CEO Blog Reveals Struggles, Requests Employee Suggestions
BOSTON — Know what it’s like to run a large metropolitan hospital and make decisions that affect hundreds of people?…
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Medical Center Consolidates Outpatient Services
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System recently opened the doors of its new Valley Specialty Center, a 244,000-square-foot facility that consolidates 22 outpatient specialty services.
The new center — a $151 million project built with $129 million in bond money, $15 million from the San Jose Redevelopment Agency and money from the Valley Medical Center Foundation, among other sources — replaces the previous facility that was aging and burdened with more patients than it was built to handle, according to hospital officials.
$23 Million Replacement Clinic Opens in Glen Ellyn
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — Construction was recently completed on DuPage Medical Group’s Glen Ellyn Clinic, a $23.5 million project that…
Q&A: Bedside Systems Roundtable
Bedside entertainment and information systems are becoming an increasingly important component for healthcare facilities. The systems can help improve patient comfort, medical outcomes and staff efficiencies. Rick Pratt, CEO of Healthcare Information LLC, and Gary Kolbeck, general manager of Lodgenet, spoke with HC&O News during a conference call. Healthcare Information provides hospital-grade televisions and other accessories, while Lodgenet provides media and connectivity solutions.
Modular Building Institute Awards
Every year the Modular Building Institute sponsors an awards program that recognizes the best projects in commercial modular building design and construction.
The ceremony to present the awards was held earlier this year during MBI’s annual convention and tradeshow in Las Vegas. Each entry was reviewed by a panel of industry and non-industry construction and code experts, architects and engineers, and marketing professionals.
People in the News – Mar/Apr 2009
A/E/C Andrew Beilfuss, AIA, NCARB, joined HDR Architecture as healthcare principal at the firm’s Pasadena, Calif., office. Beilfuss will be…
Oncologists Gain Independence With Adaptive Reuse Project
The conversion of a former office building into a new cancer center resulted from a disagreement between hospital officials and a group of St. Louis oncologists. The doctors and the officials had differing views on patient and physician needs within the cancer care environment, so the oncologists opened their own facility in a former Citicorp space.