Product News - November 2017
National code review urged after Idaho nursing home burns
A Pocatello nursing home destroyed by fire met all applicable fire codes
11/30/2017
Mayor’s plan to cut services at Nashville General Hospital met with opposition
Mayor Megan Barry plans to turn Nashville General into an out-patient facility and end in-patient care
11/29/2017
New hybrid medical facility coming to former Staten Island Walgreens
Richmond University Medical Center is opening a new healthcare facility
11/28/2017
Texas hospital unveils new cafeteria, facilities
Covenant Medical Center expansion also includes an endoscopy unit, a physicians dining room, an entrance and lobby space and a new skybridge connecting to a parking garage
11/27/2017
Hennepin County Medical Center’s new ambulatory clinic building reaching for LEED Silver
The building will include six floors of clinics and services, two levels of underground pay parking with 221 stalls for patients and family
11/22/2017
Life Safety Q&A: Exiting from hospital into medical building
Brad Keyes discusses exiting from a hospital into a medical building
11/22/2017
VA seeking partners for healthcare facility projects
CHIP-IN Act authorizes VA to accept donations from up to five non-federal entities
11/22/2017
Arizona city may get facility for Canadian healthcare
Surprise is looking at bringing healthcare services for snowbirds
11/20/2017
Life Safety Q&A: Time allowed for repairs
Brad Keyes discusses the time allowed for repairs
11/15/2017
New Buffalo children's hospital had difficult birth
John R. Oishei Children's Hospital was met with fierce community opposition
11/15/2017
Earthquake vulnerability leads to California hospital's imminent closure
Long Beach MemorialCare will close Community Hospital soon
11/14/2017
Second baby born aboard navy hospital ship Comfort in Puerto Rico
On Nov. 3, the USNS Comfort welcomed Isaias Valerio-Fonseca aboard the ship
11/13/2017
Airbnb-style stays proposed to ease NHS hospital 'bed-blocking'
Plan has been met with concerns and criticisms
11/10/2017
UPMC to invest $2 billion on three new specialty hospitals in Pittsburgh
The new hospitals will be built near existing UPMC hospital campuses
11/10/2017
Is your healthcare facility ready for the CMS 2017 emergency preparedness deadline?
AlertMedia offers checklist for reviewing compliance
11/10/2017
Scripps Health planning updates for five hospital campuses
Project is the largest the health system has undertaken
11/9/2017
CMS emergency preparedness deadline is a week away
The implementation date for the Conditions of Participation (CoP) requirement is Nov. 15, 2017
11/8/2017
Former Toronto AIDs hospice, now HIV/AIDS hospital
Casey House, the world's only freestanding HIV/AIDS hospital, now has a new building of its own
11/7/2017
Life Safety Q&A: Cords on nurse call stations
Brad Keyes discusses cords on nurse call stations
11/1/2017