HFM News
OPERATIONS
Is your health system planning to open a health and wellness center to address volume to value care?.
INFECTION PREVENTION
Six academic medical centers receive $11 million to discover new facility-related methods to reduce health care-associated infections.
CONSTRUCTION
The 96-room center designed by H+L Architecture provides rehabiliation services as patients transition from hospital to home care.
NEWS
Also this week: HHS launches a new disaster preparedness resource, Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert addresses fall prevention and new resources added to Focus on Compliance website.
INFECTION CONTROL
Associations team up to battle health care-associated infections and promote International Infection Prevention Week.
DESIGN
Does your health facility incorporate design elements inspired by its natural surroundings?.
TECHNOLOGY
Hospitals need to develop flexible but robust Wi-Fi infrastructures that can handle the growing number of mobile devices and equipment being used in health care today..
DESIGN
A thematic focus on "human kindness" will guide the design improvement projects happening across the 39-hospital system..
NEWS
Also this week: EPA orders company to stop selling ineffective disinfectant, the Joint Commission eliminates rules office-based surgery practices and the FDA issues a Class 1 recall..
OPERATIONS
An analysis of health system mergers and acquisitions indicates a continuation of the shift toward vertical integration via retail clinics, physician practices and digital resources..