2016
Kaiser’s Antelope Valley Offices Emphasize Green Landscaping
LANCASTER, Calif. — The Kaiser Permanente Antelope Valley Medical Offices in Lancaster have been open for about 1.5 years and stand as a prime example of Kaiser’s commitment to sustainability.
Roper St. Francis Partners with HDR on New Hospital Design
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. — Roper St. Francis, a South Carolina-based health care system, named Omaha, Neb.-based architecture firm, HDR, as the designer for its new lower Berkeley County hospital. It will be the most recent addition to the Roper St.
Health Systems, Environmental Groups Create Green Purchasing Co-op
RESTON, Va. — To take on the traditional group purchasing organizations (GPO), four health systems and two environmental organizations joined forces to create a green-focused cooperative. Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock; San Francisco-based Dignity Health; La Crosse; Wis.-based Gundersen Health System; and Boston-based Partners HealthCare teamed up with Reston-based Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth, also in Reston, to launch their catalog this fall.
New Ronald McDonald House Breaks Ground in Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — For 30 years, the Ronald McDonald House provided a stable “home away from home” for families with children undergoing treatment at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital (YNHCH). But the number of patients has grown and will continue to grow due to the advanced care available at YNHCH, specifically its bone marrow transplant unit, organ transplantation unit and NICU.
From Concrete to Glass: Hospital Cafeteria Lets in the Light
BOSTON — As of September, patients, visitors and employees at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston will have a larger, removed cafeteria with a new name: Garden Café.
Chicago-based architect Bertrand Goldberg originally constructed the 13,500-square-foot dining room in the 1970s. With a cast-in-place concrete exterior and 4-foot-square windows, the cafeteria was a dark and enclosed space.
Aneetha McLellan
Aneetha McLellan recently joined DLR Group as a new health care leader in the Omaha, Neb., office. McLellan leads a team inspired by health care design. She continuously evaluates emerging trends and research to benefit clients and enhance environments that empower the user, encourage the patient and enhance quality of life.
Fred Rahmanian
Geneia LLC, a health care innovations company specializing in the development and deployment of clinical, analytic and technical solutions for health care, has hired Fred Rahmanian as its new head of technology. Geneia is a subsidiary of Capital BlueCross and located in Swatara Township, Pa. Rahmanian, a data scientist and software architect, comes to Geneia from Massachusetts-based health care data company IBM Watson Health, where he served as the principal data scientist.
Wireless Radiography System
Anywhere medical attention is needed, you can be there with the right imaging equipment. The CMDR2S-Wireless radiography system offers superior image resolution for diagnostic imaging. This portable X-ray system is built on a two-wheel cart, providing easy and convenient transport. When seconds matter most, this ultra-portable imaging equipment fully sets up in less than one minute. The CMDR2S-Wireless system is a complete, portable radiography solution for your practice or in the field.