46th Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition
from Health Facilities Management Magazine
This year's ASHE annual conference and technical exhibition program provides health facilities professionals with important insights on upcoming changes in codes and standards as well as information on ways to increase productivity by adopting a number of lean principles. More

EARNING POWER - 2009 Salary Survey
from Health Facilities Management Magazine
Health Facilities Management, the American Society for Healthcare Engineering and the American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services surveyed a random sample of 7,867 hospital department managers to learn about trends in hospital compensation. More

Wishard Health Services to Seek $703M in Bonding to Replace Deteriorating Facilities
from Medical Construction & Design Magazine
Today, Wishard Health Services announced, after years of extensive study, that a ceiling of $703 million in low-interest public bonds is needed to support building a new $754 million Wishard Hospital campus. The new Wishard will replace failing buildings that cannot be renovated and will ensure Wishard's critical and life-saving services remain available to the community. More

Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center Set to Open
from Medical Construction & Design Magazine
The new 12-story Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center, located in Daytona Beach, is set to open on July 14. The $270 million, 718,000-square-foot hospital is on 135 acres and will have 277 beds with a capacity for 350 beds. More

Designed to Deliver a Better Experience for New Mothers
from Scotsman
The design of maternity hospitals has undergone a silent revolution, with current thinking taking into consideration such issues as wall color, birthing pools and access to external spaces. More

EnovateIT Props Up Digitized Bedside Technology
from Detroit Free Press
As hospitals add bedside computers and create hospital rooms that look more like hotels, a small Ferndale company has found its niche building ultra-thin computer wall cabinets, moveable carts and other customized items to bring electronic records closer to the bedside. More

Council Gives Hospital Tower a Green Light
from Williamsport Sun Gazette
Susquehanna Health's Williamsport Hospital campus is expanding onward and upward, with City Council's blessing. Council approved conditional use and land development plans for a four-story patient tower and expanded parking lots, presented by Larson Design Group and Susquehanna Health Thursday. More

New Hospital May be Short on Space
from The Age
The new Royal Children's Hospital will house a menagerie of reef sharks, meerkats, tree frogs and stick insects — but it might not have enough room for sick kids. Documents obtained by The Age describe millions of dollars' worth of plans to make the hospital's main atrium a children's wonderland. More

Jersey Shore Medical Set to Unveil $300M Expansion
from The Star-Ledger
As Steven Littleson surveyed the finishing touches construction workers were putting on the expansion of Jersey Shore University Medical Center, he was already looking 10 to 20 years down the line at the next expansion. More

Veterans' Hospital Gets $19.3M for Construction
from The Associated Press via Turn to 10
The Providence VA Medical Center is receiving $19.3 million from the federal government for several construction projects. Rep. Patrick Kennedy announced Friday that the money will go toward building specialty clinics at the veterans' center and upgrading electrical systems. More