Gary Terrinoni has been selected to succeed Dr. Richard Becker as the new head of the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York. Terrinoni currently serves as the executive vice president of administration and chief financial officer of Kennedy Health System, a three-hospital network in New Jersey. Prior to the appointment, Terrinoni held the same positions at the Richmond University Medical Center from 2007 to 2011.
Expand your menu with true one-touch cooking. Alto-Shaam’s touchscreen-based Xcelerate Hi-Speed oven combines powerful microwave and air impingement technologies to cook up to 10 times faster than a conventional oven while maintaining a freshly baked taste, texture and appearance.
In the optimization of the operating room (OR), just as in a lifesaving surgical procedure, every minute counts. Small improvements in OR efficiency over the course of a year add up to a substantial time and cost savings for a health care organization.
CHEROKEE, N.C. — On Oct. 15, the Cherokee Indian Hospital held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the tribe’s new $80 million hospital facility. The 150,000-square-foot hospital, which is owned and operated by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, will begin fully serving patients on Nov. 16, according to a statement from Los Angeles-based CBRE Healthcare, the project manager. The pharmacy, which will be accessible by a drive-through window or by walkway, was the first department to open on Oct. 19.
Corizon Health has announced that they have hired Timothy E. Hughes, MD, FACOG, FACS as Corizon’s new regional medical director for its Southeast Jails. Hughes will provide medical leadership to the facilities in the Southeastern region. Previously, Hughes served as the departmental surgeon for the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. Dr. Hughes received his Bachelor of Science and his EMT-Paramedic training from the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
ROCKFON Medical stone wool ceiling panels offer cleanliness, aesthetics, performance and sustainability. The panels provide a surface that is easy to clean and disinfect, while meeting health care facilities’ design goals, sustainability objectives and stringent performance requirements. The product is made from basalt rock, which provides noise reduction coefficients, fire protection with UL/ULC certification for Flame Spread and Smoke Development and dimensional stability at up to 100 percent humidity.
MARION, N.C. — Mission Health’s McDowell Hospital campus held a groundbreaking ceremony in Marion on Tuesday to mark the start of construction in front of the current hospital, according to North Carolina’s ABC News affiliate.
Roppe’s new Health and Learning Rubber Tile and Tread line was designed in a palette of calm, warm and inviting colors and the ability to add character to many types of health care spaces. The product contains 10 percent post-industrial waste and 10 percent natural rubber, which is a renewable resource. The Health and Learning Rubber Tile and Tread Line is LEED-certified, and meets the criteria for FloorScore, NSF332 and CHPS. The colors will coordinate with other products and will allow the customer to mix and match the tiles and accessories.
TORONTO, Ontario — The Humber River Hospital in Toronto opened on Oct. 18 to make it the first fully digital hospital in North America. The new, 1.8 million-square-foot hospital now has state-of-the-art-medical equipment, which was designed to improve patient care.
PITTSBURGH — On Oct.