We are very proud to announce the latest addition to the Addfield Board of Directors, James Grant. James has been instrumental to the success of Addfield working in the role of Business Development Manager since 2011. Representing the business globally and playing a key role in helping to secure our position as the international leaders in incineration. He will be ass...
If you’ve ever watched a young child’s football game, there’s very little organisation to it. Everyone wants the ball, so all the children, often goalies included, run after the ball like metal chasing a magnet. You’re witnessing their initial steps into the sport, so they don’t have a great deal of comprehension regarding player spacing, defence, or anything else for th...
A certificate award ended the second cycle of the technical and service training project by Tema Sinergie, namely the “High Tech, High Care Academy”. The apprentices for this session were our distributors from the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Greece and Jordan, whom we shared five intensive training days with, into every aspect of operating and maintenance princip...
This expansion activity is carried out in the form of “running men”, Which team finish the task in the fastest time and use their talents to win more “gold coins” will be able to exchange for a more sumptuous lunch. Because lunch need to be buy by the gold coin. If the gold coins are insufficient, it means that your team will be go hungry. It sounds very exciting and exc...
Do you know how to judge whether your skin is healthy? I want to ask one question before starting this title. What’s the purpose for your protect skin? For become more white, become more beautiful or keep younger and so on? Maybe all of you have make a mistake if you stand in the doctor’s position. The only basic purpose of skin care is to maintain a healthy s...
Take a sneak peek at our in depth interview with influential Silicon Valley-based healthtech venture capitalist Anne DeGheest. Anne is managing partner at MedStars Ventures Partners and founder of HealthTech Capital, a group of private investors dedicated to funding and mentoring new “HealthTech” start ups.The pulse of Silicon Valley med-tech industry is beating strong. ...
Virtual reality and medicine are increasingly mentioned in the same context. In addition to the development of applications that support the treatment of patients suffering from chronic pain and anxiety, this technology also benefits medical staff. Two months ago, the Ulm University Hospital has opened the VR Lab, where medical students can train and learn with the help ...
Cotton has 30 years of planning, design, client and team leadership experience in healthcare and higher education, with a particular focus on academic medical center master planning. Much of his recent work has been with national academic institutions where his planning efforts have helped enable the integration of teaching, research and healthcare missions; the transiti...
Driven by data and quality improvement, Derr has advised hospitals and organizations around the globe using Lean principles, technology integration and quality patient outcomes. Derr brings a career’s worth of healthcare expertise to her role with Array Advisors , from her years as an R.N., to her Desert Storm tour as a U.S. Navy Lieutenant, to her time spent managing...
Information technology long has been touted as a facilitator of outcomes improvement in healthcare. How that proposition might play out in the next decade is likely to be strenuously tested when it comes to helping patients/healthcare consumers manage their diabetes and prediabetes, as two recent articles in the American Journal of Managed Care online indicate. As Mar...
We often think that bringing these parallel streams closer together is particularly critical as we transition from volume to value, but Nick opined that we need this confluence regardless of payment model. His focus is on bridging the gap between parallel silos of health information across multiple EHRs at Geisinger (Epic installs as well as other products) while at the ...
Prior to joining Press Ganey, Dr. James Merlino—also a practicing surgeon—was the Chief Experience Officer of the Cleveland Clinic Health System. In this leadership podcast, Dr. Merlino draws on his practical and diverse knowledge and experience and speaks with us about contemporary issues for hospitals and the nation’s health care delivery system. Among today’s topics,...
In this leadership podcast, Dr. Merlino draws on his practical and diverse knowledge and experience and speaks with us about contemporary issues for hospitals and the nation’s health care delivery system. Among today’s topics, Stewart Gandolf and Dr. Merlino discuss patient safety as a strategic priority, transparency in healthcare, healthcare reform and patient exper...
Tasked with expanding the reach of the firm’s healthcare practice nationally and supporting the entire healthcare studio, Posada has an extensive background in healthcare with experience in medical facility planning, ranging from community hospitals to tertiary care facilities and academic medical centers for private sector and government healthcare clients. Having wo...
Here, Navani speaks about his path to eClinicalWorks, he offers his expert insight on EHRs and their benefits to healthcare, and he speak of likely trends that will continue to change the healthcare landscape. Tell me your story. About how you got here, how you developed your technology and the reasoning for a private company set up? We wanted to use technology as ...
Here Stephens discusses healthcare analytics and how it’s important to providers and patients; the ever-increasing importance of harvesting useable and life-changing information from unstructured big data; analytics in population health; the importance of ACOs and the future of Healthline. Tell me about your background and your role at Healthline. I grew up in a sma...
So I thought I’d share a few of the people who do a brilliant job creating a clean, valuable signal for me. This is not a ‘best of’ list, but rather a sampling of individuals who do a great job of finding and sharing great information on digital heatlh. I mean, a remarkably good job. Instead of looking at them through the lens of who to follow, think who to study. Pe...
