PHOENIX — In its second major merger this year, HMC Architects merged with Substance Design Consortium, a Phoenix-based design firm.
The new firm will be known as HMC+Substance Design and will operate from its existing studio in downtown Phoenix.
Earlier this year, HMC Architects merged with San Francisco-based Beverly Prior Architects, forming HMC+Beverly Prior Architects.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 100,000 primary care providers are adopting certified electronic health records in an effort to improve quality of care and ultimately lower health costs.
BETHESDA, Md. — Martek Global Services, a provider of strategic and tactical facilities and acquisition support solutions, was awarded a five-year, $6.5 million blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to provide staff and support to the U.S. Medical Department’s North Atlantic Regional Contracting Office (NARCO).
For more than 75 years, NARCO has specialized in procuring medical and non-medical supplies, equipment and services. Martek will work with NARCO to continue to accomplish these tasks in the most efficient way possible, Martek officials said.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — KI, a Green Bay, Wis.-based furniture supplier, entered a three-year contract with the Premier health care alliance to supply furniture to its group of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 77,000 other health care sites.
The contract begins Jan. 1, 2012.
CHARLOTTE, Mich. — Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital thinks outside the box with its new AL!VE facility in Charlotte, Mich.
The 68,000-square-foot, 14-acre health and wellness center held open houses in October and opens to patients in mid-November. The $18.5 million project houses the hospital’s physical therapy unit, as well as lifestyle and fitness components for community use.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A conference to prepare the healthcare industry for the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) unique device identifier (UDI) regulation is scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, Mass.
The UDI rule will require many organizations to implement new or improved systems and processes to efficiently mark or tag equipment, scan device information at various points in its lifecycle, and transmit that data to the UDI database and other software systems.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children broke ground in August on a $260 million expansion project at its Delaware campus.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Plans for a new Western Michigan University (WMU) School of Medicine move forward with site selection expected later this year and the first students expected to enroll in fall 2014.
The project is a partnership between the WMU and Kalamazoo’s two teaching hospitals, Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare. Planning for the project has been underway for three years with fundraising, accreditation work and curriculum development for the medical school in progress.
LAFAYETTE, La. — The first phase of the 45-acre Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center campus opened in June with a $211 million hospital and medical office building.
The project features a main acute care hospital, a four-story medical office building and nearby complexes that house more that 60 physicians who have relocated practices in the area.
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa General Hospital (TGH) recently announced the final phase of construction at its facility — a $35 million neonatal intensive care unit that will provide more patient rooms and a new transition nursery.
Part of the funding for the Jennifer Leigh Muma Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was contributed by Pam and Les Muma, who lost their daughter, Jennifer Leigh, in the 1970s while in the NICU.
