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UCSF Construction Team Collaborates on New Building Method
SAN FRANCISCO — Ten years after the 57-acre UCSF Mission Bay campus opened, construction on the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay is still on schedule to be completed in August 2014 and open to the
San Antonio Hospital Focuses on Resort-Style Patient Experience
SAN ANTONIO — In Texas, Forest Park Medical Center is taking the patient-based design concept to a whole new level, by building medical facilities using a hospitality-based focus, in terms of design, patient care and amenity offering
Wisconsin Clinic Takes the LEED
MONONA, Wis. — The UW Health Yahara Clinic in Monona lives and breathes efficiency.
$450 Million Torrance Memorial Tower to Replace Original
TORRANCE, Calif. — The new $450 million Torrance Memorial Medical Center Replacement Tower is currently being constructed at the existing Torrance Memorial Medical Center site, and it will replace the hospital’s original one, built in 1971.
St. Christopher’s Hospital to Add 110 Beds
PHILADELPHIA — In an effort to enhance pediatric care in one of Philadelphia’s poorest urban areas, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children will undergo a $110 million expansion, scheduled to begin this February.
Achieving High Reliability in HVAC Rotating Machinery
Few systems are as critical to hospital operation and patient comfort as HVAC systems, which are driven by various rotating machines and components including blowers, fans, electric motors, belt drives and bearings.
New PTSD Clinic to Enhance Veteran Care
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — More than two years after construction began in November 2010, a new post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) clinic for veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars is scheduled to debut this spring at the Memphis Veterans’ Administration Medical Center in Tennessee.
Maine Hospitals Launch Electronic Health Records
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine Medical Center in Portland debuted a new electronic health records system in early December. The “one patient, one record” system is part of a seven-year, $150 million technology upgrade said to be the state’s largest-ever capital investment in health care.
Dallas Children’s Hospital Opens Third Seacrest Studio
DALLAS — Seacrest Studios, a multimedia broadcast studio, debuted at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas with an initial broadcast on Nov. 14.