CHICAGO — A competitive, lump-sum bid approach to delivery resulted in substantial savings for Central DuPage Hospital’s complex construction project.
A new 202-bed patient tower at the Winfield, Ill. hospital opened last summer to replace general medical service beds in CDH’s original facility, built in the 1970s.
CLARK, N.J. — SurroundHealth was named one of the top three sites of 2011 in the Social Media and Community Site category by Kentico, a Nashua, N.H.-based content management system provider, out of 193 other websites built using the Kentico platform.
SurroundHealth, an online community of health educators and healthcare professionals, was developed by HealthEd Academy, a Clark, N.J.-based division of HealthEd dedicated to fostering research and development in health education that targets health professionals in the trenches of patient education and health education.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Griffin-American Health Care REIT II, formerly known as Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, acquired 10 skilled nursing facilities and one medical office building for approximately $174.3 million in January.
OAK BROOK, Ill. — The Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced $218 million in awards to 26 state, regional, national or hospital organizations as part of a public-private collaboration to reduce the millions of preventable injuries and complications from healthcare-acquired conditions.
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.
