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.
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.
SAN FRANCISCO — California law no longer requires a physician to supervise certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), a state appeal court ruled in March.
On March 15, the California Court of Appeal in San Francisco unanimously affirmed a trial court’s ruling that state law, unlike federal law, does not require physicians to supervise CRNAs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ZEELAND, Mich. — The technology used to train astronauts and airline professionals is now available to health care professionals at the new Clinical Simulation Center in Washington, D.C. to educate health care professionals on how to heighten patient safety.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite a general trust in doctors using electronic health records and support for health information technology, a recent study found that consumers have persistent concerns that data breaches will occur.