His position represents an new role for physicians as health organizations become more connected with the communicating public. I was able to catch up Dr. Smith during Social Media Week at The Mayo Clinic. How do you use social media at Cook Children’s Hospital? The main way I use social media is as a patient education tool. I see it as a place to provide basic p...
The session will focus on building and deploying approaches in gene therapy, stem cells, and regenerative medicine to cure many childhood diseases. Roncarolo joined the School of Medicine last June, after stepping down as scientific director of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy. She was recruited to lead efforts in fast-tracking stem cell and gene the...
Health facility planner Don McKahan, AIA, FACHA, talks about how planning professionals must adjust to the profound changes that regulations, economics and patient preferences are having on health care facilities and campuses. What are the most significant changes driving health facility planning today? Hospitals and the health care industry in general now are engaged ...
“PMB is delighted to add Shawn to our team,” says Mark Toothacre, president of PMB. “Shawn is a top-flight healthcare real estate professional whose experience, relationships and passion for healthcare will enable PMB to expand its geographic reach.” A resident of Chicago, Illinois, Janus has more than 30 years of experience in commercial real estate. His expertise is...
Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers announced its 2015 board of directors, including the appointment of Array Architects’ Laura Morris, AAHID, LEED AP BD+C, IIDA, Lean Green Belt. Morris, a graduate of Texas Tech University, designs interior spaces with a goal of combining both healthcare planning and unique design ...
If it weren’t for breaking out of his normal routine, Randy Geise might never have met Brendan Watson. Geise is a senior healthcare facility planner at the Cleveland Clinic, where 13-year-old Brendan has been a patient at its Children’s facility for nearly half his life. Last September, Geise was guest emceeing a family game night at The Ronald McDonald House, wher...
DALLAS, Texas — The 10-person federal review panel will: Establish objectives to provide independent advice and accommodations to the Secretary of Defense regarding a construction standard for military medical centers to deliver a single standard of care. Determine the standards consistent with industry practices and benchmarks for world-class medical constru...
With over 20 years of engineering, Lean and Six-Sigma process improvement expertise, Santacroce is a recognized author and leader in the healthcare industry. RTKLIn his new role, Santacroce will oversee the Predictive Analytics Group where he will advance RTKL’s ability to identify value-added impact for healthcare facilities and increase operating performance while impr...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Karl KowalskeKowalske brings more than 15 years of experience in the architecture industry, working as a principal, healthcare planner and discipline leader. He specializes in healthcare design and planning, focusing on creating spaces that are strategic contributors to the client’s business goals. “During this time of healthcare reform, Karl con...
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Charlotte, North Carolina, office of Perkins Eastman announced Mark Searls, AIA, NCARB, has joined the firm as an associate principal. Searls joins with more than 29 years of design and project leadership of healthcare projects worldwide, in addition to science and technology, academic and commercial projects. Mark SearlsDavid Segmiller, AIA, mana...
DALLAS, Texas — Patrick Schultz joins HKS as vice president and healthcare practice leader for the Mid-Atlantic region. He brings over 25 years of proven experience in the planning and design of healthcare, medical research and government medical facilities nationwide. Schultz-Patrick “Over the past 25 years, Patrick has faithfully served healthcare clients across the...
This effort is designed to focus attention on the number one killer of women – heart disease. McCarthy is a strong supporter of AHA efforts nationwide. “Heart disease is the number one killer of women, but many people don’t know the warning signs and aren’t sure how to limit the risks,” explained McCarthy Chairman/CEO and American Heart Association Western States Boar...
McElligott’s 26 years of healthcare delivery with Texas Children’s Hospital, where she held positions ranging from staff nurse to senior vice president, will expand FKP Advisors’ substantive knowledge of trends, drivers and success factors transforming pediatric healthcare design. McElligott_SandyMcElligott spent the past six years working in women’s, fetal and newbor...
A registered architect in Pennsylvania with over 20 years in the industry, Hamilton helps manage building projects, primarily for hospitals and healthcare networks. Hamilton_Greg_RNow a senior associate at Stantec, Hamilton is helping the firm develop new business within the healthcare market. Before joining Stantec, Hamilton owned his own firm, Hamilton Consulting In...
Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky knows how to start the year off on a positive note. Although the company's worldwide medical device sales dipped 4.7% in 2014, he seems to already be looking to the future with rose-colored glasses. According to a Seeking Alpha transcript of the company's fourth-quarter 2014 earnings call today, Gorsky—who also sounded an optimistic n...
WOBURN, Mass. — In this position, Nicholas will focus on orchestrating Tocci’s growing healthcare practice. JNicholas_RHis initial venture will be directing the program management efforts at Boston Medical Center, a $270-million construction and renovation project that will consolidate the hospital’s two South End campuses and eliminate 60 beds while maintaining the sam...
