Video Wall Mount

Peerless-AV, a manufacturer of digital signage wall mounts, announced the DS-VWM770, the audiovisual industry’s first universal mosaic wall mount ideal for health care applications, according to the company. The new video wall mounts have the ability to pivot in any direction from zero to 360 degrees. Displays are attached to the mount in 15-degree increments with 10 points of micro-adjustment for seamless video wall appearance. The mount can extend from the wall and pivot for quick and convenient rear display access.

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Vanderbilt University Announces Children’s Hospital Expansion Plans

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Officials at Vanderbilt University’s Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital have announced that they will add a four-story expansion to the current facility. The approximately 160,000-square-foot expansion will bring inpatient capacity to more than 300 and space to nearly 1 million square feet. The new tower will be built on top of the southeast façade.

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Academic Medical Center Receives New MRI Suite

STONY BROOK, N.Y. — A new advanced MRI Suite is now complete at the 603-bed Stony Brook University Hospital. The $6.3 million project included the installation of a Siemens Magnetom Skyra 3T MRI scanner and a Siemens Magnetom Aera Dot MRI scanner; construction of two 400-square-foor MRI rooms; a centrally located, 200-square-foot control room; a 360-square-foot contract prep waiting area with three bed bays; and a 150-square-foot UPS room.

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Fearon Melton

Fearon Melton has joined MB Real Estate Inc. as senior associate in the firm’s health care division in Chicago. In her new role, Melton is responsible for performing financial analysis, market analysis, valuation modeling and due diligence for potential acquisitions. She will also be involved in the underwriting and risk analysis for the early stages of development opportunities.

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Florida Hospital Tampa Continues Expansion

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Hospital Tampa is set to welcome two expansions in 2014. The hospital opened their new Women’s Health Pavilion last week and announced that a new emergency department will open this fall.

The Women’s Health Pavilion, which officially opened Jan. 13, includes a dedicated women’s entrance, new lobby, pre-admission testing rooms, ultrasound suites, lactation consultation room, pediatric waiting area, Internet café, gift shop, outdoor garden and chapel.

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Mercy Health West Hospital Combines Beauty with Functionality

CINCINNATI — The new 250-bed Mercy Health West Hospital is in full swing. Locally headquartered Champlin Architecture, which served as the architect of record, and Los Angeles-headquartered AECOM designed the 625,000-square-foot facility that features a health center, cancer center, birthing unit and orthopedics program. Family-centered care rooms feature sleeper sofas, recliners, laptop tables and separate lighting fixtures for visitors.

Designers set out to create a health care facility that combined beauty, culture and function.

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