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Innovative Strategies for Pediatric Care Design

Designing children's facilities is a complex balancing act. These hospital leaders and architects produced some amazing ideas.
December 9, 2015
Amy Eagle
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Designing children's facilities is a complex balancing act. These hospital leaders and architects produced some amazing ideas about how to redesign such a facility.


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Medical Center Saves Costs and Resources in the OR

University of Maryland Med Center Boosts Efficiency, Reduces Device Expenses
December 8, 2015
Julius A. Karash
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The University of Maryland Medical Center is cutting costs in a sizable way through the adoption of data-driven sustainability and energy-efficiency practices regarding its management of operating rooms and the use of medical devices.


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Nonclinical Staff Plays a Key Role in Patient Experience

Is your health system's environmental services department trained to help improve patient satisfaction?
November 30, 2015
Jamie Morgan
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Is your health system's environmental services department trained to help improve patient satisfaction?
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How Hospitals Can Boost Their Sustainability

The 2015 Sustainable Operations Survey revealed a few simple concepts that can help health facilities become more green.
November 25, 2015
Bob Kehoe
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The 2015 Sustainable Operations Survey revealed a few simple concepts that can help health facilities become more green.
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EPA Seeks Input on Drug Flushing Ban

All health care facilities would be banned from flushing drugs among other changes in a proposed rule.
November 18, 2015
Paul Barr
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Stop flushing pills down the toilet.

That’s the message behind a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that would ban health care facilities from disposing of hazardous pharmaceuticals by flushing them.


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Weekly Reading: Drones Pose Threat; Computers Devise Treatments, Choose Insurance and Price Drugs

A roundup of industry news you may have missed this week.
November 13, 2015
Jon Asplund
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A roundup of industry news you may have missed this week.


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Throwback Thursday: Take a Peek at the Creature Comforts of a Hospital Room from the Early 1900s

In this week’s TBT, a shout-out to one system’s own Throwback photo.
November 12, 2015
Jon Asplund
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A tip for time travelers. If you need a hotel, see if you can check into a hospital room at Chicago’s Presbyterian Hospital around the turn of last century.


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Another Acquisition in the Health Care Consulting Market

GE Healthcare announces plans to purchase the Camden Group to help ‘navigate industry transformation’
November 9, 2015
Marty Stempniak
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Another acquisition hit the health care consulting market this morning, with GE announcing plans to purchase the Camden Group. 


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From the Archives

A Better Approach to Treating Parkinson's Using Teams

Teams of providers and patients, working mostly outside the hospital, may improve care and save costs.
November 4, 2015
Geri Aston
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Effective Parkinson’s treatment may not require a village, but consensus is growing among providers that it would definitely benefit from a team.
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Texas Health System Relies on Redesign, APNs and PAs to Relieve Doctor Shortage

Texas Health Resources and Texas Health Physicians Group are opening elderly friendly clinics staffed by APNs and physician assistants
November 3, 2015
Jeff Ferenc
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To help the growing number of elderly struggling to find easy access to medical care due to a physician shortage in the Dallas area, one local health system has opened clinics featuring important details designed to give Medicare patients a safe, comfortable experience. 


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