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Health Care Facility Technology Systems, Communications Systems, IT and OT Infrastructure
Parkland reconfigures lighting system to improve patient throughput
The hospital partnered with Toyota to implement simple, but effective, processes in its emergency department.
Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene
Study identifies the top surfaces where C. difficile persists
Researchers sampled 16 sites within patient isolation rooms and patient bays to determine hardest-to-clean areas.
Architecture, Architecture Compliance, Architectural Planning
Hospitals help to pave the way for new resilient design standard
Two hospitals are piloting a new USGBC standard designed to help create sustainable communities.
Construction, Project Management
Sentara continues operating room modernization project
The hospital hit a major milestone with the move of its iMRI lifted through a third-floor window of its surgical suite.
Architecture, Architecture Profiles
Children’s hospital opens new patient tower
Cook Children’s Medical Center South Tower includes a new heart center and the expansion of several departments.
Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene
VA recommendations to combat MDROs in care settings
The administration lays out four strategies to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms.
Hospital earns ninth Energy Star Certification
Illinois hospital credits its energy-efficiency success to operational, capital and preventive-maintenance projects.
Architecture, Architecture Profiles
USC increases access to care with new outpatient center
The seven-story Norris Healthcare Center consolidates several services to facilitate integrated care.
Operational Excellence, Leadership, Maintenance and Operations
Hospital’s Capacity Command Center integrates patient-flow operations
Center combines key operations like bed management, patient transport and environmental services.
Health Care Facility Technology Systems
ECRI lists top 10 health care trends for the C-suite
Acuity-adaptable rooms, virtual reality and microhospitals make this year’s list of trends.