SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — CoxHealth’s Cox Medical Center South in Springfield recently completed a new West Tower addition, which houses the new Dee Ann White Women’s and Children’s hospital and the Jared Neuroscience Center.
APPLETON, Wis. — St. Elizabeth’s Hospital recently installed a green rooftop garden on top of the new Fremont Tower. Installation of the garden began in mid-July. The 235,000-square-foot, five-story tower will be an inpatient facility, which also has a new radiology unit and a restaurant-style cafeteria named The Market. The new, modern facility will replace a 90-year-old hospital wing and will provide a more comfortable place for patients to recover.
DALLAS — On Aug. 20, the Parkland Health and Hospital System opened the doors of a new $1.3 billion facility that replaces the old emergency room, which was built in 1954 and beginning to fall apart. The new facility is double the size of its predecessor and was designed to accommodate the growing population in the Dallas/Fort Worth region.
LONG BEACH, Calif. — California is in the midst of one of its biggest droughts in history and has been looking for creative ways to cut water usage without completely altering daily life. As hospitals are some of the highest water users in most communities, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), they are in a unique position to help fight the drought by focusing on more water-saving operations.
New from Moen Commercial, the M•DURA Modern Suite is the answer to your need for elegant residential-influenced styling with essential built-in durability for high-use commercial environments. Available in multiple tub and showering configurations, the Modern Suite is built with vandal-resistant and ADA-compliant features, including a three-function discrete transfer and hand shower with non-positive pause in designated offerings.
Enova Illumination’s newest headlight is the Cyclops XLT-225. At 225,000 lux, the XLT-225 is the brightest LED surgical headlight now on the market. Similar to all Enova LED headlights, the XLT-225 illuminates pure white light at 6100 degrees Kelvin for true tissue rendition. It is also one of only two coaxial LED surgical headlights — the other being Enova’s Cyclops XLT-125 — available.
MARKHAM, Ontario — The Markham Stouffville Hospital has received LEED Silver certification on its new 385,000-square-foot expansion.
RANDOLPH, Vt. — Gifford Medical Center became one of the first hospitals in Vermont to achieve the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star Certification for their main medical campus in Randolph.
Sustainable Materials announced the introduction of Organic Blocks to the U.S. market. A wall decor alternative fashioned in sustainably harvested, rapidly renewable, recycled molded cork, Organic Blocks bring dimension, depth and distinctive visual appeal to interior surfaces. Imported from Portugal, Organic Blocks convey a contemporary European design aesthetic in five high relief geometric shapes, each pre-finished and infused with a selection of 10 vibrant, fashion-forward colors.
As the U.S. health care system upgrades or replaces outdated hospitals from the 1960s and 1970s, evidence-based research shows that taking measures to decrease patient stress and instill a sense of control can reduce anxiety and the use of pain-controlled opioid medications, while improving cooperation and clinical outcomes.
