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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Trench Shower Base

Willoughby recently announced the newest member of its solid surface shower base family: The AS-S3636ADA rear trench shower base. This new shower base is ADA compliant and features a stainless steel integral trench drain at the rear of the shower base that makes ingress and egress even easier for people with mobility concerns. The shower base is available with a left, right, or center drain position to help avoid structural beams.

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