WESTERVILLE, Ohio — HealthSouth Corporation (HLS), based in Birmingham, Ala., and Mount Carmel Health System, based in Columbus, Ohio, are jointly planning to build a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital to be located in Westerville.
The Armstrong family of Ultima Health Zone ceilings now offers enhanced sound absorption and sound-blocking performance to address the growing concern over noise control and speech privacy in health care settings. To improve speech privacy in health care facilities, Armstrong has increased the ceiling attenuation class (CAC) of Ultima Health Zone ceiling panels to 38. The enhanced CAC enables the ceiling panels to more effectively block sound transmission between adjacent spaces, further ensuring patient privacy.
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Akro-Mils announces the expansion of its industry-leading line of Super-Size AkroBins with the addition of a new gray color. The industry standard for large-capacity plastic storage bins, Super-Size AkroBins securely stack atop each other and sit on shelving, carts or dollies. Bins can stack with casters attached. Super-Size AkroBins are now available in 12 sizes and four colors, in addition to clear.
CINCINNATI — A new 15-story research tower opened June 12 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
OMAHA, Neb. — CHI Health broke ground June 15 on a new $135 million medical training building that will be part of the new Creighton University Medical Center campus. CHI Health serves as the primary teaching partner of Creighton University’s health sciences schools.
NEW YORK — Health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity reached an all-time, record-high value of $388 billion in 2014, which was more than $136 billion higher than 2013 levels, according to a report released June 15.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie is preparing to build a seven-story inpatient pavilion, with a groundbreaking scheduled for May 2016.
