Rate of HAI Deaths Alarmingly High, Report Finds
YONKERS, N.Y. — A new investigation into hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) by Yonkers-based Consumer Reports found the number of people who develop a HAI during a hospital stay is alarmingly high.
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Northwest Wisconsin Cancer Center Breaks Ground
ASHLAND, Wis. — Nineteen project leaders and hospital officials gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20 to mark the construction start for the new Northwest Wisconsin Cancer Center on the Memorial Medical Center (MMC) campus in Ashland.
Bill to Ban VA Hospital Construction Moves Forward
WASHINGTON — A bill to strip the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from managing construction projects more than $100 million cleared a legislative hurdle on July 22. The bill passed the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health on a unanimous voice vote.
The bill, HR. 3106, the Construction Reform Act of 2015, strips the VA of all construction management authority on projects more than $100 million and transfers it to non-VA federal entities, such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the General Services Administration (GSA).
Mercy Health Muskegon Submits New Consolidation Plan
MUSKEGON, Mich. — Mercy Health Muskegon in Michigan has announced a timeline for the nine-story consolidation project to bring Hackley Health System and Mercy Health Partners onto one campus after the companies merged in 2008.
U.S. News & World Report Reveals Best Hospitals
WASHINGTON — U.S. News & World Report unveiled this year’s best hospitals ranking on July 21. It’s the 26th edition of the Best Hospitals.
Designed to help patients with life-threatening or rare conditions identify hospitals that excel in treating the most difficult cases, Best Hospitals includes data and information on nearly 5,000 medical centers nationwide.
Missouri Orthopeadic Institute Begins Expansion
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Construction is under way for a four-story expansion of the Missouri Orthopeaedic Institute, according to the University of Missouri Health Care based in Columbia.
Opened in 2010, the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute at 1100 Virginia Ave. is the largest freestanding orthopaedic care center in central Missouri.
Ochsner Health, Select Medical to Open New Rehab Hospital
JEFFERSON, La. — Ochsner Health System (Ochsner), based in Jefferson, and Select Medical Corporation of Mechanicsburg, Pa., will jointly open a new, 60-bed, acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital in 2016.
Officials at both health networks did not say where the hospital — to be called the Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital — will be located or how much it will cost, but construction is expected to begin in early 2016.
Capital Campaign Boosted By $10 Million Anonymous Gift
ASPEN, Colo. — A $10 million gift from an anonymous donor helped push the Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation’s capital campaign beyond its halfway mark. This donation will assist in benefiting the hospital’s current multimillion-dollar master facilities plan.
The Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation is a nonprofit that oversees all charitable donations given to the hospital for its expansion and renovation as well as for other routine capital projects and future improvements and programs.
CVMC REIT II Acquires Webster Rehabilitation Hospital
WEBSTER, Texas — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II Inc. (CVMC REIT II) announced on June 5 that it acquired the Post Acute Webster Rehabilitation Hospital property (the “Webster Rehabilitation Hospital”) from Medistar Corporation, a medical real estate developer based in Houston.
Designers Complete Work for Hatcher Station Health Center
DALLAS — BOKA Powell a Dallas-based architecture and interiors firm, has completed design work on the $11.2 million Hatcher Station Health Center, developed by Dallas-based Frazier Revitalization Inc. and operated by Parkland Health and Hospital System, also based in Dallas.
The 44,300-square-foot clinic near Dallas’ Fair Park is located on a seven-acre site adjacent to DART’s Hatcher Station.