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Lighting Retrofit of Cancer Center Reduces Carbon Footprint by 74 Tons

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NEW YORK — Manhattan-based Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center commissioned Seesmart Technologies Inc. to retrofit nearly 700 fixtures with LED tube lights, resulting in significant cost and energy savings, according to officials from the company.

Seesmart’s retrofit replaced nearly 700 fixtures at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. By switching from fluorescent T8s and T12s to Seesmart T8s in the facility’s parking garage, the hospital’s energy cost was reduced by almost 57 percent.

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Ground Broken on $146 Million Hospital in New York’s Finger Lake Region

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CORNING, N.Y. — The groundbreaking was held April 18 for the new $146 million Guthrie Corning Hospital, with construction on the 232,000-square-foot facility scheduled to begin in late June.

The hospital features 65 private rooms and is designed to be energy efficient and promote green operations. The new hospital will replace the outdated Denison Parkway facility, built in the early 1900s.

“This project truly represents a new era in patient care for the residents of the region,” said Shirley Magana, president of the Hospital.

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Health Care Accessibility: ‘A Matter of Civil Rights’

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On March 28, 2012, the Department of Justice filed a settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act with Trinity Health Systems to ensure that the Trinity Regional Medical Center provides effective communication to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing — including a settlement of $198,000 to the aggrieved individuals and a $20,000 civil penalty.

The complaint, filed in 2009, alleged that alleging that the Medical Center had inadequate mechanisms in place to ensure good communication between hospital personnel and deaf patients.

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Buric Lands St. John Contract

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Construction consulting firm Buric has landed a contract from the St. John Medical Center in Ohio’s Eastern Lorain County to help manage a $51-million capital improvement project, which includes both renovations and new construction.

The construction is part of St. John Medical Center’s five-year modernization plan that includes building a two-story outpatient lobby, renovating the main lobby and upgrading first-floor common areas.

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Kentucky Hospitals Community Benefits Programs Total $1.6 Billion in 2010

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Community benefit programs and services contributed nearly $1.6 billion in community benefits in 2010, according to a recent report by the Kentucky Hospital Association released last month.

The report surveyed the state’s 131 hospitals and their net costs, or revenue they received for services aside from marketing.

The report found that the financial strength of hospitals was “intimately tied” to Medicare and Medicaid payments because 71 percent of patient days are covered by one of the two programs.

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Taylor Grows Staff by 30 Percent

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.  — Architectural health care firm Taylor reported a rebound from the economic downturn with a “remarkable surge” in new work and addition of staff at all levels.

The firm increased its staff by 30 percent, amidst a struggle by other design firms, according to Taylor officials.

In addition to working on a range of projects varying in scope and scale, the firm said their success comes from investing in a client survey that helped Taylor retool how the firm does business by refocusing attention on client priorities.

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