HOUSTON — Construction is under way on a new $15 million nursing school facility at Texas Tech University’s Health Sciences Center in Abilene, Texas, that could address the state’s increasing shortage of nurses.
The project is a partnership between the university system and Hendrick Health System a health service network serving Abilene and Midwestern Texas.
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Acadia Healthcare Co., a Franklin, Tenn.-based behavioral health facility network provider, signed a $91 million agreement to acquire three inpatient psychiatric hospitals from Haven Behavioral Healthcare.
The facilities — located in Tucson, Ariz., Wichita Falls, Texas, and Ada, Okla. —include a total of 166 acute inpatient psychiatric beds and total revenues of approximately $43 million for the 12-month period ended Sept. 30, 2011.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In an effort to improve coordination and reduce medical errors caused by communication breakdowns, the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital (SJMH) in Baytown, Texas, will deploy a new PerfectServe clinical communication and information delivery platform system in early 2012.
BOSTON — The world’s first three-bay operating suite to house MRI, PET/CT, ultrasound and angiography in one place opened at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, offering advancements to image-guided surgical treatment procedures.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A new overview of the 2012 domestic construction market shows a long and slow recovery for the construction markets, according to the recently released report by FMI, a Raleigh, N.C.-based consulting firm serving the engineering and construction industry.
The report states that demographics will demand improved infrastructure in health care and education, and sustainable or green construction will drive demand for LEED-certified buildings.
MENTOR, Ohio – Steris Corp., a provider of surgical support and integration technologies, formed an alliance with Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc., a Tustin, Calif.-based medical imaging technology provider, to offer advanced vascular, cardiovascular, pediatric and neurosurgical hybrid surgical suites to healthcare systems seeking the latest patient-focused interventions.
Date: March 22-23, 2012
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GREENBRAE, Calif. — Gila Dorostkar’s dental office maintains more than just clean teeth — it keeps a green office as well.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Founders Jeff Hanson and Danny Prosky recently launched American Health Investors LLC, a commercial real estate investment firm headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif.
Hanson previously served in a dual-capacity with Grubb & Ellis Co. as chairman and CEO of the company’s Healthcare REIT II. Prosky previously served as executive vice president of healthcare real estate with Grubb & Ellis and as executive vice president of Grubb & Ellis’ first healthcare REIT from 2006 to 2009.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a $580.2 million construction contract to build the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) replacement facility on the same campus as the University of Colorado Hospital complex in Aurora, Colo., at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center.
