October 2024 Posts About Healthcare Facilities Management
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10/18/2024
Get Smart: The Advantages of Implementing Smart Lighting Controls
Lighting manufacturers discuss the use cases for smart lighting controls.
10/17/2024
Making a Microgrid: Valley Children's Healthcare's Sustainability and Resilience Project
Valley Children’s Healthcare faces a few growing energy issues threatening their operations. Their answer? A microgrid.
10/17/2024
Cleveland Clinic and Cavaliers Break Ground on New Facility
The Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center will provide care both to Cavaliers players and the general public.
10/17/2024
OSF HealthCare to Rename OSF Transitional Care Hospital in Illinois
The facility is being renamed to align better with the other hospital names throughout the rest of the OSF Ministry.
10/16/2024
Three Steps to Strategic Capital Planning
Healthcare facility managers overseeing projects need to balance escalating material costs, labor shortages and supply chain challenges that impact budgets.
10/16/2024
Riot Breaks Out at Riverview Behavioral Health in Arkansas
Three adolescent male patients were taken into police custody for allegedly inciting the riot.
10/16/2024
PeaceHealth Unveils Plans for Timber Springs Behavioral Health Hospital
The 96-bed, free-standing facility will be built and operated with Lifepoint Behavioral Health.
10/15/2024
Design Choices to Prevent Slips, Trips and Falls
It is possible to create aesthetically pleasing spaces with hazards in mind.
10/15/2024
SunLink Health Systems Announces Sale of Trace Regional Hospital
The hospital building and its related real estate sold for approximately $2 million.
10/14/2024
Mold Matters: Strategies for Prevention and Remediation
Understanding how to detect mold early, assess its risks and implement effective mitigation is essential to ensure a safe environment.
10/14/2024
The Queen's Health Systems Acquires Behavioral Hospital from Sutter Health Pacific
It will connect the behavioral health hospital with a broader continuum of local care.
10/11/2024
The Impact of Lighting on Aesthetics and Atmosphere in Healthcare
Lighting manufacturers discuss how lighting affects the look and feel of healthcare facilities.
10/10/2024
Nearby Explosion Damages Avera St. Anthony's Hospital in Nebraska
No major injuries to patients or employees were reported.
10/10/2024
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville to Begin Expansion Project Construction
The expansion for the ICU is expected to be complete in the fall of 2025, with the emergency department to be complete a few months after.
10/10/2024
Proofpoint and Ponemon Institute Release Third Annual Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey
The survey found that 92 percent of organizations surveyed experienced at least one cyberattack in the past 12 months.
10/9/2024
Infection Control in the Splash Zone
Handwashing sinks have been a target for infection control improvement in hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
10/9/2024
Disorderly Patient with Drugs Arrested at Brandon Regional Health Centre
The patient was found to be in possession of 7.5 ounces of cocaine.
10/9/2024
Resthaven Opens The Farmstead Senior Living Community
The independent and assisted living community is the latest offering from Holland, Michigan-based Resthaven.
10/8/2024
Communication is Key for Hospital Renovation Projects
Communication goes beyond patient care.
10/8/2024
PeaceHealth to Acquire Four Providence Clinics in Washington
The four clinics will provide new services and offerings to PeaceHealth’s network.
10/7/2024
Six Challenges of Modern Healthcare Leadership
From technology and staffing to project management, managers must ensure efficient operations and high-quality patient care.
10/7/2024
Work Begins on New UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital
The new facility is expected to be complete in 2030.
10/4/2024
Making Healthcare Lighting More Energy Efficient and Sustainable
Lighting manufacturers discuss the latest developments to make lighting more eco-friendly.
10/3/2024
UMC Health System Grapples with IT Outage from Ransomware Attack
The organization’s facilities remained operational despite the IT outage.
10/3/2024
Boston Medical Center Welcomes Two New Facilities into Health System
Good Samaritan Medical Center and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center are officially part of the health system.
10/3/2024
Inspira Health Breaks Ground on Mullica Hill Expansion
The new 150,000-square-foot, five-story wing is expected to be open in the first quarter of 2027.
10/2/2024
Cleanology: The Need for a Study of Cleaning
There are no accepted risk-based standards to verify whether a hospital is truly clean and safe.
10/2/2024
Hurricane Helene Forces Unicoi County Hospital to Evacuate
A helicopter was called in alongside the Tennessee National Guard to help complete the evacuation.
10/2/2024
Ground Broken on Baptist Health's Al and Jane Nahmad Women's Cancer Center
Construction of the new facility is slated for completion by the end of 2026.
10/1/2024
Nursing Home Residents Evacuated as Hurricane Helene Hits
At least 26 nursing homes and 43 assisted living facilities have evacuated the area.
10/1/2024
Governor Abbott and Texas HHSC Break Ground on New Wichita Falls Hospital
The new hospital, set to be complete in late 2027, will replace the North Texas State Hospital.