have resolved the issues regarding the provision of healthcare services in western Forsyth County and in Davie County, North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Certificate of Need Section, has approved an agreement that will allow both organizations to obtain certificates of need to build hospitals and provide other medical services in those areas. As part of this...

(RIBA) recently launched practical guidance for architects and planners on designing for counter-terrorism, ensuring they are better equipped to think about designing in security features from the outset.Published as part of the RIBAs ongoing work with the Home Office and the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) on protecting public spaces, the guidance aims to raise awareness of the...

This home away from home was created to combine the comforts of home with professional medical care for the terminally ill. Thus, the first hospice house in New York State was envisioned for Visiting Nurse Services of Suffolk.Hospice care typically is provided by nurses who visit a patient at home or in an institutional setting. This facility was created for patients who were too sick to be cared for...

As I sat down today at the laptop to begin this article, my mind was flooded with thoughts of Designing Spaces that are user friendly for our seniors. My grandmother is very dear to me as I am sure yours are to you. As I write this, she is a very special senior in the hospital. Over the last few weeks of her stay, I have had the privilege to see and listen with an open heart to the needs of a senior....

The results are in! HEALTHCARE DESIGN asked our readers to nominate products and product designers that they feel are the most innovative and worthy of acknowledgement. Our editors had the task of selecting just 10 from more than 80 fabulous nominations! HEALTHCARE DESIGN will acknowledge and identify these innovative product designers in our special Platinum Products and Services Guide (watch for...

Triangle – Political dignitaries, media and guests attend grand opening at Cary, N.C. locationCary – Employees of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. welcomed political dignitaries, the media and other guests from the surrounding area today at the grand opening of its new national customer service headquarters in Cary, N.C. This new facility will better facilitate Siemens’ customer commitment...

Press Release Source: Wolters Kluwer Health On Monday April 19, 2010, 9:30 am EDTMINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center (SMRMC) has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as its electronic order...

30th September – 1st October 2010, Brussels, Belgium. The first of a series of international VPH Conferences (VPH2010) will be organised by the Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence – VPH NoE and will be supported by the European Commission ICT for Health / DG Information Society and Media. The first meeting is designed to be a relatively small meeting up to a maximum of 200...

Next Tuesday, December 8, Miller Childrens Hospital Long Beach will open its new pavilion. After four years of planning and construction, Southern California pediatric patients will have access to the new four-story, 124,000-square-foot inpatient pavilion. The new clinical space will feature state-of-the-art operating rooms, one of the largest NICU bed counts in California, the regions only dedicated...

, announces the completion of several major projects in the last few months. The newly opened projects include: Oklahoma Heart Hospital South in Oklahoma City; Leah M. Fitch Lawton Cancer Center at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma; Stephen F. Austin State Universitys Richard and Lucille DeWitt School of Nursing in Nacogdoches, Texas; and The University of the Texas Health Science...