LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Norton Healthcare Inc., a health care provider serving Kentucky and Southern Indiana, has recently announced they have selected Messer Construction Co., as the construction manager for its planned $107 million upgrade and expansion to the Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville.
LinoArt Rhythmics Sheet by Armstrong commercial flooring is designed for maximum design impact with minimum cost of ownership. This product offers five sheet collections and over 85 colors for the flooring. LinoArt will work well in a health care facility in patient rooms and corridors. It offers easy maintenance, which provides lower lifecycle costs. This will allow for lower maintenance and labor costs for the facility. The new NATURCote II high performance coating, which is on all of the products, reduces the amount of products needed to clean the floor.
INDIANAPOLIS — Bryan Mills, CEO of the Community Health Network hospital system in Indiana, has been promoting the use of telehealth in hospitals for years.
The KR8 downlight from Cree Inc., is designed to deliver better lighting performance and a better value from new and existing commercial spaces, such as hospitals. The KR8 is Cree’s first eight-inch downlight and features Cree WaveMax Technology and Cree TrueWhite Technology. This new light provides optical efficiency, precise beam control and long product life for higher ceiling applications. It also provides double the lifetime of other lights and delivers dimming capabilities for lower energy bills and a payback of less than two years.
CHICAGO — Members of the health care facilities construction, planning, operations and maintenance communities gathered at Navy Pier earlier this month for the 2015 Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo.
In operating room (OR) optimization, just as in a lifesaving surgical procedure, every minute counts. Small improvements in OR efficiency over the course of a year add up to substantial time and cost savings for a healthcare organization.
LOS ANGELES — The Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion in Los Angeles recently received LEED Gold certification after opening last summer.
DALLAS — Up to 70 directors of healthcare facilities will meet in Dallas for the complimentary Healthcare Facilities Management Forum on Oct. 19-20, 2015. With a unique appointment-based format of one-on-one meetings, seminars led by industry leaders and peer-to-peer networking opportunities, the forum is recognized as an efficient method for sourcing new solutions in the healthcare facilities industry. Sponsors include Axis Communications, Detex, Kimberly Clark and Bradley Corporation.
The CleanCote BioWall is a composite panel wall that offers a simple installation process that can save time and money. It features a thermoset phenolic resin core that is surrounded by two skins of smooth or suede finish melamine. The CleanCote BioWall is designed for interior use on the walls in a cleanroom type of setting. It can also be used in other environments where a clean and easily maintained surface is the first concern. The BioWall is impact resistant and contains no silica. Most foreign matter is easily cleaned from the panels using detergents.
