Top HC+O News Articles of 2010
Architectural Firm Aims for Zero Toxins
Animal-Assisted Therapy Gains in Popularity
Sustainable Hospitals 2011 — May 4-6
Law Brings Changes to Medical Construction
Stafford Hospital in Stafford, Va., designed by Ellerbe Becket.
Violence Against Healthcare Workers Increases
Violence against emergency room nurses and other medical professionals appears to be increasing as the number of drug addicts, alcoholics and psychiatric patients show up regularly in emergency rooms across the country, according to a recent survey of industry professionals.
The survey, produced this year by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, illustrates that visits to ER’s for drug and alcohol-related incidents rose significantly from 1.6 million in 2005 to nearly 2 million in 2008.
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Nearly a year into her new job at the 750-bed University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Md., Denise Choiniere — a registered nurse — is busy ordering new recycling bins for areas under renovation and keeping up the hospital’s
A Sobering Solution
When El Paso County’s Lighthouse Detoxification Facility was closed due to a funding shortage and staffing problems, hospitals started experiencing a major increase in patients needing detox services in their emergency rooms.
