Product News - April 2017
Survey predicts no healthcare winners under Trump
NEJM Catalyst report shows healthcare executives have a pessimistic view
4/27/2017
More revisions expected in Joint Commission's EC and LS chapters
Changes will apply to hospital, ambulatory care, critical access hospital, nursing care center and home care programs
4/27/2017
Ex-offenders filling hard-to-fill healthcare jobs
A growing number of healthcare facilities are giving people with criminal records a second chance
4/25/2017
Consolidated outpatient center designed to improve patient experience
Staff input informed Nebraska's Lauritzen Outpatient Center design
4/25/2017
New VA hospital designed with input from staff, veterans
New Orleans healthcare facility was designed to deliver patient-centered healthcare in a comfortable, dignified environment, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
4/25/2017
Michigan healthcare facility completes $2.8 million expansion
Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital project boosts emergency care for region
4/24/2017
N.J. office building becomes outpatient facility
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth was designed with biophilic and other evidence-based design principles, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
4/24/2017
Singapore healthcare campus to add 1,800 beds and smart technology
Technological advances added to address shrinking workforce
4/21/2017
Data on hospital inspections may soon become public
Confidential reports about errors, mishaps and mix-ups could soon be available
4/21/2017
$943 million California healthcare facility opens
Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health in La Jolla to focus on cancer treatment and specialty care.
4/19/2017
Q&A: Fire door annual test and inspection
Brad Keyes discusses fire door annual test and inspection
4/19/2017
Aurora to build new hospital in Wis.
Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care announced that it plans to build a new, $324 million hospital in Kohler to replace the Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center
4/18/2017
Magazine honors product innovators
Healthcare Design will honor three winners in its 2017 Product Innovation Awards, according to an article on its website
4/18/2017
Personalized care for the millennial patient
A generation which grew up with technology and the internet at its fingertips will have different demands
4/12/2017
The sure things among the political uncertainty
There are many unknowns about what healthcare will look like in the future, but we know there are a few ways the healthcare industry will change, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
4/12/2017
VA smoking ban gets first hearing in House
Bill would repeal law that requires smoking areas in VA healthcare facilities
4/11/2017
Revisions to mobile medical unit guidelines eyed
The goal of the changes is to ensure patient safety and to assign responsibility for assuring these requirements are met, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
4/11/2017
Children’s Hospital of San Antonio designed for growth
An existing adult and pediatric hospital is undergoing an expansion and renovation to build the area's only dedicated children’s hospital, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
4/11/2017
First mobile unit for lung cancer detection launched
Carolinas HealthCare's mobile CT unit brings care to rural areas
4/7/2017
Northwestern Memorial workers rally for $15 an hour
The employees include custodians, patient transport technicians, patient care technicians, dietary/food service and environmental service workers
4/5/2017
Politics causes healthcare facilities to stop projects, hiring
Some U.S. hospitals are delaying expansion plans and moving to cut costs
4/5/2017
Q&A: Fire extinguishers in chute rooms
Brad Keyes discusses requirements for fire extinguishers in chute rooms
4/5/2017
CMS interprets emergency departments to be healthcare occupancies
For those hospitals that have already classified their EDs as ambulatory healthcare occupancy, they will have to make a change back to healthcare occupancy
4/3/2017
Stakeholders optimistic about healthcare market
Despite political unrest, designers and contractors still have a positive outlook on the future of healthcare construction
4/3/2017