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Provider Shortage Leads to Workforce Model Research

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PRINCETON, N.J. — The current shortage of primary care providers threatens accessibility and the quality of health care, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

To combat the threat, the Foundation is teaming up with the Group Health Research Institute on a new national program designed to make primary care more efficient and effective.

The Primary Care Team: Learning from Effective Ambulatory Practices (LEAP) project aims to identify primary care practices that use health professionals and other staff in ways that optimize services.

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Health Care Groups Go for Cage-Free Food Ops

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SAN FRANCISCO — In an effort to practice social responsibility, a team of San Francisco Bay Area hospitals recently secured a contract for certified-humane, cage-free eggs from Wilcox Farms through U.S. Foodservice, a major food distributors serving the health care sector.

The University of California San Francisco Medical Center and John Muir Health are now purchasing 100 percent of their liquid eggs from Wilcox Farms — eggs that are pre-separated from their shells and constitute the majority of hospital egg purchases.

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Surgical Technology Partnership to Create State-of-the-Art Cardiac Labs

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MENTOR, Ohio — Steris Corp., a provider of surgical support and technology, announced a collaboration with St. Jude Medical Inc., a global medical device manufacturer, to plan and implement advanced cardiac laboratories for health care providers in the U.S.

The labs will feature technologies across the cardiovascular service line designed to help hospitals and clinics develop state-of-the-art laboratories that meet their changing clinical needs.

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Ellis Hospital Solves Emissions Complaints With New AHUs

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The last place you need to make you sick is the hospital.

When Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., a part of the Ellis Medicine health care system, faced vehicle exhaust emissions entering through fresh air intakes, administrators sought out a solution to the challenge.

The existing six-story facility, which was rebuilt in 2010, includes a fresh air intake under a covered area that serves a primary pick-up and drop-off point for patients entering and leaving the facility.

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Optum Takes Health Care to the Cloud

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Optum, an information and technology-enabled health services business, launched a secure, cloud-based environment designed to help health care administrators communicate and collaborate more effectively to improve health outcomes.

The Optum health care cloud aims to help health professionals communicate and access essential health intelligence more efficiently, create and deploy health applications quickly and manage technology in their offices or across networks with ease, according to a statement from the company.

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Health Care Construction Expected to Increase

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MINNEAPOLIS — A majority of health care facility administrators expect construction to increase in the next one to two years, according to a survey conducted by Mortenson Construction.

Conducted at the Fall 2011 Healthcare Design Conference in Nashville, Tenn., the survey questioned more than 300 conference attendees. Mortenson sponsored the event’s cyber café and surveyed attendees as they logged in to use the computers. Participants included health care administrators and facilities managers, architects, builders and suppliers.

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Anne Hanenburg

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Anne M. Hanenburg is now a licensed landscape architect for SPVV Landscape Architects. Hanenburg specializes in site master planning, landscape and hardscape design, garden design for specialized populations, and irrigation system design. Her focus also includes design of entry and wayfinding signage and features for health care, continuing care and higher education commissions.

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