A Look at HHI: The Healthier Hospitals Initiative
The Healthier Hospitals Initiative is, in essence, a broad set of ideals (and associated goals) that look at the inefficiencies of the current healthcare system, and aim to improve them through a carefully outlined agenda. Originally formed by founding hospital members Advovate Health Care, Catholic Healthcare West, Hospital Corporation of America, Inc., Kaiser Permanente, MedStar Health, and Partners Healthcare, the initiative is focused heavily on the environmental impacts of healthcare at large, specifically hospital/facility operation, and...
learn moreHospital Disaster Preparedness Starts With The Individual
Healthcare facilities, to put it simply, have a lot going on. Particularly in large hospitals, there are floors upon floors of activity, hundreds of rooms containing not only patients (with varying degrees of mobility), but a veritable army of staff members, from oncology nurses to payroll clerks, orthopedic surgeons to human resource managers, not to mention the medications, chemicals, equipment, and machinery spread throughout the facility. Because of these stark facts, and the risks they present, disaster preparedness is an absolute must...
learn moreChallenges Facing the Healthcare Industry: How to Solve Health Insurance
There are a great many challenges facing the healthcare system, within and without the healthcare system. One of the most massive issues of all centers around the roughly 50 million uninsured adults, 17 percent of the country’s population, who do not have access to health insurance. The problems are complex, to say the least. Economic shifts are causing more and more adults to take low-paying, benefit-free jobs while other businesses reduce the benefits they offer, struggling to stay afloat. Couple these realities with rising healthcare...
learn moreSee Us at Health Care Design 2011
Patient Ready Marketplace will be at Health Care Design 2011 this coming week, November 13- 16. We’re very excited to check out some of the latest and most innovative products in the health care design, planning and research markets. Will we see you there? Look for us on the floor or check out our impressions of the show on Twitter,...
learn moreGuest Blog: Welcome to the Patient Ready Marketplace
In a recent discussion with a clinical psychologist, I learned that we generally become our habits our habits become us. Accordingly, to change, to grow, to transition and to flourish, we have to work very hard at changing those habits that are not benefiting us personally. How does this apply to an organization? Every organization that I have ever experienced has a distinct personality and, in its own way, habits, as well. Sometimes the personality of the organization is imposed by its leaders, but usually there are layers of practice that...
learn moreToshiba MRI Flushing
For the multi-modality Flushing Imaging Center, located in the heart of Chinatown New York, the owner’s requirements included an accelerated schedule, limited budget, and a straight-forward, efficient layout. Phoenix Medical Construction along with our building partners, and our designers, teamed with Toshiba Medical Systems to develop a solution that met these requirements. A thoughtful design plus value engineering and a fast track schedule commitment, without unexpected change orders or premium time costs, made it possible to meet the...
learn moreElekta Linnear Accelerator St. Mary’s
Phoenix was selected for their extensive experience with radiation oncology equipment and all of the construction work necessary to install a new Elekta Linear Accelerator. Architectural services included handling all of the AHCA filing and inspections required by the State of Florida to provide seamless project delivery for the client. Despite schedule delays resulting from conflicts between existing belowbetween below—grade installations and new Elekta requirements, Phoenix was able to complete this Design Build project on schedule...
learn moreChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia Three Tesla MRI
Our client Chris Tomlinson, Director, Radiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia tells this story best: “The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia engaged Siemens Design Services and consequently, Phoenix Medical Construction to install a 3 Tesla replacement MRI. We set forth an extremely aggressive timeframe that included many complexities at our Outpatient Imaging complex in King of Prussia, PA. The fact that the Imaging Center has only one MRI made the timeline and successful completion of this project paramount as clinical...
learn moreSouth Nassau Brain Lab
South Nassau Communities Hospital (SNCH) in Rockville Centre, New York needed to upgrade their Linear Accelerator to keep up with the latest technology and patient volumes. SNCH selected the Varian Novalis TX system equipped with the BrainLab ExacTrac positioning System. The Hospital teamed with Phoenix Medical Construction, to serve as Construction Manager for this important project. The renovation included major structural work in the vault and infrastructure upgrades involving electrical and chilled water systems. As the Linear...
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Our clients find that the best solution for their needs is the design-build process. The design-builder takes complete responsibility for all aspects of planning, design, and construction of the project. The Phoenix Medical design-build method produces highly functional, cost effective facilities and very satisfied customers. Phoenix Medical Construction provided design-build services on this 3,000-square foot project for the Greeley X-ray Group in Colorado, which included a Philips 3T MRI System, Ultrasound, Bone Density and Mobile X-ray...
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