Regulations, Codes & Standards - April 2018
Shanghai hospital designed to be 'hospital in a garden'
Shanghai Jiahui International Hospital incorporates best practices, operations, and training standards from U.S. hospitals, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
4/30/2018
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta plans extensive campus
Project designed to transform the way pediatric healthcare will be delivered
4/30/2018
Colorado hospital designed for expansion
UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital is the first of the prototype healthcare facilities designed for quick construction turnaround, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
4/27/2018
Amazon won't enter hospital supply chain
The retailer is dropping plans to sell pharmaceuticals to hospitals
4/25/2018
Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Life-safety drawings
Brad Keyes discusses regulations for life-safety drawings
4/25/2018
Partially-used oxygen canisters in 'full' rack now allowed by Joint Commission
Racks and signs will have to be adjusted to meet the new requirements
4/20/2018
Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Spark-ignited generators
Brad Keyes discusses regulations for spark-ignited generators
4/18/2018
Health system expects big returns on Nevada microhospital investment
Smaller facilities meet demands of underserved communities In Las Vegas
4/17/2018
Top places to work in healthcare named
Becker's Healthcare releases the '150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare' list
4/17/2018
Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Cabinets in a corridor, Part 2
Brad Keyes discusses regulations for cabinets in a corridor
4/11/2018
New Brooklyn health system to get $664M to transform safety-net hospitals
One Brooklyn received a $664 million commitment from Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help the member hospitals improve their facilities
4/10/2018
More than 4,000 eggs and embryos lost in Cleveland fertility clinic tank failure
The number is double what was previously thought
4/6/2018
Tennessee healthcare system reels from intense flu season
Nationwide, hospitalization rates for the flu are the highest since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began collecting such data in 2003
4/4/2018
Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Cabinets in a corridor
Brad Keyes discusses regulations for cabinets in a corridor
4/4/2018
Israeli hospitals split over orders to confiscate food not kosher for Passover
Five medical centers announce they won't check visitors' bags for leavened food, three say they will
4/3/2018
Ohio fertility clinic says human error caused embryo, egg failure
University Hospitals Fertility Center says 4,000 frozen eggs and embryos were lost — twice the number initially reported
4/2/2018