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.
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.
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 — Seacrest Studios, a multimedia broadcast studio, debuted at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas with an initial broadcast on Nov. 14.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In early October, the Levine Cancer Institute’s (LCI) new research and administrative headquarters opened in Charlotte, N.C., on the campus of Carolinas HealthCare System’s (CHS) Carolinas Medical Center.
Hospital stays scare people due to several causes. First is a fear about the individual’s well-being. Will the treatment work? How much will it hurt?
STOCKTON, Calif. — Construction is progressing on schedule at the site of a new medical and mental health care facility for inmates in the California state prison system. The California Health Care Facility (CHCF) in Stockton, Calif.
“Health care for inmates! Really? I didn’t know they received health care. Guess I never really thought about it.”
That is the usual response I receive when someone asks me who I work for or what I do for a living. After thinking about it for a moment, they usually ask me who pays for it. Then the questions really start to fly when they hear the answer.
According to Andrew Quirk of Skanska USA, the next few years will see more hospital construction — by as much as 10 percent by 2015. Following the major downturn of 2008, Quirk predicted a major “upside for design and construction of health care space” over the next few years.
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Fairfield University recently received $700,000 from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to help prepare health care providers of the future for the very busy industry they appear to be entering.
