Champion features a lever-driven leg rest that provides easy and familiar functionality. The Continuum can go from fully upright to fully horizontal without staff assistance, empowering patients to make themselves comfortable in any position. Optional features like heat, massage or a personal reading light give the patient even more control over their own comfort. Recliners can be outfitted with a multitude of options and accessories to create the patient seating solution that works best for specific needs.
The rapidly evolving ways health care providers are caring for their patients and the new information on the built environment’s effect on the healing process is transforming health care design from the inside out.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Health Resources, a non-profit company that operates a network of hospitals and health facilities in the North Texas region, has announced plans to construct a new $95 million hospital to serve Tarrant County residents.
MILWAUKEE — Froedtert Hospital is now using a new technology to assist patients who are limited English proficient (LEP) or are deaf or hard of hearing to create a more effective and communicative health care environment. Patients now have access to state-of-the-art video medical interpretation (VMI) technology to assist them in successfully communicating with health care providers — a factor that is key in obtaining the best medical results, according to the hospital.
AUSTIN, Texas — Satellite Healthcare, a not-for-profit provider of kidney dialysis and related services, has received an Austin Energy Green Building (AEGB) 4-Star Rating for its new location in Austin. The Satellite center, located in the Market District of the Mueller Airport Redevelopment, was presented the prestigious 4-Star Rating for excellence in sustainable building practices in design and construction.
Shen Milsom & Wilke has hired Michael Roering as a health care IT specialist. Roering, a technology consultant with 26 years of experience, holds expertise in project management, team development and client relations in health care, industrial, higher education, research and development, pharmaceutical and commercial markets.
ATEK Access Technologies LLC has released the Larco CopperShield push plate, an automatic door activation switch made from CuVerro bactericidal copper. CopperShield push plates help inhibit build-up and growth of bacteria between routine cleaning and sanitizing, and continuously kill bacteria. They are offered in 4.5-inch and 6-inch square sizes, and feature a handicap logo and “press to open” engraving on 18-gauge brushed copper alloy.
