Positioning Your Hospital for Brighter Days
from Hospitals & Health Networks Magazine
Between the economy and expected health care reform, hospitals are entering a new era of uncertainty. How should you plan for the next year — or decade? More

Standing Tall: Environmental Improvements for Reducing Patient Falls
from Health Facilities Management Magazine
Reducing the risk of patient harm resulting from slips and falls is among the National Patient Safety Goals required for accreditation by The Joint Commission. Many factors may contribute to an individual patient's risk of falling, including age, medication, illness or physical ailment. More

Methodist Stone Oak Hospital Focuses on Patient Satisfaction Through Technology
from Medical Construction & Design Magazine
Many of the hospitals in San Antonio, Texas were built in the 1960s and 1970s, well before anyone thought of patients as consumers. By the beginning of the 21st century, these facilities and our attitudes toward patients were both outdated. More

Daylight is Plentiful at New Children's Hospital
from Building Design and Construction
From the colorful curtain wall envelope to the operable windows, Kawneer architectural aluminum products are contributing to the green campus of the newly constructed $625 million Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. More

Making a Name: Strategies for Reinforcing a Hospital's Identity
from Health Facilities Management Magazine
Diana Kissil, AIA, lead health care designer for SmithGroup, a national architecture, engineering, interiors and planning firm, says of today's health care clients, "If they are spending renovation dollars, they should be doing it with branding in mind." More

Hospital for Little Patients has Big Plans for Expansion
from The Star-Telegram
From his temporary office along Eighth Avenue, Rick Merrill can watch the future take shape for Cook Children's Health Care System. For now, it’s a hole in the ground. But over the coming months, a $250 million expansion will go up, with more room for the neonatal intensive care unit, specialty clinics that treat cancer and blood disorders and rehabilitation units, among others, to nearly double the size of the facility in the medical district. More

Paoli Hospital's New Room Layouts May Help Healing and Assist the Bottom Line, Too
from The Philadelphia Inquirer via The Tribune
It seems like a small change - and an obvious one - but it forced architect Robert Mainwaring to completely rethink his design of the new pavilion at Paoli Hospital. Hospital leaders, who were converts to a new trend in health care called evidence-based design, wanted to see if they could prevent falls by making it easier for patients to walk to the bathroom. More

Construction Begins on $40 Million Cardiac Center
from Canadian Healthcare Technology
Construction has begun on a $40.3 million project to make St. Boniface General Hospital a center of excellence for heart surgery and cardiac care, Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced. More

Solar Energy to Powers First Green Hospital in Dubai
from Khaleej Times via MENAFN
The first 300-bed "green" hospital in the emirate to be partly run on solar energy is expected to be ready within four years. More