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Joint Commission Raises the Bar on Patient Safety
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Hospitals may soon see a closer link between accreditation and adherence to patient safety actions.
The Joint Commission in September launched the Center for Transforming Healthcare, which is focused exclusively on improving safety and reducing medical errors. Initially, the center will work with participating hospitals to identify and measure unsafe practices. It will then develop targeted solutions that can be tailored to each location. Eventually, these best practices could become intertwined with the accreditation process.
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Green Giant
The Hospitalist Share
The Hippocratic Oath has served as the foundation of ethical medical practice since the fourth century B.C. Today, one of the oath's core principles – the promise to do no harm – is guiding more than just bedside care. It is the cornerstone of the green movement in health care, a rapidly growing effort to help the profession evolve from one that simply cares for the sick to one that serves as a broader force for healing in society. More
Developers Can End Project 'Freezes'
Healthcare Construction + Operations Share
Capital constraints, a shortage of debt financing and the poor economy are creating difficult times for many. Hospitals officials are facing several factors
outside of their control that could have the potential to severely inhibit continued growth. More
Botsford Hospital Cancer Center Earns Silver LEED Certification
from the U.S. Green Building Council
Medical Design & Construction Share
Cogdell Spencer ERDMAN is pleased to announce that the Botsford Hospital Cancer Center has been certified at the LEED Silver level by the U.S. Green Building Council. This is the first USGBC LEED Silver Certified health care facility in southeastern
Michigan. More
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New Hospital Tower Tops Out
The Daily Herald Share
Construction workers have set the final steel beam on the top of the 12-story, $500
million medical tower being built at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. The "topping out" of the steel structure, which occurred on Friday, marks another milestone in construction of the building, which began Sept. 27, 2008. More
Tips for Choosing Facility Management
Healthcare Construction + Operations Share
In the current economic climate, health care administrators are looking for ways to cut costs and increase efficiencies. One of the logical areas to examine is facility management. More
Jacobs Receives Contract for Stanford Medical Center Expansion Projects
Medical Design & Construction Share
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that it received a contract from the Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif., to continue providing program and construction management services for the New Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Expansion Projects. More
New Hospital, Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Breaks Mold
Nashville Business Journal Share
Middle Tennessee's largest construction project — the new Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro — is
pumping millions of dollars into the local economy and the region's medical industry. The $267 million hospital is on track to be completed June 15, 2010, two months early, with patients and doctors slated to move in Oct. 2. More
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Hospital Eyes New Design
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The Sonoma Valley Health Care District board got a peek at what the newly designed Sonoma Valley Hospital in Sonoma, Calif., will look like once the planned $35 million upgrade is completed with the funds
raised by last year's general obligation bond. More
Hospital Will Get a New Design Team
The Willits News Share
The Frank R. Howard Foundation has terminated the design-and-build contract with Cogdell, Spencer Erdman for the new California hospital and expects to choose a
new design contractor shortly. More
Q&A: Gail Vittori on the Green-Hospitals Imperative
Metropolis Magazine Share
Emilio Ambasz's claims notwithstanding, no one person can declare
themselves the father (or mother) of sustainable building. It was clearly a group effort. The same, of course, can be said for green hospital design. But one of the seminal figures there is Gail Vittori, co-director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, in Austin, Texas.
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The Building that Wants to 'Hug'
BBC Share
When Cathy Davies was diagnosed with breast cancer she had innumerable questions. Questions about her treatment options, medication and her future. Although happy with her NHS treatment at a top cancer hospital she was looking for something else. Somewhere she could get help without spending even more time in a hospital situation. More
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Help limit your facility's liability exposure from an infectious outbreak. Don't delay!
Now, for a limited time (until September 30,
2009), ASHE Newsletter Readers can purchase the Visual-Only Negative Isolation Room Baulin-Tube® ("ball-in-tube") indicator from Airflow Direction Inc. for 25% off with freight! That’s over $100 off the standard price!
More on this promotional offer for ASHE Newsletter Readers
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