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New Approaches to Hand-Washing Compliance
Hand-washing compliance is a big issue for today’s health care facilities, and for good reason.
Sustainability Practices: New Construction vs. Retrofits
Sustainability is a key issue in today’s health care industry.
Five Benefits of Window Films
Recent studies show that exposure to natural sunlight has a physical and mental health benefit for both patients and staff in health care facilities, which is an incentive to upgrade buildings with expansive windows.
Inpatient Expansion Design Incorporates Healing
FISHERS, Ind. — A 110,000-square-foot inpatient expansion to St. Vincent Fishers Hospital was completed, and it began treating patients on April 8.
Fort Stewart Hospital Undergoes Expansion
FORT STEWART, Ga. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Savannah District broke ground on Phase II of the two-phase, $100 million addition and enhancement project at Winn Army Community Hospital at Fort Stewart.
A Comprehensive Building Investigation Enhances Health Care Renovations
The challenges of health care construction are always immense, yet when it comes to an occupied renovation of an active medical facility, the stakes are magnifie
PODCAST Part I: McCarthy Awarded for Innovative Building Approach
SAN ANTONIO — McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., the nation’s eighth largest domestic general contractor and the largest in California, was awarded three Celebration of Engineering & Technolo
New Cancer Center Opens in Washington
EDMONDS, Wash. — Swedish Health Services opened a new outpatient cancer center April 1 at its Edmonds campus. The new two-story, 17,102-square-foot facility was built in response to the growing needs of cancer-care services for people living in the south Snohomish and north King County areas.
Efficiency is Key: Trends in the Health Care Industry
There have been several shifts in the health care industry recently. The Affordable Care Act is most likely here to stay, which will drastically increase the number of insured people in need of care by 2014.