Andis Robeznieks September 07, 2009 In recent years, judges in the Modern Healthcare annual Design Awards contest noted how award-winning projects made exceptional use of natural light, and how the new facilities fit into and matched their environments. This year—the 24th annual design competition—judges noted... ... FULL STORY
Jean DerGurahian September 07, 2009 This is the first part of a two-part series on the impact of patient-safety advocates. Part two of the series, which will appear in an upcoming issue, will look at how the advocates' work affected the specific providers involved. ... FULL STORY
David May September 07, 2009 The Status Quo Express is heading for Washington. In fact, many of its passengers have already arrived, right on schedule. Our senators and representatives have returned to the nation's capital after a raucous, rancorous August recess back home with constituents. ... FULL STORY
Jean DerGurahian September 07, 2009 This is the first part of a two-part series on the impact of patient-safety advocates. Part two of the series, which will appear in an upcoming issue, will look at how the advocates' work affected the specific providers involved. ... FULL STORY
Matthew DoBias and Jennifer Lubell September 07, 2009 After a dismal August, President Barack Obama this week returns to Washington for an all-out push to jump-start his health reform proposal. But after the daily pounding Democrats faced in their home districts, it could prove a tall order. ... FULL STORY
Melanie Evans September 07, 2009 Hospitals and healthcare finance insiders are lobbying the CMS to revise proposed changes to how it requires hospitals to report uncompensated care. ... FULL STORY
Rebecca Vesely September 07, 2009 Two leading Roman Catholic health systems last week signed a letter of intent to create a new four-hospital system serving eastern Oregon and western Idaho, in a move both systems say would better coordinate care for residents in the sparsely populated region. ... FULL STORY
Gregg Blesch September 07, 2009 The Montana Supreme Court will decide whether the state constitution protects physicians from prosecution if they prescribe lethal medication to terminal patients who ask for it. ... FULL STORY
Shawn Rhea September 07, 2009 The transforming, albeit uncertain, healthcare landscape is at the root of a slew of recently announced changes by medical-products companies, industry experts said. ... FULL STORY
Melanie Evans September 07, 2009 Frank Sacco, president and CEO of Memorial Healthcare System in South Florida, was certain the nation's dour economy would boost traffic at the safety net system's primary-care clinics. What he didn't anticipate was the speed at which demand would surge, nor the raft of new patients from affluent... ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks September 07, 2009 In recent years, judges in the Modern Healthcare annual Design Awards contest noted how award-winning projects made exceptional use of natural light, and how the new facilities fit into and matched their environments. This year—the 24th annual design competition—judges noted... ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks September 07, 2009 The design for the Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital in rural Grand Rapids, Minn., had to be innovative. Otherwise, the project would not have been built. Officials needed to replace the original hospital, built in 1917, but didn't have the funding. The decision was made to pursue an “innovation... ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks September 07, 2009 It was originally intended to be a suburban primary-care center that would direct patients to the main campus of the Children's Medical Center in Dallas. But Children's Medical Center at Legacy—located on an 84-acre parcel known as Legacy Park—was ultimately built as a satellite... ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks September 07, 2009 While most children's healthcare facilities are loaded with “positive distractions,” designers say the aim at the Kennedy Krieger Institute's new outpatient center in the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building was to dial that down. ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks September 07, 2009 The challenge before the architects at San Francisco-based Anshen & Allen was to transform an 11-acre, four-building vacated dot-com office complex into a satellite campus of the Stanford Hospital & Clinics system and create something “that would be the envy of everyone.” The design... ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks September 07, 2009 When it opens in late 2012, the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi hospital will be just like any other hospital. Or, more specifically, just like any other $2.5 billion facility built on a 260-acre man-made island. ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks September 07, 2009 As it planned the largest expansion in the institution's 88-year history, the Cleveland Clinic saw an opportunity to make a splash. “They were very clear about their goal,” says Doug Parris, a partner with NBBJ architects. “They wanted to create an urban icon—from a design... ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks September 07, 2009 While most award winners in the Modern Healthcare design contest are honored for fitting so well into their environments, SSM St. Clare Health Center—located in a developing area outside of St. Louis—took the opposite approach. ... FULL STORY
David May September 07, 2009 The Status Quo Express is heading for Washington. In fact, many of its passengers have already arrived, right on schedule. Our senators and representatives have returned to the nation's capital after a raucous, rancorous August recess back home with constituents. ... FULL STORY
September 07, 2009 Given that the nation's children are returning to school during the first global flu pandemic in 41 years, it's not surprising that three federal agencies are on their way to “where the air is sweet.” ... FULL STORY
September 07, 2009 The cost of restoring a physician's good name? A Florida jury concluded $10.1 million was about right, ordering that the St. Petersburg Times pay the sum to cardiologist Harold Kennedy in compensatory and punitive damages. Kennedy sued the newspaper for libel over three 2003 articles about... ... FULL STORY
September 07, 2009 More than 20 years ago, actress Glenn Close was nominated for an Academy Award for her chilling performance as Alex, the maniacal paramour in "Fatal Attraction." Now she's about to accept a special award from the public health agency responsible for improving the nation's mental health, addictions... ... FULL STORY
September 07, 2009 “If you're sitting at a table negotiating in good faith, then you probably don't send out mailers saying, ‘Help me stop Obama-care.' That's just common sense.” The actions of GOP Sens. Mike Enzi of Wyoming and Chuck Grassley of Iowa “suggested they don't want to... ... FULL STORY
September 07, 2009 An Aug. 31 story, “Shake, don’t rattle, roles,” (p. 6), gave an incorrect job title for David Hefner, who is senior adviser at the Association of American Medical Colleges. ... FULL STORY
