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10 years, 5 Voices, 1 Challenge
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A decade ago, the prestigious Institute of Medicine shocked the nation by highlighting studies suggesting that medical errors kill up to 98,000 patients in American hospitals every year. To address the problem, the 1999 report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System made recommendations in four areas: create leadership, research, tools and protocols to enhance knowledge of safety issues; identify and learn from errors by creating nationwide mandatory and voluntary error reporting systems; raise safety standards through actions by oversight organizations, professional groups and health care purchasers; and implement safety systems in health care organizations to enhance safe practice at the delivery level.
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NEGATIVE ROOM PRESSURE MONITOR SALE FOR
Help limit your facility's liability exposure from an infectious outbreak. Don't delay! Now, for a limited time, 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 MORE


New Hospital's Therapeutic Design Supports Healing, Green Practices
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Heading to the hospital? These days, the newest member of your medical team just might be the building itself - and it's likely to play a bigger role in your healing than you might think. New trends in hospital design are helping health care systems to better choreograph care and provide a soothing yet energy-efficient environment. More
Staying Cool
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Ed McGatha, facilities director of the Children's Medical Center of Dayton, had a unique opportunity when it came time to select roofing materials for the organization’s new outpatient care center in Springboro, Ohio. He and his team wanted to choose materials that would improve the patient experience at the clinic while laying the groundwork to meet LEED certification. More
Green Patient Lab 3.0 Reveals the Hospital Room of the Future
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Engineering and consulting company Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch (M+NLB) announces their partnership in the Green Patient Lab 3.0 (GPL), a demonstration project that combines the latest ideas and thought leadership in patient room design for hospitals. The only fully integrated, multi-product, patient-environment demonstration project in North America, the GPL incorporates the safest and most eco-effective technology, ideas, research outcomes and industry products into one exhibit that has been featured at several major conferences this year. More
Smilow Cancer Hospital's Design Met Criticism
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At the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Smilow Cancer Hospital, nothing about the festive atmosphere and teary-eyed attendants suggested the controversial design process of the building -- a process that involved extensive negotiations between hospital administrators, the building's architects and city officials. More
Hospital Wins Best Design Award
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A Glasgow hospital has been named as the Best New Building outside London at a design awards ceremony. Reiach and Hall's design of Stobhill Hospital impressed judges of the Roses Design Awards, who gave it their Grand Prix award. More

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Lake Health Celebrates Grand Opening of Tripoint Medical Center
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Lake Health, formerly Lake Hospital System, celebrated the grand opening of its $155 million TriPoint Medical Center in Concord Township. A state-of-the-art digital hospital, TriPoint Medical Center is redefining the health care experience for patients, families and the community. More
Construction Begins on Alzheimer's Center
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Baptist Health kicked off construction on a $6 million, 30,000-SF residential center that will be the only one in Arkansas devoted to people with Alzheimer's disease, with an official ground breaking ceremony. More
Freeman Surgery Center Announced for Joplin, Mo.
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Construction is under way at the corner of 34th and Jackson Streets in preparation for a new outpatient surgery center to serve four-states residents. The culmination of a shared vision of physicians, the surgery center is being developed by a group of local physicians in partnership with Freeman Health System and Nueterra Healthcare, a development and management company based in Leawood, Kansas. More
WellSpan Breaks Ground for Aspers Health Center
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With construction already well underway, WellSpan formally celebrated the groundbreaking of the WellSpan Aspers Health Center on Monday, Oct. 5. When it opens in the summer of 2010 the health center will offer people of upper Adams County convenient access to primary health care services as well as outpatient lab and imaging services. More
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ClimateCraft
Central air handling systems are the core of the healthcare facility HVAC system, and ClimateCraft leads the way in high performance design. ClimateCraft's FanMatrix(tm) fan array system, full thermal break construction, innovative cabinet design and computer aided design assistance will help take your facility to a new level of performance. More
Patton's Medical
Patton's Medical manufactures, sells and services high quality medical air and vacuum systems. Our products meet the latest NFPA 99 codes and are UL approved. By working in partnership with Amico, we can provide the latest technology in pipeline and architectural products. More info


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